The Next Gen

How do you think the next generation will play out?

I've been riding since I believe somewhere between 2006 or 2007, could be '08 though

Whether it be parts, riders, styles, or whatever else it may be, it's always changing, always evolving in some way. Frames did not normally have sub 13.5 rear end lengths as much as they do now, not many had the tire clearance you see nowadays, and not many had a bunch of crazy colors or fancy bits like invest dropouts and whatnot. Not even frames though, about everything now even down to brakes.

We had the weight weenie phase and now we are beefing things up again, bars were not very common with 9 rise and above that seemed non-existent. Front load stems were more common than top load stems, seats were slammed and slim (or at least slimmer), there were many folding tires out there but most were later ditched, tire's did not go up to 2.4 from what I knew, freecoasters were a whole lot less abundant than cassette's, and it was pretty much just the G-Sport Pleg that was plastic.

We hear of riders like Shane Weston, Stevie Churchill, Brandon Begin, Charlie Crumlish, Tom Dugan, Alex Coleborn, Harry Main, Mark Webb, Kriss Kyle, Dakota Roche, Chase Hawk, Dennis Enarson, Tyler Fernengel, Devon Smillie, Chad Kerley, and many more nowadays.

We hear of companies like, Eclat, WTP, Fit, FlyBikes, Odyssey, BSD, Snafu, Cult, Shadow, Volume, Kink, Stolen, Mutiny, Haro, and many more nowadays.

Street riding blew up more and got crazier in some ways, park riding got more intense but seems a little less common than it used to be, riding styles shifted, I saw things going from pretty flowy in some forms to consisting of more of your tightly packed tech tricks.

Whether it be good or bad, BMX has wildy changed and grew, especially over the couple years till the present day. We've gained riders and we've lost riders.

All in all, what do you think will be coming about next. will it have an even bigger boost? Will bmx calm down a bit? What innovations are lurking around the next corner? What should we expect to happen in the coming years?

I do not know, but I am way more than interested in finding out.