BMX Weekly

This episode - myself and Dr. J go three way with the new school Canadian Beast, Tory Nyhaug, after a successful few weeks over in Europe at the first few rounds of the World Cup. Tory gives us some insight and strategies used to roll out of Europe with some solid results and a shot at the Overall later this summer, which will go down in Argentina. We also talk about his Olympic experience, keeping everything fun but knowing when it gets serious when lining up on the gate. We touch base on some of the competition, traveling the world, equal prize money, the Kink-Killer and so much more. Of course, we cannot do a podcast without addressing this week's internet drama-attack; call it what you want from a certain 90s Pro. It's all in this week's poddy. Check it out.

OG racer, Hall of Famer and long time friend, Byron Friday gives us a little insight on his early days in BMX during the 70's and 80's with some of the teams and companies he rode and worked for during the development years of the sport. We then move into the 90's and his time with both Mongoose and Trek during the "healthy years" when BMX racing had big budgets. We talk about bringing value and some great advice on sponsorship and doing the extra bit to stand out especially in today's industry. Byron also talks about today's Pro racing and his new website, BMXTeacher.com. Check it all out.

Papendal World Cup and Industry chit chat Podcast with Sam Willoughby - Sam gives us an update on how he's doing and then we get into wrapping up rounds 1 & 2 of the UCI World Cup from last weekend in Holland. We talk about the winners and some of the Elite riders both Men and Women that were featured during the weekend's finals.

We then move over to a topic we touched on in the Podcast a few weeks ago with regards to the saturated frame market. Sam gives his take and thoughts on the subject.

We take on some Social Media Q&A and Sam gives us some insight on both his London 2008 and Rio 2012 Olympic Main events. Sam shares some of his other titles and the importance of both the USA BMX Title and UCI World Titles and how they weigh up on his very impressive resume.

A few sound issues on this one during recording but it's still always great to talk with Sam and look forward to having him back on the Podcast very soon. Cheers Sam.

Mike Day Podcast - We kick things off with Sea Otter Classic talk and Mike coming in 2nd in DH and signing for Giant for the MTB season. We then throw it back to the start of his race career and climbing the amateur ranks riding for Answer and his friendship and rivalry with Bubba Harris.

We slowly move into his Pro Career winning the NBL Number 1 Pro Title, the run up to the 08 Olympics with a dominating win at the Olympic Trials alongside the full run-down on what went down in Beijing and post-race happenings.

We talk sponsorship, injury, SX, training some of the guys he battled with and respected and times spent with Kyle Bennett & Donny Robinson and the bond they all shared chasing the Olympic Dream. We touch on just missing out at the 2012 Olympic Trials and slowing down his career.

Of course, we talk the current state of the sport, Mike's views on the race industry and Q&A with all the social media questions we received.

Really enjoyed this conversation, if you're a Mike Day fan, then sit back and enjoy.

We talk the weekend's racing in Austin, Texas to Holland and the UK and how a lot of the European National Team riders tend to skip National events leading into the World Cups where the US-based riders will head to Europe in the middle of a racing block. We look at the pros and cons of both strategies.

After our Podcast a few weeks ago, specifically with regard to the 8m Hill we got quite a few responses from the listeners including David Graf and his perspective. We discuss David's response and his discussion of the topic on Instagram last week.

We also talk about the news of Amanda Geving's suspension for a year from US Anti-Doping Agency, and touch on a few subjects from Social Media this week from the saturated frame market to whether today's Elite riders even ride their bikes around the streets on non-training days anymore.

Check it out.

Paul Roberts Podcast Part 2 - It's been 6 months since Part 1 so there was a lot to catch up on beginning with the sad news of Paul recently losing his dad, Vic, who was also the legendary UK BMX Starter and friend to so many of us. We then touch on life in Huntington Beach along with his music and band.

Paul talks media and more details on his time at 4130 working on Ride & Dirt Magazine- from deadlines to shooting photos and announcing.

Of course, we have to touch on the Andy Ruffell / Tim March rivalry alongside some of the other top guys from the UK during the 80s period that were legendary and well-documented at the time.

We talk about the early 90s UK scene when the sport took a dip, sponsorship & money was low but it really proved to be one of the best times for riding with all the scenes going on around the country.

We go to Q&A and so much more is covered in this Podcast. Get the kettle on, sit back and relax because it's a long one. If you tuned in and liked Part 1 then you're in for a treat as we head down memory lane with Paul.

Vent Podcast Posted - Dr J texted me saying he wanted to Vent a little on some things in the race world so we decided to fire up the Skpe and hit the record button. I guess it turned into more of a Scoop episode with a few Vents thrown in.

We talk who's pulling after the first 3 rounds of the USA BMX Pro Series events, a little World Cup talk and we lay out (again) our views on the big hill and maybe it's time the UCI pulled the plug on it moving forward. We touch on how the Pros and USA BMX can help each other to bring value to each other, Pro/Am type events and finish up with some Q&A and self promo. Check it out.

Jason Carnes Podcast - Jason gives us a run-down on his BMX career & history from his long-term employment with Redline to his new venture, bermacademy.com with all the info on Touring the Country in his RV, living the BMX dream and how you can sign up and get onboard for an upcoming tour. We also talk about the current race culture, some good old 90s stories from the road and much more.

Aussie, Old-Mid and Current Schooler, Bruce Morris Podcast. Bruce gives us the low-down on the current Australian race scene and shares the sport shifting with a new President coming in with some new ideas post-Olympic year. We touch on the Aussie Elite rider crop and who to look out for in the next few years on the International front. We also couldn't resist chatting about some of the past Australian Champions from years past.

Todd Lyons "The Wildman" Podcast. We talk early days racing back in Ohio to doubling at the 1987 World Championships in Orlando and repeating it a year later at the Worlds in Chile. Todd talks about some of the Factory Teams he rode for, turning Pro in the early 90s, moving to California and living at the P.O.W house, traveling and racing in Europe and getting picked up by Haro and catching the next wave during the mid 90s in BMX. We hit dirt jumping, the Huntington Beach scene, Huffy, X-Games, MTV, money made and entries from the Wildman's diary are all covered not to mention his transition into the BMX Industry at SE Racing. Todd also touches on the current state of BMX racing and much more.