Coffee Chatter

2025 USA BMX Grands Preview

In this episode of Coffee Chatter, we break down everything you need to know heading into the 2025 USA BMX Grand Nationals. We dive into the Men’s and Women’s Pro title chases, who’s in the mix, who’s surging at the right time, and how the pressure of Tulsa could reshape the entire season. From key storylines and clutch performances to dark horses and points math, we cover all the angles that’ll define this year’s Grands. Grab a coffee and get ready for the biggest weekend in BMX racing.

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Ry is in studio to catch up and chat while he is down training in California. We chat Cali life, back injury recovery, and how he feels about his 2024 season so far. Ryan breaks down his historic Seattle win—the first Canadian to take a USA BMX Pro victory—his long-time love for Grands, and what it’s really like rooming with Rico, Jack, and Izaac. Palm and Ryan go head-to-head in trivia, bad Canadian weather, new merch, and Ryan also shares the biggest lessons he’s learned as a young pro and the challenges most people never see.

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Show 313 with Mr. 313. Niek Kimmann

In this episode, we catch up with Olympic Champion Niek Kimmann, who opens up about the heart condition that sidelined him from the 2024 Olympics. Niek shares what it was like to discover his swollen heart muscle, the emotional and physical recovery process, and what it took to get back to race shape. We dive into his mindset through the challenges, his outlook moving forward, and plenty more from one of BMX’s most respected riders.

We start the show chatting about Tory’s coaching trip South Park and the chaos he had traveling there and back, we relive the heartbreak of the Blue Jays loss, then a quick little carbon vs. alloy bike debate, a check in on the Grands title standings, and some Questions from the Grand Stands like: would you rather win one World Cup or podium 10 times, and be known for the fastest first or last straight? #Chatter

This week on Coffee Chatter, we catch up with French BMX legend Sylvain André to talk about his past year on the circuit, how he’s handled his arm injury, and what continues to drive his passion for competing at the highest level. Sylvain shares insight into the dynamic between doing battle with fellow Frenchman Arthur Pillard, and opens up about his responsibilities as rider representative, balancing competition with leadership. A thoughtful and honest look into the mindset of one of BMX’s most respected pros.

In Show 310: Chatter Time, Tory and James dive into a full mix of BMX talk, sports updates, and hilarious debates—from favorite Pro Gate Europe setups and Tory’s 2026 clinic plans to the Blue Jays’ playoff run, football chatter, and Canucks talk. They imagine what BMX would look like if races lasted a full minute, debate whether pros or Olympians should be allowed to reclassify as amateurs (like golf’s seven-year rule), and break down a wild lap from the French world champ where Bias barely pedaled. In Coach’s Corner, they focus on Grands prep with repeat laps and short accelerations, drop early predictions on fast Euros coming to race, and even toss around a draft idea. The episode wraps with Questions from the Grandstands, featuring Gene Ganson’s classic hypothetical: would you rather fight a chicken every time you get in a car or take one punch from prime Mike Tyson once a year?

28x World Cup Winner, Laura Smulders, joins the show this week to check in and chat about her bounce back year, the changes she made to her program, what she struggled with in 2024 going into the Olympics, her role as a UCI Rider Rep, the BMX Rider Cup and more!

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A BMX Rider Cup could be among us, Molly continues to dominate the USA BMX circuit, out football teams are crumbling, it's almost time for the Big Red barn, and Tory might move to Hawaii. Enjoy! #Chatter

Recapping all the action from this past weekends World Cup in Santiago Del Estero including Arthur and Saya's dominating performances, Gonzalo's ability to come out of no where and podium every year in SDE, Laura's questionable pass on Molly, and plenty more bs in between. Enjoy! #Chatter

Chatting all things Santiago Del Estero ahead of this weekends Argentina World Cup including Dark Horse predictons, top contenders, and our picks for race and Overall wins. Of course we also had to touch on Fifteen BMX's post about our Pump Track chatter from last show. Enjoy! #Chatter