VOTE FOR RIDER OF THE YEAR – NORA CUP 2022 READER’S CHOICE AWARD

The 26th Annual NORA Cup Awards are coming up quick and the time has come for you to help give away one of the most prestigious awards we have in BMX. The idea is simple. Vote for who you think had the best year. Don’t vote for your favorite rider; vote for the dude that put in the work since NORA 2021 (October). Maybe they put out a couple of heavy parts, maybe they won one of the few events, maybe they dropped regular heat on Insta…maybe they did it all? You decide who gets the Reader’s Choice Rider Of The Year Award. Choose from the list of nominees here or use the write in option…

You’re allowed to vote once a day.

VOTING IS CLOSED FOR 2022. WINNERS WILL BE ANNOUNCED ON SEPTEMBER 11TH. 

Event Details:

After a two-year hiatus, we are heading back overseas to Source BMX’s Battle Of Hastings. The ’best weekend in BMX’ is officially back and NORA Cup will be happening on Sunday, September 11th, at St Mary In The Castle. Doors will open at 8pm, show will begin at 9pm. As usual, we’ll be rolling out nominees on all our channels (ourbmx.com, youtube.com/ourbmx, and instagram.com/bmx) in early September and will have coverage of the event and individual winner videos the following week after the live event.

Again, another sincere thank you from myself and the rest of the Our BMX crew (Ryan Fudger, AdamWatkins, Albert Mercado, Nilo Hodges, and Michael Jimenez) to all of you for the support and for participating in NORA Cup. Your vote most definitely counts.

If you want to share that you voted, feel free to save/screenshot this image and post it up. Be sure to tag @bmx and #noracup. Thank you!    

I also want to sincerely thank the brands that to allow NORA Cup to happen: Monster Energy, Source BMX, Vans BMX, Cinema, Alienation, Fit Bike Co, Fly Bikes, GT BMX, Haro Bikes, Hyper BMX, Kink BMX, ODI Grips, Odyssey BMX, S&M Bikes, S1 Helmets, Shadow Conspiracy, Snafu, Tubolito, Sunday Bikes, and Subrosa Brand.

Brief NORA Cup History:

The Number One Rider Award was created in 1979 by BMX Action Magazine. Originally focused on racing, NORA Cup had just two categories (rider and team) but it quickly became the most prestigious award in BMX. In 1985, Freestylin’ Magazine introduced most popular freestyle rider, team, and bike categories. The NORA Cup awards ended in 1991 when the publisher of both magazines (Wizard Publications) went out of business. In 1997, Ride BMX and Snap Magazine resurrected NORA Cup and continued until Ride BMX was shuttered in early 2019. The former employees of Ride created Our BMX and continued the NORA Cup tradition…