WCMX: How ‘BMX in a wheelchair’ became online para-sport sensation
Tomas Woods, who wants to describe the sport he was a double -world champion, lowered him to the elevator field: “Basically BMX in a wheelchair.”
WCMX – Short chair for Motocros – Athletes cheats more than 90 seconds to accrue scores. Similar to Skateboard and BMX, you will do three experiments to perform your best run in the park.
Discovering the sport for Woods changed his life.
Preston from Preston to 16-year-old BBC Sport in Salford Greystone Action Sports BBC Sports for the first time and now a celebrity told and currently a celebrity, “I sent my local Skatepark in an e-mail asking if there was something I can try.”
“I came in January 2020 and I was in my first competition in October. The rest is history.”
Woods is now sharing tips and tricks on Instagram and doing his best to enlarge sports beyond the online popularity.
Most of British WCMX athletes are popular at Instagram, which attracts thousands of followers with Woods, Lily Rice and Ben Sleet.
They publish pictures of their travels and competitions and videos of their tricks and skills – all wheelchairs proudly with the front and center.
“The community is very wide – Australia, Brazil, all over Europe,” he says. “It is very important to be online.
“I was getting on Graystone here and I had no idea what I was doing. After watching me and my coach Youtube clips, we will try to try and run back. Now we send instructors, we give back to future generations.”
