Dig BMX Podcast Channel

I was really excited to sit down with the legendary Eben Krackau after us going back and forth on social media and being complete nerds about bashguard bikes, old videos and endless random BMX trivia. Eben has went from being a young 80's prodigy on Haro to being on one of the most core companies of the early 90's with Homeless. Despite a very early setback, Eben always had the knack and the skill to ride everything, and always put his own twist on it. - Shad Johnson

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"I sat down with Sean Burns on an extremely hot day in Austin back in 2016 to talk about his early days riding trails, his Metal Bikes days, how to land flat on big gaps and what it takes to run Bonedeth!" - Shad Johnson

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Subscribe to DIG BMX Podcasts on itunes

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/dig-bmx-podcast-channel/id1024768508?mt=2

Find all our podcasts in one place on the DIG BMX APP. Follow the links below to get the APP or search DIG BMX MAG in the App Store.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/ap...

https://play.google.com/store/...

https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...

In this older episode Shad caught up with Trevor Meyer while he was on tour, and with a little help from Micah Kranz and Chris Morse, talked about painting Prince’s house, life on the road, why he always rides the biggest bikes. And of course, his dominance of flatland contests during the 90’s. So go ahead and hit play!​​

A www.digbmx.com release in collaboration with www.snakebitebmx.com/

Subscribe to DIG BMX Podcasts on itunes

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/dig-bmx-podcast-channel/id1024768508?mt=2

Find all our podcasts in one place on the DIG BMX APP. Follow the links below to get the APP or search DIG BMX MAG in the App Store.

https://itunes.apple.com/gb/ap...

https://play.google.com/store/...

https://www.microsoft.com/en-u...

In order to update our DIG X Snakebite podcast series we thought it would make sense to upload Shad Jonhson's first ever podcast which was originally released just prior to the start of our collaboration early in 2015. This one is with the one and only Ron Wilkerson, who is quite possibly the 'punkest' guy in BMX, and someone whose influence runs a lot deeper than you may think. This is someone who continually rebels against the norm, always does things on his terms, and most importantly, sticks to his guns and acts like the true DIY pioneer that he is... not just using DIY culture as a fake marketing tool. Here's what Shad said right after they met for the pod way back when.

"Bruce Crisman called me and said Ron Wilkerson was in town and I should come over and do a podcast. That was enough for me! I cruised over and we crammed into a room and just talked. Bruce and I talked to Ron about a bunch of things. Hot topics were why he changed the name Wilkerson Airlines to 2-Hip, how the 2-Hip team got kicked off of the Warped tour, the real origin of the abubaca and numerous stories about the 2-Hip van and Kevin Martin blowing up engines!" - Shad Johnson

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For the latest episode of our DIG x Snakebite podcast series Shad Johnson sat down with Dom Phipps to talk with him about the epic new book he is working on called 'Wall To Wall Freestyle'. This is shaping up to be possibly the most comprehensive project ever undertaken about the history and influence of BMX freestyle and is much more than just an 'old school' BMX project.

Listen in as Dom discusses everything from unsung pioneers to Dennis Enarson, and how he even got the infamous 'Muster Cluster' of Spike Jonze, Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman back together to talk BMX

Find out more about the release and how you can secure your copy of the book by following the links below.

For more info: http://www.w2wfreestylehistory.com/

For regular updates: https://www.instagram.com/wall2wallfreestyle/

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Shad Johnson and Rob Dolecki sat down with style G-O-D Chase Hawk on a rainy day last Spring (2016) at his townhouse in Austin for Chase's first podcast. He covers a lot of ground, including his first exposure to BMX at 9th Street, his racing days, witnessing the explosion of the Austin population and riding scene, stealing sandwiches from Wawa during summers staying in Bethlehem, taking everyone's money via Cee-lo on Road Fools, his Born and Raised comps, how Cult grew so fast, the Joe Rich influence, wrapping up the soon-to-be-released etnies video 'Chapters' (Chase's part is going be an epic one), witnessing an intense beat-down in South Africa, and just a ton of good stories!

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​Chase Hawk is supported by our Official DIG Partners: Cult​ | etnies​

Welcome to our latest DIG x Snakebite podcast and this time round it's Arron Ross, someone who has undoubtedly made a mark in BMX and as we remarked in our recent DIG 99.5 print interview, is someone who by standard BMX Pro terms is somewhat of an unusual case.

"He exploded into BMX some fifteen years ago and took over through his self sustaining fission energy. With radiant bikes that mirrored his personality, and the extrovertness of one thousand trails riders combined, Aaron hit his stride in the rare period where Props, magazines, AND web videos and social media held competitive ground. He became street riding’s closest thing to a celebrity; an enigma in an otherwise closed off micro universe. To say that Aaron "likes to talk" is indeed an understatement." - DIG 99.5

Well it turns out he can keep talking an talking and pretty much every bit of what he has to say it is well worth listening to. Enjoy and our apologies for the random sonic boom noise throughout the conversation. Your guess is as good as ours. Here's what Shad Johnson had to say about their conversation in Austin, Texas earlier this year.

"We went about this podcast with Aaron a little differently than usual. We had so many people write in and ask questions that we decided to start with those and see where the conversation lead us after that. We go over his early years riding and his ongoing love for the BMX race track, how he got on FBM and what it was like to make the move to Sunday, his thoughts on filming video parts and why he those loves florescent bikes so much." - Shad Johnson

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​​Nina Buitrago​ is perhaps the best known and most respected female BMX rider in 'our' wide world of bike riding. Earlier this year Snakebite's Shad Johnson sat down with her in Austin and talked about pretty much everything, starting with those early days of growing up on Long Island and being mentored up by Manmade's Daren Meenan and street legend Vic Ayala. ​

We follow that with a chat about Nina's midwest days spending time riding the original Chenga and working at Ray's MTB park, and in there somewhere we pretty much talk about everywhere she's lived and all the scenes she's been a part of. We also talk to her about the growth of the girl BMX scene and her endless search for other girl riders in the early days, not to mention travelling, living in NYC during 9/11, getting into fist fights in Paris, and so much more. Nina has not only done a lot for female BMXers but has contributed so much more to BMX in general by keeping the spirit alive of finding new riders and making new friends. Enjoy!​

Editors note: At one point Nina chats about the first time she heard her now adopted nickname (Nina Burrito) at the Brighton Backyard Jam from who she thought was our legendary DIG photographer Ricky Adam. Turns out it was his video making farting brother, Peter Adam (DIG, Still United etc). The DIG influence runs deep for all the important stuff eh.

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One day late in 2015,​ and after BBQing and riding the legendary Dave Volekers' backyard ramp in his hometown of San Diego for about an hour, I sat down with him and pressed record for this latest DIG X Snakebite podcast. We discussed the worlds first ever street contest, his Dyno days, coming out of retirement to ride in the X Games, caring more about true soul riding more than competing, and so much more. Dave's true passion for riding has always seemed shine through since his first legendary video and magazine appearances in the eighties right through to today, and I felt so privileged to share the stories some of those experiences first-hand with Lord Voelker himself!​ - SJ​

We up with the legendary OG UK vert shredder Lee Reynolds and sat outside his shop 'Hunt & Gather' in San Diego to talk all things Old School BMX and beyond. We covered the US So Cal 'British Invasion' of UK BMX riders in the late 80's, his years on Haro, the Enchanted Ramp, working for for Fox in the late 90's and how an injury helped him become a successful DJ. Enjoy and be sure to let us know in the comments who you'd like to see interviewed in the future.

Editors note: The UK magazine that Lee and Shad refer to early on in the podcast is BMX ACTION BIKE and we can confirm that the answer to where Ian Morris comes from is WALES.

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