Kevin Porter

Name: Kevin Thomas Porter

From: Burbank, IL and now residing in Austin Texas

Birthday: April 22nd 1982

The year you started riding: 1991

Sponsors: Orchid Footwear, Flybikes, Empirebmx, and Vinylbmx.com

Do you have any signature products out now? Sweetest kicks, Orchid Porter shoe. Tierra Frame, Forks, and Bars from Flybikes. I used to have a Profile Sprocket; they have since stopped production but are still floating around. Same as a solid frame…

Bmx videos that you’ve had a part in: Empire “Chill Bro”, Team JV (Standard video), From The Ground Up (DGC), Digital Interface, System Cycles video, Salvation video (my section was edited by Rye), Shutter Speed due, Vult video, there are some more but I can’t think of them.

Your all-time favorite bmx videos: Anthem “Home Of The Brave”, Scum videos, Juvenile Trickery, Props Road Fools 1, Shutter Speed videos!

Favorite feeling on a bike: Carving the hell out of bowl corners, street riding at full speed no stopping.

Favorite stuff to ride: Bowls, street, and things that will make me smile

Favorite bands / musicians: Johnny Cash, The Kinks

Favorite movies: The Big Lebowski, Into The Wild, Police Academy, and Revenge Of The Nerds.

Favorite websites: Anything that tells me about surfing and Wikipedia

Interests outside of bmx: Surfing, my wife, working for Fly, taking a long cruise in a downtown area. Traveling!

Any last words: Thanks for the great time BMX. Things do not always work out the way you plan them. Always draw a path but never anticipate the end of your journey.