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Kyle Evans grew up in a family who loved motorcycles. From the time he could walk he was on a motorcycle. He even became national champ. But finances were tight and his dad sat him down and told him he had helped him as far as he could and that he needed to attract a big time sponsor to continue. Things didn't work out but Kyle kept riding his motorcycle. 

Kyle discovered BMX while out riding with his dad and being chased by the cops. While hiding out from the cops they noticed a BMX track and went over to check it out. They went over to the track and ran into Paddy Sharrock and his dad. Kyle ended up riding the night out and never looked back. 

Kyle lives to ride his bike. Even now that he's retired the feeling hasn't changed. But that love of riding is what helped him progress in BMX. He literally rode parks, the streets, and tracks in the area. 

He says as an amateur he never won a U.K. national, European round, and only went to one worlds as a junior in Copenhagen. But when he turned elite that all changed. Kyle began to win European rounds, making podiums at world cups, winning nationals, and eventually becoming European champion. 

Kyle says he retired a few years back because the path to the Tokyo Olympics was unclear. From there he built tracks, worked for the UCI, and now is back home with British Cycling. 

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Greg Romero wanted to race motorcycles but ended up on a BMX bike. He says for the longest he felt like he didn't belong. He says his break through moment was beating Geoff Schofield, a little ripper on GT at the time. Greg would eventually get on "Boss." One of the best stories in this podcast is how he got to travel with his dad to races. I'm still laughing. 

Greg says between the ages of 8-20 he only had one dominant and consistent season. He says he struggled with his purpose in BMX.

In 1995 he went pro. Greg would eventually win over 100 races in his career before he retired. He eventually turned too coaching and created BMX Training.com.

Currently he's working as an entrepreneur. He's all but stepped away from coaching. 

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In this episode I interview Drew Motley. We talk about what got him interested in racing. Drew had his first race in St. Louis, Missouri. He turned expert at 15 and struggled. He wasn't used to the physicality of the racing. 

Drew eventually moved to Florida from Illinois. He says he tired of being cold and I can't blame him. He says the move helped him make a shift in how he looks at his competitors. It's also a time when Drew and his wife Lisa, began running teams. They started with Morphine, then Yess, and now Hydrogen. You can expect frames before Grands. 

Drew is one of the top 51 and over experts in the country. He's approachable, chill, and a serious competitor. 

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When Greg Hill thinks of starting out in BMX he points to his first bike a "Royce Union." He rode everyday as a kid. A friend of his in school got him started racing at 10 at Escape County BMX Track. He says he never thought about a future in BMX because BMX was so young. Greg says as a rider he didn't progress quickly. In fact he would even get beat by his future wife Liz.

Greg says the biggest impact a team has ever had on him was SE Racing. He says that's when he decided he wanted to go pro.

This interview covers Greg's amateur and pro careers. We also talk about him meeting the love of his life, Liz. Our conversation hits on topics of USA BMX, current pros, clips vs flats to racing in UK.

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Rum River started as an outdoor track in Isanti, Minnesota. But the folks in the Land of 10,000 Lakes wanted an indoor facility. A facility to that would give their riders a chance to compete on the national level. So, they came up with the idea of covering the track. Allowing riders to train 365 days a year. In 2012 the folks at Rum River began crunching the numbers and meeting with the city. The City of Isanti liked the idea and backed the group. The building was built with financing of bonds to the tune of $2.5 million. In August of 2014 after the last outdoor state final ran construction began. The grand opening happened in March of 2015. This is interview is all about Rum River as a facility, the number of riders, the amenities, and has Minnesota BMX grown because of this state of the art facility. 

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Fede Villegas is from Mendoza, Argentina. Racing Bmx was a family affair, his uncle used to race along with his brothers. He says he was super competitive when he started. His parents had to remind him to have fun at Bmx. Fede says looking back he was more of a power rider who till this day still focuses on his skill. 

He says racing in Argentina is much different than racing here in the U.S.  Villegas says Argentina doesn't have as many tracks as we do here in the states. Plus, most folks race nationals and there isn't much local or state races in his home country. 

Thanks the Argentinian national team he got a chance to do some international races. 

His first major sponsor happened when he was a junior. He was sponsored by a DK distributor.  Then as an elite he began riding for Crupi. During his time with Crupi he was able to design a frame for the company. He's now riding for Rift, Tangent Products, Rock Star Energy, Fly racing, and Restorative cbd. 

In 2021 Villegas decided to move to the U.S. full time. 

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Robert De Wilde started racing at 5 years old in 1982. His local track was Kampen, a city in the Netherlands. A friend from school dragged him out to the track. He joined the club at the track. He credits the coach at that track for helping him become an all-around racer. Robert says he saw himself as a pack rider in his early years as an amateur. He says it was a blessing because it taught him how to race. 

BMX fit Roberts personality. He says he's not a team player and enjoyed the individual aspect of the sport, the creativity, and speed. 

Over the span of his career "Afro Bob" was Dutch national champion no less than six times, World Champion twice, European Champion twice. 

He turned pro at 21 years old in 1999. During his career he raced for GT, Giant bicycles, Staats, Troy Lee Design, Maxxis, and Redline. 

Afro Bob retired at 35. He's been a stay at home dad for years and helps out at Bellflower Bmx  track. 

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Dr. J Rich started racing soon after his brother started. In fact they even shared a bike to race until one Christmas in Las Vegas. Their dad bought a Torker and a GT as presents. Jason's brother was really good. He was win Grands at 14 expert good. He says it took him a minute to find his feet. His dad didn't take him serious until he started training on a regular basis. 

One of his first big factory sponsors was Auburn. One day a van showed up at his house and Todd Corbitt had all the factory goodies. Jason even went on a summer tour with them. Jason turned pro his senior year of high school. He says he turned pro just to say he raced pro. He went to college and continued racing. 

Phoenix, Arizona was his break through race as an A pro. By El Paso Jason says he bumped himself up to AA pro. He eventually left Auburn and went to TNT, Giant and a plethora of other sponsors. 

Jason graduated and eventually retires  but not before he wins a Pan Am Gold medal. He gets his MBA and by 2010 he's got his doctorate. In 2012 he's working with athletes at the Olympics.  

Since then Dr. J Rich has done some commentating, written a couple of books and he's even started racing again as an amateur. 

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Dale Holmes started racing in 1982. His first race was at the Nottingham Outlaws BMX Track. Locally and regionally he got into the top 3. 1985 he got his first national win at 13 years old. England is such a small country but Dale says there were a lot of tracks all over the place. His training program when he was young consisted of riding a lot at the track and racing. The system paid off because he won British Championships, National number 1's and nationals throughout the country. At 16 he turned pro in the superclass. In 1990 Dale came to America to race in Florida. It took several more trips and around 1996 to make a full commitment to live in the states. He chose California for is base.  Dale credits Christoph Leveque and Dave Cullinan with showing him how to train. Dale career was long and fruitful. He won 2 world titles, European title plus a World Cup title. He retired from elite racing in 2006. He jumped into MTBing for a year but went back to race Vet Pro.  Currently Dale has been running his "BMX Pro for a week summer camps," for 9 years now. He's even started a clothing company called "Divide."