Palms Park BMXers

Palms Park BMXers updated their website address.

Palms Park BMXers updated their website address.

The Birth of BMX: How Palm’s history of cycling lead to the extreme sport

Nice article by Art Of Palms on the birthplace of BMX and its connection to 19th Century bicycle racer and pioneering car dealer Ralph Hamlin.

The Birth of BMX: How Palm’s history of cycling lead to the extreme sport Palms has a long and exciting history with the humble bicycle. At the end of the 19th century, bicycle use had exploded to the point where races that put the modern CicLAvia to shame were conducted annually on the 4th of July. Racers from Los Angeles would ride through “...the little village of Th...

Well, happy 50th anniversary to Palms and BMX

In the 1984 book, THE COMPLETE BOOK of BMX, written by BMX Hall of Famer Bob Osborn, the sport of BMX was born on July 10, 1969 in Santa Monica, CA - in Palms Park. Join us in this celebration by sharing with your friends.

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Palms Park BMXers updated their phone number.

Palms Park BMXers updated their phone number.

We lost Rick Twomey today. Oct, 1st 2016. A true BMX legend. We love you, Rick.

Team USA's Connor Fields takes home the gold in men's BMX

You have come a long, long way since those early days at Palm's Park, BMX!

Team USA's Connor Fields takes home the gold in men's BMX

bmxfreestylehistory

Check out this dynamite new website featuring our "profile picture" high flyer Devin Bank and his brother Todd Bank. http://www.bmxfreestylehistory.com/

bmxfreestylehistory Documenting some of the history of BMX freestyle as it began in 1970's Los Angeles.

The Los Angeles Bike Park Collective

Professional stuntman Danny Downey: "The thing that made me believe I could be a professional stuntman was riding BMX. There's something about BMX ..." https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=194&v=a4jxi_ndCN8

The Los Angeles Bike Park Collective Southern California has played such a vital role in the the growth of BMX and Mountain Biking, yet the city of Los Angeles fails to have even one bicycle san...

The Los Angeles Bike Park Collective

Looks like a great project. Definitely time to bring it back to LA!

The Los Angeles Bike Park Collective Our goal is to create the first ever publicly funded, state owned dirt park in Los Angeles. A place for the BMX & Mountain Biking community to call home.

Joe Kid on a Stingray - Scot Breithaupt Tribute

Joe Kid on a Stingray - Scot Breithaupt Tribute Scot Breithaupt was an inspiration to a generation of kids on bikes. His independent spirit will live on within our sport. Copyright JKOS,llc

Spread the word and help us create the first ever Los Angeles Dirt Park!

Bring BMX dirt back to Los Angeles!

Spread the word and help us create the first ever Los Angeles Dirt Park! In the early 1960's freestyle bmx was born right here in Southern California. Inspired by motocross, the first freestyle BMX bike was created by Mongoose Bikes in Simi Valley, California. From there the sport exploded and was then picked up by the X-Games, which Los Angeles went on to host for 8 con…

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Palms Park - Early BMX

http://vimeo.com/54698090

Palms Park - Early BMX Early organized BMX competition in the U.S... Palms Park... located in West Los Angeles California... Bob Osborn publisher of BMX Action magazine talks about early…

This year's BMX Society Old School BMX Reunion & Show will be at El Dorado Regional Park in Long Beach. This year we will be presenting the Life Time Achievement Award to Ernie Alexander. So please join us and all the old school VIP's and come out and toast Ernie.

Information here: http://www.bmxsociety.com/topic/58349-bmx-society-reunion-show-2014-june-7th-long-beach-ca/

The Birthplace of BMX is celebrated in today's BikinginLA Blog. http://bikinginla.com/2014/04/23/born-in-west-la-labac-member-traces-the-beginnings-of-bmx-to-a-westside-park/

Check out Rick Twomey's FB page for old school bmx.

Rick's Bike Shop Team Palms Park 1972-73

Al Fritz dies at 88; Schwinn exec developed the Sting-Ray bike

http://www.latimes.com/la-me-al-fritz-20130510,0,1679275.story

Al Fritz dies at 88; Schwinn exec developed the Sting-Ray bike For much of the 1960s and the early 1970s, no suburban streetscape would have been complete without them: A squadron of kids clutching sky-high handlebars on low-slung bikes in eye-popping, hot-rod colors.

City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee

Around since 1974 - kinda new to Facebook!

City of Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee The Los Angeles Bicycle Advisory Committee (LABAC) advises the Mayor, City Council Members and agencies of the City of Los Angeles in the encouragement and facilitation of the use of the bicycle as a safe and regular means of transportation.

Pictures of Palms Park currently

Joe Kid on a Sting Ray.wmv

A brief section on Palms Park from Joe Kid on a Stingray (http://www.joekidonastingray.com/). Note that Palms Park is in the Palms/Rancho Park section of Los Angeles, not in Santa Monica, which is a few miles west.

Joe Kid on a Sting Ray.wmv Palms Park segment from Joe kid on a Sting ray. featuring Perry Kr

Pictures posted on BMX Society website

The BMX Society Reunion & Show 2012 - BMX Society community forums

http://bmxsociety.com/topic/54117-the-bmx-society-reunion-show-2012/page__view__findpost__p__484652

Everyone is welcome. Come join the fun. This year's event will feature the usual Old School BMX Collector's show, Vintage BMX races, Sidehack races, Bunny Hop Contest, The 35th Anniversary of JMC get together, and a special Life Time Achievement Award for Mike Devitt in appreciation of his contributions to the sport and BMX culture in general.

Spread the word!

The BMX Society Reunion & Show 2012 - BMX Society community forums The BMX Society Reunion & Show 2012: Whittier Narrows BMX, South El Monte, CA

Bob Osborn - Palms Park

http://youtu.be/pDJArRhmHlM

Bob Osborn - Palms Park Publisher of BMX ACTION magazine, Bob Osborn talks about bicycle motocross races at Palms Park.

Looking for very early photos of racing at Palms. Does anyone have photos or other documentation (flyers, etc) from 69 or 70?

R.I.P. Ron Mackler. - BMX Society community forums

R.I.P. Ron Mackler.

BMX pioneer.


by sodbuster

(blog post & comments). http://bmxsociety.com/topic/48561-rip-ron-mackler/

R.I.P. Ron Mackler. - BMX Society community forums R.I.P. Ron Mackler.: BMX pioneer.

The Palms Park thread. - BMX Society community forums

http://bmxsociety.com/topic/44148-the-palms-park-thread/

The Palms Park thread. - BMX Society community forums The Palms Park thread.:

In The Beginning - An Old-School Story | Ride BMX

http://bmx.transworld.net/1000068501/features/in-the-beginning-an-old-school-story/

In The Beginning - An Old-School Story | Ride BMX In nineteen-seventy when I was five years old my father would drive my brother Devin and myself on Friday nights to begin competing on a new kind of r

Three little kids riding BMX bikes in Palms Park today. No track anymore, but still outstandingly retro.

The Schwinn Sting-Ray, The world’s first mass produced Chopper Bike | D-Crit

From the Design Criticism Department at the School of Visual Arts in New York, an about the history of Schwinn's Sting-Ray, the predecessor to BMX bikes.

The Schwinn Sting-Ray, The world’s first mass produced Chopper Bike | D-Crit The Schwinn Sting-Ray is the Chopper Bike archetype. It is a Chopper Bike in its purist form, and is the first of its kind. It is the earliest known example of a commercially produced Chopper Bike, hitting ...

Ever ride at Palms Park? Know anyone who did?