BMX Weekly

Quick Podcast with Dr. J catching up on news, the race world this week from the British Championships, Sylvain Andre, CK Flash and Kye Whyte at the GQ Awards, Tory Nyhaug, Kentucky NBL Grands throwback, and a quick random call to Christophe Leveque but did he answer? And, this leading to a part 2 you can hear at the end of the podcast with calls to Donny Robinson, Brandon Meadows, Pete D and Mike...

Next up on the Podcast, we have Robert Cardoza and his lovely wife and long time friend of mine, Jane Windle Cardoza who came over to the house to hang out and record a Podcast. This podcast is a history episode. Jane is from the UK along with her dad Les (Mr. Hotshot) and family were present in and around BMX at the very start in the UK. Jane was National number 1 Girl in 1981 and her family owne...

We talked about both Elite Men and Women, the winners, podiums and some of the guys that made the big show over the weekend in Holland. We touch on the Olympics, injuries, announcers, Connor Fields on what's next and our thoughts. We cover the list of riders who announced their retirements over the weekend; the transition of becoming a pro and the difficulties; and what the sport should do in orde...

We’re a week out until the Olympics so Tyler Brown and I sat down at 7:30am during our Summer Camp at San Diego BMX and ran through the rider's list of both men and women and talked a little more in-depth on who’s looking good for Tokyo.

Quick Podcast with Dr. J this AM and on this episode, the BMX Pro For A Week Summer Camp Director / The Wife comes in to talk more in-depth about our summer camp program that is about to kick-off next week, alongside some potentially positive news of a new track in Poway. With the Olympics coming up in the next 2-3 weeks, we touch on some of the favorites and then we decide to touch on the BMX tra...

New Podcast / Catch-up with Dr. J is up. Lots covered in this one from last weekend's UCI World Cup in Italy and thoughts on the live broadcast and results. We hit a little more in-depth on David Graf taking his first big World Cup win and the advantage of being the experienced vet in today's Elite racing. We also talk about some cool articles on Pinkbike.com and the lack of, or let's face it, no...

Quick catch up Podcast with Eddy King while he’s in San Diego this week. Eddy talks about linking up with Canyon Bicycles for 2021, which he announced yesterday. We also talk about E-bikes, All Kids Bike and some of Eddy’s other sponsors and plans for 2021. We then do a quick dive into some 70s/80s Pro history chat, who was the man during this period and thoughts on Stu Thomsen, Greg Hill, the Pat...

This Podcast has been in the works for quite some time but last week Paul Roberts and I finally sat down in Lake Park in Huntington Beach and discussed/debated the Top 20 UK Pro racers off all time. We start in 1984 when the first UKBMX Superclass Number 1 plate was given out to Tim March, right up to current times with guys like Kyle Evans, Curtis Manaton and Kye Whyte still out there banging out...

This one’s been a long time coming. Dr. J, Todd Huffman, Pete D and I sat down at the Fox Theater in Fullerton and went in-depth on a Podcast with Danny Nelson. We go from the start in the early 80s, getting picked up by Chuck Robinson and going onto being a long time member of the Firm, spending time on GT and Powerlite. Danny is one of the few guys who has won every major title and goes into det...

Quick Podcast with Dr. J chatting about my Thanksgiving and Christmas Camps at San Diego BMX. We also talk a little about the Grands, the Real Influencers Project, sponsorships, Pro/Am action, Chad Reed and his family getting into BMX, the greatest pro team in BMX, 2021 UCI World Cups, breakdancing in the Olympics, Al Cayne, Cobra Kai Season 3, PulpMX Podcast questions that can be applied to BMX r...

This week Dr. J and I head up to the Fox Theatre in Fullerton to sit down and do a Podcast with Mr. Todd Huffman. We go in depth from the mid 70s of Todd discovering BMX, racing locally in Northern California, traveling and racing, getting on SE turning Pro, working for Scot Breithaupt, moving to SoCal and driving across the country on the famous SE Bus and the Murray World Cup. Todd talks being r...

New BMX Weekly Podcast (formerly High-Low Podcast) posted. We decided it would be easier to switch the name to BMX Weekly to link up with BMXWeekly.com and all the BMX Weekly social media so it’s a little easier for everyone to follow and keep up with the Podcasts and anything else we post moving forward. It's been awhile but time to ramp it back up and start out with a catch up with Dr. J over in...

I sat down with fellow Englishman Dom Phipps last weekend as a guest on the High-Low Podcast. We got into the back story of the BMX Freestyle projects he has put together in the last decade and what it takes to make them happen - including the self-published history books - The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement (with literally hundreds of contributors) and USA made frame reissues for Haro Bikes....

NEW Podcast with Brandon Meadows is posted. Riding for S&S Racing, Powerlite, Herdas Hotshots, Schwinn, Specialized and Intense. Winning the ABA Amateur Number 1 and Junior Men World Champion in 98 and also a handful of World Main event appearances alongside winning the X-Games 2 times during his career, Brandon talks sponsors, injuries, racing during the downhill BMX era and being part of the tra...

New Podcast with Scott Beaumont is up. Racing for the legendary team Birmingham Wheels in the 80s as a kid, to winning the World Championships in 95 in Colombia and another World title in 96. Scott talks about racing in the UK, Europe and Worlds over the years before getting picked up by Kona and transitioning into mountainbikes. Scott talks the UCI Mountainbike World Cups, specializing in Dual, 4...

NEW Podcast with Matt Pohlkamp is posted. We chat with Matt discovering BMX in Cincinnati, Ohio after watching the 1987 IBMXF World Championships on Nickelodeon and getting hooked, riding for DK, Schwinn and going to California for the first time battling with Randy Stumpfhauser, modeling and turning Pro. Matt hits on his Pro career winning the Monster-X Series, being teammates with the Foster bro...

NEW Nigel Page Podcast is posted. Discovering BMX in the early 80s in the North West of England, racing at Wigan Three Sisters and all over the country during the 80s, working at YTS, raving, getting into the UK mountain scene in the 90s, sponsorships, magazine coverage, traveling to the US and building relationships in the industry. Nigel talks about racing BMX again in the 2000s, winning the Mas...

NEW Thomas Allier Podcast is up. Starting out in the late 80s racing in France, getting on Sunn, racing in Europe, turning Superclass (Elite) in the mid 90s and cleaning house by 98 Winning the French, European and World Championships before making the full move to the US. Thomas talks about nearly signing for Huffy before going to GT, his first few years in the States, his relationship with Chris...

With all of the coronavirus stuff going on, it was a good time to Podcast it up and Skype with Javier Colombo. We talk about his start in racing in Argentina during the early days, going to his first few World Championships in the 90s, reading the magazines and finally getting a chance to line-up with the pros at the 2000 World Championship and put it in the main event as a virtually unknown at th...

Quick Podcast and catch up with Dr. J now that the season is well under way. We breeze through a bunch of subjects starting with talk from the UCI World Cup Australia, coronavirus, possible Olympics cancellation, USA BMX Phoenix, new pick up on Haro, new USA pump track championships, gravel racing, Donny Robinson and the USA BMX Racing League parting ways, the Kimmann rap and more. Check it out.

We've been trying to nail down Mr. Andy Ruffell for awhile now and we finally sat down in San Diego and knocked out a podcast. Lots covered, the early years being discovered by Richard Barrington and getting on Team ACE with early UK BMX legend Cav Strutt, winning his first race at Chatham back in 1980 right when BMX was getting off the ground in the UK. Andy talks getting approached by Malcolm Ja...

While over in the UK this Christmas I got a chance to hang out and record a podcast with one of my long time friends, Kelvin Batey over in Derby. Both Kelvin and his brother Liam were top British riders at an early age, winning bags full of National and British titles and they were always a contender in both the European and World Championships they attended. We talk about racing and traveling in...

Mike Pardon Podcast Part 2 following up from the Aug 2018 Part 1, we continued the story from slowing down his BMX career in the mid 80s, getting into skating, sponsorship, opening a skate shop and competing in the Munster Skate World Championships in Germany. Mike then talks surfing, moving to Newquay living the camper life and working the odd jobs to support it. We also touch on living in Irelan...

https://www.instagram.com/p/B0NEwxhgVO8/?igshid=1kz9vjf7hit56 https://www.instagram.com/p/Buwi7dgFD0Q/?igshid=kpikhfmzu7pj NEW Erick "Big E" Bartoldus Podcast is up - starting with his early days in Florida making his way to California and couch surfing at Gork and Spike Jones' place, a stone throw away from Wizard Publications / BMX Action Magazine. We talk about Erick's time with E-Team, Jive, w...

Todd Corbitt podcast posted, starting out in Florida TC talks about getting into BMX in the early 80s, the Orlando scene riding for Oakridge Bike Shop, meeting guys like Lenny Batycki, Big E, doing clinics and selling stickers to support his racing. TC talks getting a Torker/Max hook-up from McGoo, Factory sponsorship with Murray, racing the 86 Worlds in England, Zellwood, BMX Action, Cycle-Craft...