In many countries, it is illegal to use this bike on public roads without using the two independent braking systems provided (a front and rear brake).
Please note: this bike is for use on BMX tracks and skate parks.
And, it's equipped with a full finishing kit from Shadow Conspiracy and Rant, including Subrosa Sawtooth 2.35" tyres. Plus, it features a full Chromoly (CrMo) frameset, CrMo cranks and a high-quality Rant wheelset with a Rant Moonwalker II freecoaster rear hub. A panel of judges will score each athlete’s three runs, and the best score is the only one that counts.The Salvador FC BMX features Subrosa's iconic Salvador frame design with ultra-stable and responsive geometry that's suited to riding skateparks, street spots and dirt jumps for competition or for fun. They will launch and spin high over the bowl’s lip and drop back into the pool to gather speed to do it again. Athletes will navigate it in a single nonstop stretch for 45 seconds, or until they fall. It is a deep and unsymmetrical bowl of steep drops and contours. The four best scores will be added together. Athletes will perform two 45-second runs and five single tricks, and each will be judged on a 10-point scale. Street is a playground of stairs, rails and short ramps, meant to simulate something like a schoolyard or an office park. If you watch snowboarding at the Winter Olympics, think of them a little like slopestyle and halfpipe - variations in the setting that feature slightly different types of acrobatics. There are two distinct disciplines: street and park, both of them judged by a panel, each with their own qualified athletes. This is the debut of skateboarding at the Olympics, but it will look a lot like other major skate contests, such as the Dew Tour or Street League Skateboarding. How does skateboarding work at the Olympics? Any or all of them could reach the podium. Together, they have a range of talent and fun, experience and youth that highlights what the Olympics hope that skateboarding brings. But Brazil has three of the world’s best: the five-time X Games gold medalist Leticia Bufoni (age 28), Pamela Rosa (22) and Rayssa Leal (13). Impeding that possibility might be skaters from Japan and the United States, like Mariah Duran or Alana Smith. The women’s street contest could see a Brazilian sweep. He’s likely to feel some pressure to skate away with gold. For the men, Nyjah Huston of the United States is considered the best street skater in the world, and the most famous skater not named Tony Hawk. He won an X Games medal in 1995, before most Olympic skateboarders were born.īoth street competitions are top-heavy with favorites. Rune Glifberg of Denmark will get attention because, at 46, he looks like most everyone else’s dad.
A trio from Brazil might interfere, or maybe Oskar Rozenberg of Sweden. 2 Cory Juneau and Zion Wright (from Hawaii, California and Florida, respectively) could each win a medal - or none at all. American talent runs deep: Heimana Reynolds, ranked No. Men’s park is a wide-open contest that promises high-flying acrobatics, perfect for television. That is the other thing that skateboarding promises besides youth - the likelihood of medalists from four continents and a broad range of diversity and personalities. Others are likely to be gobbled up mostly by the United States and Brazil. Okamoto is a quiet and straight-faced competitor, the best park skater of the past couple of years, leading a deep Japanese contingent that may capture more medals in skateboarding than any other country.