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Keith TreanorMat Hoffman will be inducted into the National BMX Hall of Fame in early June.

BMX vert, street, park and industry legend Mat Hoffman is among the recognized inductees into the 2012 National BMX Hall Of Fame, which also includes pioneer BMX racer John Palfreyman Jr., BMX racer Eric Carter, BMX photographer Windy Osborn and the 2008 United States Olympic BMX team. Hoffman is being inducted under the "BMX Freestyler" category.

The 2012 inductees will come together under the Olympic Flame at the US Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, Calif. on June 16, for the 2012 National BMX Hall Of Fame Induction Ceremony and Dinner.

Hoffman, who was either skydiving or clicking cancan lookbacks on his backyard vert ramp, was not available for comment. His contributions to BMX freestyle, should go without saying. But since some of you out there may have arrived on the scene after Mat stopped competing and underwent years of issues with his shoulder and knees, let me try to summarize everything Mat has done.

Kevin SpanierSnafu brand manager Matt "Beard" Bischoff and new Snafu recruit Harry Main.

Late last week, it was announced that California-based BMX, MTB and 700c component and bike brand Snafu was sold to new owners based in Malaga, New Jersey. Under the new ownership, Snafu team rider and Failure Bikes owner Matt "Beard" Bischoff was hired as brand manager for Snafu, leaving former Snafu brand manager Harold "McGoo" McGruther to pursue further interests with Revolution Creative, a Temecula, Calif. based ad agency.

According to the press release, "After 13 years at the helm of the boutique brand he co-founded in 1999, the 50-year-old bike-industry veteran simply chose to pursue other business interests."

T-1Terrible One's new Elf signature Salt City bars.

Just a few years ago you would have been hard pressed to find any new four-piece bars in BMX shops besides the popular signature Bob Scerbo bars from Animal. This has all changed with many companies offering their own take on the handlebar that Robbie Morales affectionately told Taj Mihelich were "disgusting" in Props' "Road Fools One." Just recently, Austin, Texas based brand Terrible One worked with team rider Shawn "Elf" Waters to create their take on the four-piece handlebar, the Salt City Bars.

Cody YorkGarrett Reynolds, crankarm grind to barspin. Launch Gallery »

Chad Kerley's Vitaminwater Invitational

Street riding moves ahead a few years in Kachinsky's Bakery. Check the photos. Gallery

On Saturday night, one of BMX's most progressive street riders, Chad Kerley, hosted a BMX contest like none other. With support from his sponsor, Vitaminwater, Chad hand selected thirty of today's top pro street riders to come out and compete at The Bakery in Chicago, Ill. for $20,000 in cash prizes. The format was simple -- four obstacles, best trick format and rider judged. Throughout the night, we heard many riders say it was the best contest ever -- and I have to agree. Garrett Reynolds won three out of the four obstacles, along with the Rider's Choice award, and Stevie Churchill won the secret setup with a 720. So many "first-ever" tricks went down that it was insane, and we were on hand to capture it all. Check the photos.

FacebookJoe "Butcher Kowalski (far left) with friends and Mike "MCM" McCafferty (far right) in the early '00s.

Michael G. McCafferty, affectionately known as "MCM" throughout the BMX community and well known for his endeavors with clothing brand East Coast Destruction, footwear brand Elite and bike shop Source BMX, died on May 10 in Bethlehem, Pa. He was 37.

According to the Lehigh Valley Live website, McCafferty's body was discovered near the Minsi Trail Bridge on Thursday, but police would not comment on the cause of death or whether a weapon was present.

"Rest in peace, Mike 'MCM' McCafferty," said the Terrible One website on Friday, with a link to an ECD video. "One of the first guys I remember doing pegless rail stuff, RIP" said Jeff Brown via the Terrible One Facebook page.

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Next up in the "Video Rewind" series is Kink Bicycles pro Aaron Smith. Growing up in New Hampshire, Smith's relationship to BMX videos grew out of early releases from GT and Schwinn before expanding into more recent classics such as "Road Fools 5" and the Little Devil video series.

In the above video, Smith discusses those videos and gets some riding done at a makeshift park in the Northeast. Video by Joe Cookie.

Courtesy of Todd WalkowiakTodd Walkowiak in 2009, classic no-footed cancan with tree coverage.

Former DK Bicycles and Mongoose pro Todd Walkowiak was a dominant force in the dirt jumping circuit during the '90s and early '00s. He grew up riding one of the most amazing set of trails in the country (Push in Pittsburgh), and as his riding progressed, the amount of tricks and combinations Todd could do on one jump was legendary. He rode for a stacked DK team with riders including Colin Winkelmann, Chris Doyle, Brian Vowell, and Dave Freimuth to name a few. And after DK, he rode for Mongoose, where he had a signature low-end bike called "The Barspiniac" that sold in large box stores across the country.

Tony Malouf recently hosted two midwest premieres of BSD's new video, "Any Which Way." The premiere went down at Pitch Skatepark in Mundelein, Ill., followed by 4 Seasons in Milwaukee, Wis. Both premieres were really relaxed, more just a reason to get some friends together, ride and share some good times. The video, BSD's new full-length DVD, features a lot of great street riding from the BSD team. It's shot and put together very well, so it's a pleasure to watch. And, since it's basically free, everyone into should try and find a copy. In the above video, Malouf travels through Illinois and Wisconsin at high speeds and actually gets some riding, in addition to clips from Timmy Theus, Joe Battaglia and more. Music by Mansions, "Blackest Sky." 

Nike BMXSimone Barraco and Alex Kennedy for Nike BMX.

Every so often a web video is unleashed and immediately hailed as BMX's second coming. Today's offering from Nike BMX is a prime example of that, with Cult's Alex Kennedy and Subrosa's Simone Barraco (and their out-of-control hairstyles) taking to the streets of Tel Aviv, Israel. The city's modernist plazas and graffiti laden back alleys complement the duos smooth, line-based approach to street riding nicely. There's plenty of mind blowing tricks and it's all beautifully documented -- Simone's (spoiler alert) railhop tailwhip is executed perfectly and Alex Kennedy's 360 to smith grinds to nose manual is absurdly smooth. While their creative lines are the focus of the video, it's also nice to see them seemingly out of their element, namely with Kennedy's toboggan hop into a huge ledge and Barraco's nosepress to barspin on a steep, street transition.

InstagramBrian Hunt in Shanghai, China, after breaking his right scapula in practice at X Games Asia 2012.

During BMX Street practice in X Games Asia on April 27, DK Bicycles/Orchid Footwear pro Brian Hunt was casually messing around on the street course (he was invited to ride vert) when he fell and broke his right scapula bone. Hunt, 27, was attended to by the medical staff, and taken to the hospital with a translator.

After X-rays, some back and forth about surgery in a Shanghai area hospital and $150 USD payment from Brian for treatment, Hunt was allowed to leave the hospital with a new cast -- a plaster cast applied over the same t-shirt he had been wearing while riding the same day. The cast wrapped around his torso, over his shoulder and held his right arm in place.