“This is the short, yet dense, introductory piece of Pat Fisher’s series: Foundations of Style.  In less than three pages, Pat asserts that the commonly heard complaint about ‘lack of originality’ in BMX riding is symptomatic of bigger issues about how we understand BMX and its relationships with itself, its participants, and its materials.  According…

Read more Issue #1: “Attack of the Clones”

“In the second instalment of Pat Fisher’s series Foundations of Style, it is argued that the BMX industry and the community at-large should embrace new styles of BMX in order for creativity to thrive.  This piece focuses on the intersection of competitons (and those orchestrating them) and creative bike riding.  According to the author, that…

Read more Issue #2: Our Competitions

“For the third instalment of Pat Fisher’s Foundations of Style, we dive into the issue of the body and its connection to creativity, or the stagnation of creativity, in BMX.  Though ideas regarding gender are evolving in the world at-large as well as in BMX, there is much to be unpacked and discussed when it…

Read more Issue #3: Our Bodies

“The fourth instalment of Pat Fisher’s Foundations of Style begins with a discussion of the relationship between one of the most obvious parts of BMX—our bikes— and originality and creativity in modern BMX culture. It then analyses a very relevant and illuminating example of modern bicycle creativity and its unique lessons. From the micro-perspective regarding…

Read more Issue #4: Our Machines

“The final instalment of Pat Fisher’s Foundations of Style approaches the intersection of the terrains we ride and the issue of originality in BMX.  The article begins with an argument that – though the terrain we ride does affect how we ride – our concepts of what constitutes accepted “riding styles” affect how we interpret…

Read more Issue #5: Our Terrains