BMX Weekly

Good to catch up with Sylvain André earlier this week for a coffee and Podcast and to see what the World Champion has been up to, as we move into the 2019 season. Sylvain talks about his big win in Baku, passing fellow Frenchmen Joris Daudet down the last-straight and all of the emotions of being crowned the World Champion.

We then talk about his own history in the sport; coming through the ranks, winning Junior Men at the 2010 Worlds in South Africa, putting Marc Willers over the turn at the Chula Vista World Cup and climbing the Elite ranks to become one of the most consistent riders over the last few years.

We also touch on French BMX; winning the 2017 World Cup some French BMX Trivia questions and more.

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We caught up with Bas de Bever combing through his career as a racer, competing and winning his first World Championship of many back in 1983, through the 80s and early 90s transitioning into a very notable mountain bike career before moving into setting up and coaching the Dutch National Team back when BMX first became an Olympic sport. A position he has held until recently when he called it a day after a very successful many years and Olympic cycles under his belt.

We talk about why the Dutch have always been so strong in BMX over the last 3 decades, past sponsors, coaching talk and some of the guys Bas has battled with in BMX from Eric Minozzi to Wilco Groenendaal and Christophe Leveque. Lots more. Check it out.

Spent Friday afternoon down by the coast drinking coffee and podcasting with Dr. J and 2x Olympian and all-round good guy Tory Nyhaug. We talk about Tory's crash at the World's last year, resulting in a concussion and the frustrations he's having from still not being released to train or race. We then hop onto a bunch of subjects from the Olympics, to social media, World Cups, the current state of BMX and of course we touched on some of the current rants in the race world right now on social media including Tim Kneip's posts to Team Pits and more. Check it out...

Dylan Clayton Podcast Part 2 - We talk the 90s, riding for Sunn, transitioning from AM into the Superclass ranks, racing in the UK, Europe to World's talk. We also touch on Dylan racing MTB, riding for Pashley's after Sunn and transitioning into real-life after his career wound down.

We chat coaching, Dylan working for British Cycling along with some of the things his job entails and his thoughts on the current British National Team.

Dylan also answers questions from Social Media and so much more.

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This week on the Podcast we have WD40’s Robin Baloochi. Robin talks about racing both BMX and mountain bikes, some of the teams he rode for and moving into the bike industry after retiring from racing.

We talk about some of WD40’s history, Robin’s role now in the company along with some talk on the riders, teams and events they support and plans moving forward and much more, check it out.

Part 2 of the Eric Carter Podcast posted - This episode we talk about the current state of the race industry, the saturation of frame brands and if it's even possible to successfully move forward.

We then dive into more of EC's career from dominating on Hutch, being mentally strong as a rider and how he would position himself in a race with strategies to win. EC talks winning the 93 NBL Pro title, his rivalry with Mike King, his thoughts on racing Brian Lopes alongside buying a gate because of Michal Prokop and his World's battle with him.

EC then gives us his thoughts on Anthony Bucardo's Amateur title race at this year's Grands, what it's like when the lights go out on a professional's career and the bro calls stop coming and the reality of transitioning into real life when your career is over set in. Check it out...

Made the quick trip up the 15 to Murrieta to spend the afternoon and record a Podcast with Eric Carter, covering plenty in both BMX and MTB which we will split into two parts. Part 1 we talk about EC being one of the first guys to clip-in but somehow managing to stay in the shadows when the likes of Mike King and Brian Lopes are brought up as the guys that were the first-movers of clips coming into BMX.

We cover his deep history with Hyper, some of the current team riders and plans moving forward. EC gives us his thoughts on pumptracks, Interbike closing its doors, his time at Specialized as Team Manager, being on GT in the 90s, and some of the contracts he's signed over the years. We also touch on this year's Grands, EC's thoughts on current tracks and racing and more.

On this week's Podcast Dr. Jason Richardson and I head up to Murrieta to sit down and grab a coffee with the 2 X Olympic Champion, Maris Strombergs. We all know there has been a lot of speculation on whether Maris will give Tokyo a run in 2020 but Maris finally puts it straight... he has decided to retire and call it a day on his career officially after a lot of consideration.

Of course, we recap some of the highlights of Maris' career from moving to the US after winning the Beijing Games to discovering Starbucks, getting on Free Agent and the adjustments to living and racing in the US. We talk about his wins in Beijing and London, winning the USA BMX title, some of his rivals over the years and his thoughts on the current state of the industry and who he thinks the players for Gold in Tokyo 2020 will be. Plus, lots more. Check it out.

We finally got to nail down Mr. Smooth himself, Craig Reynolds, and bang out a Podcast. Lots covered in this one including riding for MCS, Zeronine, CycleCraft, Badd & Company; to the start of Reynolds Racing, Mongoose, racing the AM ranks during the 80s; to AA Pro during the 90s and early 2000s. We talk about crashing while winning the 87 Worlds, announcing and hosting for TV, Props, thoughts on today’s racing and media as it sits currently and more.

New Dewayne Taylor Podcast posted. We cover growing up in Nor Cal and getting into racing in the mid 80s riding for Profile Rocket, Supercross, Haro and Standard, and working with iconic brands like DC Shoes and Fox during the big budgets days. Dewayne talks about putting on the DC Sprint Trails Event at Stumpy’s House, working for DEFT FAMILY to getting back into racing with his son, focusing on grass roots this time around working with Mongoose and helping their efforts and more.

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