BMX Weekly

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Mike Franze (Fullerton Bikes) podcast started out with his deep BMX history in Orange County, Southern California, which was one of the meccas of the BMX industry. Mike talks about the early days, how big the OC scene was, to what's left of it now with the closing down of the Orange Y over 3 years ago now. Mike talks about test riding for BMX Plus, photo shoots for BMX Action, building and putting on his own races at Parks, how many BMX bikes he would custom build and sell during the 90s and 2000s alongside supporting riders and teams along the way.

We talk about Mike getting into mountain bikes, the Over the Hump MTB Series, NICA (National Interscholastic Cycling Association), and his thoughts on the current state of BMX racing. We also dive into the lack of marketing, promotions, media and what's missing and what we could learn from the MTB World.

Mike's got so much passion for everything bikes and still BMX after all of these years. It was great talking to him - hope you enjoy the listen.

A day over in Huntington Beach with one of my best friends of nearly 40s years, Paul Roberts @grotbags32 drinking coffee, riding along the beach talking BMX and life and everything else in between. We also paused for an hour next to a life guard tower and recorded a quick Podcast for good measure.

Paul talks about announcing for Vans last month at the US Open before moving onto some British BMX history talk past and present; Kye Whyte, Neal Wood, Chico Hooke, John Dye, Bobby Hyde, Keith Duly, the list goes on. Paul talks about not being in the Union Video, who was better Geth Shooter or Charlie Reynolds, favorite bikes, magazine coverage, Debbie Scott Webb and Donna Duffy and so much more. If you like a bit of British BMX trivia then you should like this one. Check it out...

Back from a few months off of the Podcast front with a new one - Dr. J, Chris Powell, Esq. and I caught up at Better Buzz Coffee Roasters in Hillcrest, SD. We talk MTB Masters Worlds, Hall of Fame winners, BMX Worlds, Pam Am Games and Chris shares with us how Better Buzz started, the relationship which lead him to working for the company alongside what it took to get the Pacific Highlands Ranch Pump Track off the ground and how popular it has become in such a short amount of time since opening early this summer.

We also talk Pump Track in the Olympics, Velosolutions, China and Houstons Pro events and whether amateur Challenge riders should be able to call themselves World Champions and more. Check it out...

Long time coming but finally nailed down Hollywood, Mike Miranda and recorded a Podcast with the help of Mike’s long-time friend, Eric Carter who always brings great stories and perspective which all went down at Hyper Design Studios in Carlsbad last week.

We breeze through Hollywood’s career from the early days racing in So-Cal riding for SE, CW, Torker and Hutch before finishing up on Free Agent while working at Vision Street Wear.

Mike talks about his time racing in England at the Kelloggs witnessing Tim Judge and Richie Anderson brawl in a hotel room, British rider Geth Shooter winning in the rain, horse riding with Andy Ruffell and thoughts on English birds being a dime-a-dozen at the time.

Mike also talks racing in Holland and France, the lifetime relationships he’s made and what it was like to race in Bercy in a packed stadium in front of all of the crazy French fans during the peak years of the 80s.

We talk Mike working at GT in the 90s, his thoughts and respect for Rich Long, becoming a Golf Pro for a few years before returning to the bike industry working at Cycling Sports Group (owners of Cannondale, GT, Schwinn and Mongoose) before moving over to Hyper more recently as (Co-Director of Shenanigans and all around good egg) as Mike puts.

We talk about the current state of the Bicycle industry, USA BMX, Pump Tracks some thoughts and solutions to grow not just racing but ways to get more kids out and on bikes moving forward.

We also hit on Mike coaching at Woodward, being in the movie RAD & negotiating more money on-set and of course we hit on as many of the Q&A that were posted on Facebook as we could.

It was great to sit down with Hollywood and EC. This one could have gone on forever, enjoy...

Lunch and a quick Podcast with Eddy King. We talk about "Tools of Empowerment, the Eddy King Story" that Shimano put out a few weeks ago. We also touch on the BMX Society Weekend, Andy Ruffell, thoughts on the Greg Hill Podcast, Paris World Cup and we flip through an issue of Same Old (Skate Magazine). We questioned whether this would work in race in today's landscape? Check it out.

Greg Hill Podcast - We catch up with Greg and see what the latest is with him and Remix and see what he's got planned moving forward as he turns a new page in his life. We dive into current BMX affairs and, as most know, with Greg you get it straight and he shares his thoughts on the race landscape today. We hit on USA BMX, Nationals, the local scene, Pro racing and so much more.  Greg’s not holding back on this one and you can sense his passion after all these years for BMX is alive and well. Like most of us he’d like to see it grow and not decline. Check it out...

New Podcast posted with with Dr. J and this week's guest, CK Flash visiting over from London. We talk about the new Dvide Spring Line drop, Australian rider Matty Juster busted for Sauce, and we get the scoop with CK - talking old school BMX with Tyson Beckford, TV, all of the promoting and mentoring of kids that CK is involved in and getting them on the right path with an introduction to BMX. We also go deep on all the Peckham current Elite Pro's and thoughts on Kye and Tre Whyte, Quillan Isidore and all things Peckham. Lots more, check it out.

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(At La Costa Roasting in Carlsbad.) New Podcast posted with Director/Photographer Justin Kosman.

We chat about Justin’s history, making his way from Illinois to California freelancing and working at Bike Magazine, ESPN, Ride, Transword, DC, Vans, Redbull, his time at Twenty BMX Magazine writing content and his various shoots with other brands and magazines he's worked with over the years.

We also talk about some of his newer projects at Vans, thoughts on Freestyle being in the Olympics, social media, racing, pump tracks and the possibilities they could provide and more. Check it out.

Website: justinkosman.com

IG: @justinkosman

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Today’s Podcast include myself and Dr. J sitting down with Hookit's Rich Houseman over at Leap Coffee in Carlsbad. We start catching up with what's been going on over in Dr. J’s world, a quick update on Dvide, thoughts on USA BMX’s GOAT article in the new Pull Magazine then our thoughts on Beth Shriever’s GoFundMe to raise £50,000 to support her Olympic campaign over the next 2 years.

We then catch up with Rich talking about being a factory star riding for Hutch in the 80s, a successful mountain bike career in the 90s and 2000s and his current gig at Hookit, with some great insight and advice on marketing and social media in today’s landscape in the sponsorship world.

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This week on the Podcast we got Tyler Brown, a man with many hats including racing, his own 316 team, running a track, coaching and his newer role at USA Cycling. We talk about his career moving from Colorado with his mom to California, racing AA Pro to turning Vet and already winning 2 World Titles and a Vet National title. We then talk industry, thoughts on the current scene in the US, Pro Racing, Prize Money, Sponsorship, putting on events, Pro results in Phoenix and Oldsmar and more.