{"id":16,"date":"2020-02-11T19:09:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-11T19:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jralong.com\/theworldofbmx\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2020-02-18T01:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-02-18T01:29:37","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/theworldofbmx.com\/?page_id=16","title":{"rendered":"The Book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Since<\/strong> <strong>it first emerged<\/strong> in the late 1960s, BMX has gone from a do-it-yourself neighborhood sport to a multimillion-dollar industry.&nbsp; <strong>The World of BMX<\/strong> gives you an up-close view of the sport as a whole, its disciplines, gear, and some of the personalities who pioneered it.&nbsp; Inside, you\u2019ll find:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 BMX\nRacing: <\/strong>&nbsp;From the first flashlight\nstart in Santa Monica, California in 1969 to your town today, experience all\nthe action of uphill, downhill, berms, jumps, and turns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Freestyle:<\/strong>&nbsp; Just what do kickflips, hitchhikers, elephant\nglides, pinky squeaks, going backyard, front wheelie seatgrabs, tailwhips, bar\nspins, and scuffing have in common?&nbsp; Find\nout what they look like and what gear you need to do them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 Big\nAir:<\/strong> Perhaps nothing typifies the X-Games better than BMX Vert.&nbsp; Learn how jumping went all the way to Madison\nSquare Garden and then virtually disappeared until one rider brought it back in\na big way.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00b7 The\nStreet:<\/strong>&nbsp; When nobody\u2019s looking, all\nkinds of riders are coming up with new moves.&nbsp;\nCheck out what\u2019s happening here and in skate parks across the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With over 80 color photographs and commentary from such BMX\ngreats as Mat Hoffman, Dave Mirra, and the Old Man, <strong>The World of BMX<\/strong> makes you part of the adventure.&nbsp; Saddle up with this book and have the ride of\nyour mind.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The World of BMX<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>by J.P. Partland, photographs by\nTony Donaldson<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>96 pages, 80 color photographs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>U.S. $14.95 \/ Can. $23.95<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>ISBN 0-7603-1543-4<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since it first emerged in the late 1960s, BMX has gone from a do-it-yourself neighborhood sport to a multimillion-dollar industry.&nbsp; The World of BMX gives you an up-close view of the sport as a whole, its disciplines, gear, and some of the personalities who pioneered it.&nbsp; Inside, you\u2019ll find: \u00b7 BMX Racing: &nbsp;From the first &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/theworldofbmx.com\/?page_id=16\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;The Book&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":21,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-16","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Book - The World of BMX<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/theworldofbmx.com\/?page_id=16\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Book - The World of BMX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Since it first emerged in the late 1960s, BMX has gone from a do-it-yourself neighborhood sport to a multimillion-dollar industry.&nbsp; The World of BMX gives you an up-close view of the sport as a whole, its disciplines, gear, and some of the personalities who pioneered it.&nbsp; Inside, you\u2019ll find: \u00b7 BMX Racing: &nbsp;From the first &hellip; Continue reading &quot;The Book&quot;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/theworldofbmx.com\/?page_id=16\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The World of BMX\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2020-02-18T01:29:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/theworldofbmx.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/02\/135818.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"662\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16\",\"name\":\"The Book - The World of BMX\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/135818.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-02-11T19:09:13+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2020-02-18T01:29:37+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/135818.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/02\\\/135818.jpg\",\"width\":600,\"height\":662},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/?page_id=16#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"The Book\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/theworldofbmx.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"The World of BMX\",\"description\":\"by J.P. 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