Category: Interviews
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Interview – Kai Riviere
Can you remember when you first heard about BMX and what year it was? I first heard about BMX in 1980 from my riding partner, Paul Barter’s dad. I’m not 100 percent certain, but I think he saw something in a local paper. Were you already riding a Grifter at the time? I already had…
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Interview – 50+ Grand Vet British Champion Lee Hunt
Year you started BMX?1983. Hometown local track?Poole Panthers. How was the Bournemouth/Poole race scene in the 80s?It was certainly really big in the South back in the early eighties, with three tracks in Dorset at Poole, Bournemouth and Mannington. There were also some other good local places for dirt jumping like the Sections at Upton…
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Interview – Brian Jones
What year did you start BMX? I started BMX in 1981. How did you discover BMX? My brother Neil Jones first discovered the new craze, and my father decided to sell his RM 125 to buy our first BMX bike from Tony Christen’s shop in Manchester. First bike? My first bike was a Mongoose Supergoose.…
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Interview – Louis Mears
It’s been 40 years this summer since you became the first British rider to win a World Championship. You also got 3rd in Open class that weekend. You were so young at the time. Did you realise what you had done? Wow, has it been that long?! Honestly, I was so young that I just…
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Interview – Chico Hooke
In what year and how did you discover BMX?1982 was my first year. My dad knew Jamie and Jeremy Vince’s dad from the antique furniture trade. They were coming to race at the new Hillingdon track near us and said we should go along. We went to watch the first race, then went back soon…
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Gary Morgan (A Grifter, me and a World Championship)
My Story by Gary Morgan The thing is my BMX story isn’t one story, like life it has many endings and then somehow starts again! I was a latecomer to BMX by today’s measure, but I always had a fascination with bikes. I had a Raleigh Chopper at 11. I was 13 when I got…
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Interview Andy Lomas
You skated before BMX, how did you get into skating and in what year? David Fraser and I were in Leeds and saw skateboards in a shop. We bought 2 boards for £20 total. We wore them out in two weeks at my primary school parking lot. Then went back and bought 2 more, summer…
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Darren Reidy
HometownBlackpool Racing1983 – 2020 SponsorsJoyda, Torker, Thruster, MCS, Hyper, Ruption, SE Racing, GT Bicycles, CHASE, GT Bicycles. Titles4 X National Champion, 2 X British Champion, 4 Time Worlds Finalist, USA Grands National Finalist. CompetitionIan Harrison, Anthony Brennan, Richard Hunt, Corey Tennant, Dylan Clayton, Mark Gleed, CJ Butler, Dale Holmes, Anthony Revell, Jamie Staff, Ian Sharpe,…
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Interview – Kelvin Batey
Year started racing? February 1988. First race was at Nottingham Outlaws and still have the trophy from that race. Do you actually know how many National and British Championships titles you have won? And, yes we’re including Cruiser and both Federations? When it comes to BMX and its trivia I’m pretty good with stuff so…
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Matt Boyle
Hometown Canvey Island/Essex. Sponsors SE Racing, MCS, Robinson, Cyclecraft, Odyssey. Years Racing 1984-1998 (15 years). Competition Dean Stabielli, Chris Ward, Nick Gill, Ben Beasley, Mark Van Leur, Ian Turner, Sir Chris Hoy. Results 13 x British Champion (20 & 24″), UK National 1 (10+ times UKBMX, NBMXA, EBA), European Champion Belgium 1987, World 5 France…