Coming up I thought Will Bissel was the raddest guy because he would show up at the track and just kill it then you'd see him at the trails getting just as rad. That's where I really got into riding and spent a lot of time out at Chandler BMX and Manzanita Park BMX, both tracks have turned out some fast talent so I'm not sure what happened with me haha! Seriously though AZ has a strong scene and back then all the local track guys would rip the trails just as hard so it really got me set to be a dual purpose rider. I was born and raised in the Bay! Haha parents are from AZ and Cal so we moved out to there for pretty much my highschool years. You live in the Bay Area but originally come from Arizona right? That injury was a real bummer because I was riding fairly well when it happened and it just slowed a lot of the learning curve, but can't complain. I'm going to have another surgery late this year after the Worlds in Australia and hopefully it goes better than the first time around. Constantly swollen, always hurts, and just a pain in general. Things were decent at best but it's been a big drama day in and day out. I completely tore my ACL/MCL and some Meniscus and stuff back in November '07 and had surgery in January '08 to get it back together. Nick: Well where should I start? It's toast. Gotta thank Carla in Vegas for keeping my denim game up to par and Levis :) Luckily my sponsors know that it really doesn't matter what you look like as long as you're representing them well, and they are cool with me wearing what I choose. I get the same bumps, scrapes, and bruises in either setup so I choose to just be a little different and rock the denim. Basically it goes like this, BMX race pants are just MX knock offs, it's the same stuff that the MX dudes wear so in my opinion it's way too much overkill and doesn't do much better than denim. Nick: Haha I get so many odd stares at big races when I'm rocking the Levis. For instance I always see race videos of you wearing jeans? You race BMX and also ride freestyle, but I think your freestyle side carries quite a bit into your racing side. It's nothing incredible but if you're looking for dialed refined stuff it's definitely worth checking out. Now I'm just sitting on the design stuff and waiting to hit the lotto so I can produce everything and really push it forward. I've been riding my own stuff for a while now and it's been going really well. Fast forward a few months and I have a few prototype frames, bars and forks all done. I decided after tearing up my knee that I had plenty of time to do some groundwork and get it going.
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