Archive for the ‘Interviews’ Category

Geoff Slattery.

Monday, June 14th, 2010

Geoff answered some questions about bmx videos over at Bicycle Union. The real question here is when do we all get to see those United and Anthem 2 video parts?

UK Rider Bio: Shaun Hadlington.

Monday, April 5th, 2010

Name:
Shaun Hadlington

Age:
20

Year you started riding:
March o3

Sponsors:
the make, orchid, niki croft ha :), seventies?, jard clothing

All time favourite vids:
drop the hammer, no front teeth, cassette, metal bikes dead bang, road fools 4

Fav feelings on a bike:
building my own trails then testing them out to find they actually work!

Fav stuff to ride:
everynow and again something burly or anything that everyone can have a good sesh on i.e. bank to wall or sub or a good jump box

Fav bands/musicians:
honestly i like all types of music equally so i aint really got any favourites

Fav english foods:
full english breakfast obviously, me moms roast dinners and chip shop food (fish and chips etc)

Fav english slang words:
i’d say my fav is dog and bone for phone but to be fair i dont really use much slang so i cant think of any!

Fav movies:
anything with will ferrell in it, the hangover, superbad, kidulthood and adulthood, anything with jim carrey in it except “the eternal sunshine of a spotless mind” i mean that was just bollocks! dont mess with the zohan and happy gilmore.

Fav websites:
thecomeupbmx.net, themakebmx.com, chickensamazingbmxadventures.co.uk, jard-daily.blogspot.com, pornhub.com, nitrocircus.com

Fav riders to watch:
niki croft, alex bathurst, rory hammond, matt roe, mark love, ben hennon, sean sexton, mark le hair, tom o boyle, charles ‘chicken’ ashman, ben wallace, jason phelan, paul ryan

Last place you traveled:
estonia for simple sesh

Best place you’ve ever been:
easily barcellona

Interest outside of bmx:
chilling with my mates and lady friend, sex, drinking rum and lyin’s till the early afternoon after drinking that rum!

UK Rider Bio: Charles Ashman

Tuesday, March 30th, 2010

On the heels of Niki Croft’s viral “How to crash like a man” video comes a string of UK Orchid rider bios starting with the infamous Chicken. Thanks to Niki & Seventies for hooking up the interview and Ben Turner for the photos.

Name: Charles Chicken Jess Ashman

Age: 22

The year you started riding: 1987

Sponsors: Orchid, The Make, Project5

Your all-time favorite bmx videos: Building The Underground, Square One, Voices, Dead Bang

Favorite feeling on a bike: Hang Time / Barspinners

Favorite stuff to ride: Tight nibbs and fast jumps

Favorite bands / musicians: Anything thats NOT played in Shauns car!

Favorite english food: Pizza?

Favorite english slang words: Are there any English slang words?

Favorite movies: Horror

Favorite websites: chickensamazingbmxadventures.co.uk haha

Favorite riders to watch: Too many to list

Last place you’ve travelled: On a plane China, in a car my parents?

Best place you’ve ever been: China was wild

Interests outside of bmx: Caddy and Work

21 Questions: Randy Brown.

Saturday, March 20th, 2010

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Check it out right here on S&M Bikes.

S&M should also have these beauties in stock next week, Randy’s Function shoe in black/white suede.

Matt Beringer King Cobra.

Wednesday, March 3rd, 2010

Check out Matt Beringer’s Rapid Response on digbmx.com. Dig also just unveiled an iPhone app that looks pretty interesting where you can download new issues and save a tree.

Brendon Reith on BMXUnion.

Friday, January 29th, 2010

Here it is, the Brendon Reith interview on BMX Union!

Orchid x ESPN.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Check out this controversial, very special episode of “As The Wheel Turns” on ESPN where Derek finally reveals shocking revelations that will have the bmx world in disbelief. Not really, it’s just an interview about shoes. Highlights include this new 2010 Cobra shoe, some old riding photos, and a long rambling interview.
Check out the full interview here.

Brendon Reith Bio.

Tuesday, January 26th, 2010

Watch out, Delco comin thru. When Infamy’s video “You Got That” dropped last week, it was clear that Brendon Reith was a someone to keep an eye on. What’s the word, dialed? Van hooked him up with Fit, and of course we gave him some shoes right away. Sooo introducing our newest street shredder (I swear this is it for a while) Mr. Brendon Reith. Photo by Ryan Landman.

Name: Brendon John Reith

From: Havertown, PA

Birthday: 4/6/92

The year you started riding: 2004

Sponsors: Orchid flow, Fit flow, TwobyFour flow, ODI flow

Bmx videos that you had a part in: INFAMY “You Got That”

Your all time favorite bmx videos: Animal All Day, Can I Eat, Standpoint 6, Insight, PegLeg, Skavenger, You Got That

Favorite feeling on your bike: That there’s no rules and know ones telling you what to do, i love the feeling of just cruisin around the city with no worries and nothin to stress out about, biking takes you away from all the drama goin on in the world and its the greatest feeling ever. Just havin a good ass time with your bros…couldn’t ask for anything better.

Favorite Bands/Musicians: Bruce Springsteen haha, Meek Millz, Jeezy, basically i listen to everything, there’s not much music i don’t like unless its on the radio…i cant stand the radio.

Favorite Movies: Anything made by Quentin Tarantino

Favorite websites: Orchidfootwear.com of course, Fitbikeco.com, Facebook, Infamybmx.com,TheBunngeon.blogspot.com

Interests outside of bmx: 40oz, crusin the city lookin for spots

Any last words: Shoutout to Van, Tom , Derek , Nick and Larry for hookin it up, and all my niggas over at Infamy and Choc Truck!! for pushin me to go hard

Van Homan Photo Extravaganza.

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

Check out Part 3 of the 30 Years of Van Homan series on leastmost.com.

Van Homan Part 2 on LeastMost.com

Friday, January 15th, 2010

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Part 2 of the 30 Years of Van Homan interview is now up right here on leastmost.com. The Mat Hoffman Bamboozled article is also a must see. Even with one functioning arm that guy is still finding ways to ride, such an inspiration.