As you can see by the above photos, Niki Croft f’n shreds a bmx! I’m really stoked to have him riding for Orchid in the UK. We’ve been e-mailing back and forth a bit, so I thought I’d ask him some questions to get to know this bmxing punk a little better.

Name: Niki Lee Croft

From: Stabbo, Nottingham, England

Age: 21

The year you started riding: 2001 haha

Sponsors: Mutiny, Seventies Distro, Shadow, The Make, and Orchid

Bmx videos that you’ve had a part in: The Make – What’s What??, Mutiny – Stoked On Being Pumped, Seventies - Brighton Ain’t Ready

Your all-time favorite bmx videos: Little Devil – Seek & Destroy/Criminal Mischief, Anthem, Lord Voelker, Bicycle Union – Nails in the Coffin/Don’t Break The Oath

Favorite feeling on a bike: Going fast and being in the air.

Favorite stuff to ride: I love riding everything as long as it means being on my bike with my bros, I kinda prefer big quarters & sketchy built ramps, basically anything I can improvise on and have fun.

Favorite bands / musicians: My music taste is quite specific , but i love music so much, bands like Integrity, Dead Kennedy’s, Bane, Slapshot, Youth of Today, Ringworm, The Business. Old, fast and thrash!!!

Favorite english food: Anything that can sit on a Sunday roast plate!!

Favorite english slang words: hahaha you probably ain’t gonna understand this i think….Mint, Sound, Reet, plep, Guttersnipe, cobs

Favorite movies: Detroit Rock City, Will Ferrell movies, Superbad, anything produced or involvement by Tim Burton

Favorite websites: www.game-oldies.com, www.streetphire.co.uk, www.wikipedia.org,

Favorite way to spell favorite (don’t you guys spell it favourite?): hahaha favrut??????

Best place you’ve ever been: Shanghai early last month or Australia in ‘07

Interests outside of bmx: Listening to music, going to shows, playing around with my bass guitar, trying to take photos, going out to eat, visiting new places and hanging out with bros

Thanks a lot to Merlin for the street/ramp photos and Nathan Beddows for the trail photos. For more pictures of Niki check out this interview on Streetphire about the Seventies ramps. And if you somehow missed the video of him killing said ramps last week, it’s a must see.