Neil Waddington – Area 51

Neil Waddington is still crushing it at 51!

We have seen more and more riders keeping up with the sessions going into their 40’s and 50’s these days, and it has been awesome to see. Neil Waddington hit us with a link to his latest video filmed over the course of the past year as he crushed ramps, trails, flatland and the race track at 51 years of age. It is safe to say he’s not slowing down any time soon after watching this one!

“It’s been a hell of a year. I’ve taken a “Ride Everything” approach to bmx as Ive got older and so the edit features clips of me riding park, dirt, flat, and racing in the British Cycling National series.

If someone had told when I was in my 20s that Id still be riding, progressing and having fun on a bmx in my 50s Id probably have been sceptical. But it seems that the older riding scene worldwide is constantly re-defining what an older rider is capable of and the age ceiling for bmx seems to be getting higher and higher. Im constantly stoked to see how far the older scene is still pushing it and it’s so rad to see so many guys in their 50s still out there killing it. Long may it continue!” – Neil Waddington