so proud.

>> When you hear the words Louisville and race and you probably think about horses, but that's not all.

Louisville CP, Tom Sawyer, State Park just hosted the USA BMX Derby city Nationals, which has been in Louisville since the 1980's BMX stands for bicycle, motocross and competitors in this year's event included Olympic Athletes professional BMX racers from all over the world.

And the U.S. is past U.S..

Amateur riders take a spin around the track with Oz in a twist on our Arts and culture segment, we call Tapestry.

>> Derry City BMX is a curve.

A volunteer that have put together >> to hold events like this and bring them to Louisville.

And it brings BMX.

It keeps BMX alive in Louisville.

Last year we brought in 41 states.

We brought in 6 countries.

We average over 18,000 people a weekend here at it up, telling Sawyer and we were kids USA, BMX and the Louisville Sports Commission's.

It helps KET all that together.

So we are a completely.

A nonprofit Rand organization.

So we do all this for its were all volunteers.

We just like bike and bikes and art and trying to teach him some of these guys and girls how to arrive here.

>> I like the official has come here.

Lots of lots of people from all around the hour on the country from here.

Just like pushing and pushing yourself to do bigger things as as you get older, kind of get more competitive us, much of a dry land.

You feel they can't get scared.

Can't like I backed off.

You have to cut.

You have to commit.

He is.

>> 11 right to individual rat race.

You know, and you might be on a team.

But at the end the day you either peddled in that wreck in that lab where you didn't have a so it's instant accountability.

It's did you checkup where you should have checked up?

You know, it's all on you.

People come across the racetrack and they throw bike.

They throw held it.

It's not our fault itself.

The bikes fall.

Most a 95% of the time.

It's what you did on the track.

And so it in and that's what we'll look at what we're doing out here, trying to teach.

We've got riders from Warren to 78 and we're all still trying to learn how to lose.

hopefully win the right ones to learn how to lose a lot of them >> One can just go do it.

Like I started last July of last summer.

And I've been a fracking here in a few months and come a long way site just getting to do it.

It's just like anyone can get try it.

>> You know, to have a facility like this in Kentucky is unbelievable.

I live 3 miles from here.

You know, it is.

And this is in my backyard.

I've got to 8 year-old the 13 year-old ex and they're both experts in a race and for them to come out here and ride.

Is it just you make so many memories and there's different stories all over right now.

Happening on this, trying to do.

>> There's so many people like it's like a community is in family.

Everyone just gets along.

Everyone super nice to each other and very supportive.

And I just love getting out there and getting to go ride and you know, my very best and just rocket, you know.

>> We've been around for over 40 years right now.

We want that to continue for 40 more and with the volunteers and the love that we have for BMX around this city.

>> KET on rocking and rolling with that.

Hundreds of people took part in an S and it's estimated that at least 270 of the bike riders were women and girls.