BMX Challenge

by Jake Maddox

  Early 1970s — BMX begins with kids in southern California riding on dirt tracks and concrete skate parks. These early riders were imitating their motocross heroes, who rode bikes with engines.

  1972 — The motorcycle racing documentary On Any Sunday is released and inspires a national BMX movement in the United States.

  Mid 1970s — BMX gains popularity and manufacturers start making bikes designed specifically for the sport.

  1977 — The American Bicycle Association (ABA) is founded as the governing group for BMX in the United States.

  1981 — The International BMX Federation is founded.

  1982 — The first world championships for BMX are held a year later.

  2003 — International Olympic Committee makes BMX a full-medal Olympic sport.

  2008 — BMX is included in the Summer Olympic Games in Beijing, China. Maris Štrombergs, from Latvia, and Anne-Caroline Chausson, from France, are crowned the first Olympic champions.

  Today, freestyle BMX is one of the major events at the Summer X Games. The popularity of freestyle BMX keeps growing, thanks to the availability of places to ride and do tricks.

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  Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

  Maddox, Jake.

  BMX challenge / by Jake Maddox ; text by Thomas Kingsley Troupe ; illustrated by Sean Tiffany.

  p. cm. -- (Jake Maddox sports story)

  Summary: Jason never turns down a dare, but when his classmates challenge him to a BMX competition Jason must learn to ride a BMX bike or this dare will be his last!

  ISBN-13: 978-1-4342-2986-1 (library binding)

  ISBN-10: 1-4342-2986-6 (library binding)

  ISBN-13: 978-1-4342-3423-0 (pbk.)

  ISBN-10: 1-4342-3423-1 (pbk.)

  ISBN-13: 978-1-4342-8893-6 (ebook)

  [1. Bicycle motocross--Fiction. 2. Competition (Psychology)--Fiction. 3. Self-confidence--Fiction.] I. Troupe, Thomas Kingsley. II. Tiffany, Sean, ill. III. Title.

  PZ7.M25643Bn 2011

  [Fic]--dc22

  2011000305

  Art Director: Kay Fraser

  Graphic Designer: Russell Griesmer

  Production Specialist: Michelle Biedscheid

  Photo Credits: Sean Tiffany (cover)