The city of Barcelona is committed to the practice of BMX

The BMX circuit of Horta Velodrome has been remodeled and is now safer and be ready to host the European Championships of this modality of cycling

The new BMX circuit of Barcelona

The City Council this summer has renewed the facilities of the Municipal Velodrome d’Horta, which invested more than 2 million euros. One of the major reforms was the remodeling of the old BMX circuit, which dated from 1984 and was not in the best conditions to practice this form of cycling.

The renovation of the circuit has been total, and explains the director of the Velodrome Manel Herrando “has been to remove all dirt and had returned to the circuit again. The track, jumps up to 15 meters, the exit ramp, the exit door and perimeter fence. “It also added a powerful lighting and banked paved, and now the circuit is in good conditions to host the European Championships. Although it opened a few months ago, even a few days ago not been disputed first major championship.

One of the people who had more weight in the process of remodeling is Alfredo Moreno, who coached 28 years at this circuit and it has spent 17 designing the project for the new facility was a reality: ‘We redesigned all the space we had, which is a bit small, and we have a fast and technical circuit. It’s very nice after so much effort to see something you’ve done, “he explains.

Genesis School BMX

The school cycling Genesis is the entity that uses the circuit more specifically during the classes for people who practice BMX. At school there are kids from 4 years up to teenagers, and there train all levels. There are classes for beginners every Tuesday and Thursday afternoon and coaching the same day in the morning. The circuit is also open to the public on Fridays from 6 to 8 pm, a technician responsible and are making a contribution of 5 euros.

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The flying skateboard is now a reality thanks to the company Lexus

Lexus test successfully Slide table, inspired by ‘Back to the Future’, in Barcelona

The Hoverboard Lexus aerotable action in Cubelles

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The dream of many skaters is finally a reality. The carmaker Lexus has shown that creating a skateboard without wheels is possible, thanks to the magnetic levitation. And it’s not a laboratory experiment, but the first world test Slide Lexus has been in Barcelona, ​​at the hands of Ross McGouran skater.

Lexus has become the flying skateboard actual appearing in Back to the Future 2 with an existing technology: magnetic levitation. The company has applied the same technology that makes possible the maglev trains to create a table that levitates and that, in the view of images and videos that have posted the signing really works.

But the table is tricky. And it needs to run a special, magnetic track, which repels the skate. The Slide, equipped with liquid nitrogen cooled superconducting (hence emits some smoke), it is repelled by the floor (not rub), gliding contact this. Indeed, in testing even skate slides over the water.

To present the table, the firm created in Cubelles track for the occasion, 200 meters, in which it was shown that the invention works. With no one above, the table about 8 centimeters up on sleep, whereas when the skater goes the distance is reduced to about 5 centimeters. Skaters move around the track, and the table responds. He even moved above the water and achieves skater jump over a car (Lexus, of course). But: it seems more difficult to control than a normal skateboard.

“Embarking on this project we set out to push the limits of technology, design and innovation to make the impossible possible,” said Mark Templin, Lexus executive vice president. The company, which worked on the project for 18 months, has made clear it does not intend to market the product.

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