History of Bmx By nigolden Dec 24, 1950 Beginning of bmx Jun 1, 1963 Schwinn stingray comes out Jan 1, 1971 On Any Sunday is made with kids riding bmx in the beginning Jan 1, 1974 National Bicycle League started Jan 1, 1976 Bicycle motocross action was the first bmx magazine made Jan 1, 1977 American Bicycle foundation was formed Jan 1, 1979 As the 70s ended racing was the biggest form of bmx, Jan 1, 1982 E.T was put in theaters giving bmx a huge boost Jan 1, 1986 "Rad" was introduced to theaters giving freestyle bmx Jan 1, 1990 Once the 90s rolled around bmx died down a lot Jan 1, 1992 First big air Mat Hoffman wanted to try going big for the first time on an 11 foot vert ramp and he aired 13 feet over the coping Jan 1, 1995 First Xgames This brought a whole new generation of kids into bmx. Jan 1, 2008 Bmx was introduced into the Olympics This brought brought bmx back from almost dying. May 17, 2016 Modern day trail riding