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This one’s been a long time coming. Dr. J, Todd Huffman, Pete D and I sat down at the Fox Theater in Fullerton and went in-depth on a Podcast with Danny Nelson.

We go from the start in the early 80s, getting picked up by Chuck Robinson and going onto being a long time member of the Firm, spending time on GT and Powerlite. Danny is one of the few guys who has won every major title and goes into detail about winning the 1994 World Championships at Waterford Oaks at such a young age; his NBL title battle with Thomas Allier and the ABA title with Warwick Stevenson and all that went down at the Grands in Tulsa that same weekend.

Danny talks being friends with 80s MX stars, Johnny O’Mara and Jeff Stanton, the end of GT, going to Giant and the business opportunity that arose, and making the decision to retire mid-season while again battling for the ABA title.

Danny tells us about life after BMX, work and home life these days, thoughts on being inducted into the USA BMX Hall of Fame and so much more.

Quick Podcast with Dr. J chatting about my Thanksgiving and Christmas Camps at San Diego BMX. We also talk a little about the Grands, the Real Influencers Project, sponsorships, Pro/Am action, Chad Reed and his family getting into BMX, the greatest pro team in BMX, 2021 UCI World Cups, breakdancing in the Olympics, Al Cayne, Cobra Kai Season 3, PulpMX Podcast questions that can be applied to BMX race, who controls the BMX industry standard, do the riders have any power or leverage in BMX, who represents the riders, and much more. Check the link below.

This week Dr. J and I head up to the Fox Theatre in Fullerton to sit down and do a Podcast with Mr. Todd Huffman.

We go in depth from the mid 70s of Todd discovering BMX, racing locally in Northern California, traveling and racing, getting on SE turning Pro, working for Scot Breithaupt, moving to SoCal and driving across the country on the famous SE Bus and the Murray World Cup.

Todd talks being roommates with Steve Giberson (VitalMX), placing second behind Crazy Ronnie Anderson in B Pro at Magic Mountain, Quitting SE and a big fight with Scot, starting up MOR Distribution with Bob Morales at the Torker Auction, judging AFA contests and later creating Auburn.

We then talk about GT absorbing MOR/Auburn and Todd going to work for Richard Long/GT with the job from events, sponsorships, TV, traveling and being part of the GT juggernaut in the 90s - which started at $36 million in sales when he joined to over $220 million in sales and was a publicly traded company with a marketing budget of $7 million with 70+ people on the payroll with team riders and promotions.

Todd talks about things going sideways with Chris Moeller, the S&M vs. The Firm drama, GT's involvement with the 96 Olympics and contract negotiations with Gary Ellis, Danny Nelson, Charles Townsend and so on over the years.

We talk in depth about Rich Long and the passion he had for GT and racing and how things changed after Rich passed in 96 and the mark he left in the bicycle industry.

We talk when Todd left GT becoming an agent for Brian Lopes and Hans Ray, the development of Invert Events, its potential before the Metal Mulisha, the Troy Mcmurray brawl that shut down the Irvine event and the end of Invert.

Todd shares about starting Digital Media with Don Hoffman, Surge TV, Pump TV, MX-Files right up to current times working on the Jag BMX Film, the Richard Long book and its expected release and his thoughts on BMX today and some potential cool things in the pipeline with streaming and BMX content and media moving forward and so much more.

Enjoy. It's a good one.

New BMX Weekly Podcast (formerly High-Low Podcast) posted. We decided it would be easier to switch the name to BMX Weekly to link up with BMXWeekly.com and all the BMX Weekly social media so it’s a little easier for everyone to follow and keep up with the Podcasts and anything else we post moving forward.

It's been awhile but time to ramp it back up and start out with a catch up with Dr. J over in Carlsbad.

We talk Pro/Am Racing, UCI Worlds canceled, So-Cal State racing, Dvide, Grass Roots Team and Beginner League news, Grands talk and more. Check it out...

I sat down with fellow Englishman Dom Phipps last weekend as a guest on the High-Low Podcast. We got into the back story of the BMX Freestyle projects he has put together in the last decade and what it takes to make them happen - including the self-published history books - The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement (with literally hundreds of contributors) and USA made frame reissues for Haro Bikes. Dom has new BMX history projects in planning that will launch in the weeks and months ahead. Get the lowdown and take a listen to our chat in San Diego last weekend.

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NEW Podcast with Brandon Meadows is posted. Riding for S&S Racing, Powerlite, Herdas Hotshots, Schwinn, Specialized and Intense. Winning the ABA Amateur Number 1 and Junior Men World Champion in 98 and also a handful of World Main event appearances alongside winning the X-Games 2 times during his career, Brandon talks sponsors, injuries, racing during the downhill BMX era and being part of the transitioning to Supercross during the first Olympic cycle.

Brandon talks the end of his career, what he’s been up to since retiring, thoughts on the sport today and we talk about pump tracks, the possible changes and ideas once racing gets back underway after the Pandemic and so much more.

New Podcast with Scott Beaumont is up. Racing for the legendary team Birmingham Wheels in the 80s as a kid, to winning the World Championships in 95 in Colombia and another World title in 96. Scott talks about racing in the UK, Europe and Worlds over the years before getting picked up by Kona and transitioning into mountainbikes.

Scott talks the UCI Mountainbike World Cups, specializing in Dual, 4x and all the politics that goes with it and the UCI over the years along with his thoughts. We also talk 4x as it sits today with the Pro Tour and British Cycling 4x Series, continuing to race at the top level in his 40s, his thoughts on the GB Olympic BMX team, his favorites for the Olympics and so much more.

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NEW Podcast with Matt Pohlkamp is posted. We chat with Matt discovering BMX in Cincinnati, Ohio after watching the 1987 IBMXF World Championships on Nickelodeon and getting hooked, riding for DK, Schwinn and going to California for the first time battling with Randy Stumpfhauser, modeling and turning Pro.

Matt hits on his Pro career winning the Monster-X Series, being teammates with the Foster brothers, riding for DK again, Kuwahara, Celly Smellys and Dans.

We also touch on Matt moving out west to LA, racing Vet, winning the Worlds in Denmark, to slowing down his racing, acting and so much more.

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NEW Nigel Page Podcast is posted. Discovering BMX in the early 80s in the North West of England, racing at Wigan Three Sisters and all over the country during the 80s, working at YTS, raving, getting into the UK mountain scene in the 90s, sponsorships, magazine coverage, traveling to the US and building relationships in the industry.

Nigel talks about racing BMX again in the 2000s, winning the Masters Downhill World Championships in 2007, setting up a World Cup mountainbike team with Chain Reaction Cycles chainreactioncycles.com including some well-known names like Sam Hill who to this day is still working with him.

We also hit on him announcing with Rob Warner, that amazing run of Danny Hart winning the 2011 World Championships in Champery, his thoughts on BMX racing and ideas to grow it and some of the positives the mountainbike industry has done over the years.

We also talk team budgets, money involved in the MTB industry, Redbull TV, bike parks, pump tracks, media, enduro and so much more.

Check it out.

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NEW Thomas Allier Podcast is up. Starting out in the late 80s racing in France, getting on Sunn, racing in Europe, turning Superclass (Elite) in the mid 90s and cleaning house by 98 Winning the French, European and World Championships before making the full move to the US.

Thomas talks about nearly signing for Huffy before going to GT, his first few years in the States, his relationship with Christophe Leveque and heated battles with John Purse, NBL Title runs, winning his 2nd World Championships, racing mountain bikes and going to Giant before making the move back home to France to live and race.

We talk about injuries, racing back in Europe, his 08 Olympic experience & retiring, almost working for British Cycling, working at the UCI HQ in Switzerland before branching off to do his own coaching and continuing to travel and Coach riders around the World.

Thomas also talks about some of the riders he has and currently does work with, his thoughts on current SX/Olympic Elite racing, his future and a whole lot more. Check it out.