Lane 8 BMX Podcast

Send a text Danny Caluag says he got started in BMX because of his neighbors. He. says coming from team sports he loved the individuality of BMX. Danny says clinics helped with his progression in BMX. He says BMX didn't come naturally to him. Danny is one of the few people I've interviewed to say local racing helped him make a seamless transition to racing nationals.  In 1999 Danny got h...

Send a text March 25th, 2023 Brandon Tehiko announced he was retiring from elite BMX racing. Tehiko says concussions played a big part in his decision.     He started racing at 8 years old in Melbourne, Australia. His mom took him to a track and he was hooked. Tehiko's dad was all in on seeing his son achieve his goals. By the time he was 13 Brandon won his first national title. He would go o...

Send a text Taylor is back to racing. He took a four year break to explore life, build a career, and plan his future with his fiancé.  Four months ago after getting the itch to race again he did just that. He dusted off his old Haro and hit the track. Taylor say the conditioning is the hardest part but when it comes to skill it's like he never left. He's been racing the "Fire and Ic...

Send a text Michigan native Chris Jeffrey started racing in 1976. He was 12 years old. The track he raced on was Waterford Oaks BMX track. He says the tracks back then were raw, lots of pedaling, flat turns and not a lot of jumps. Chris says the scene back then there was a  high moto count.  Chris says he lived on his race bike. He wasn't always at a track but you find him riding his bike aro...

Send a text #380 or better known as Anderson Souza from Brazil is in the process of recovering from a shoulder injury he suffered in Colombia last year. His recovery has been difficult with infection, 3 surgeries, and now rehab. Things have finally gotten on track for Anderson. He's back to lifting weights, doing sprints, and by the time you hear this he should be cleared to train on a track....

Send a text Race Lee was born in Wichita, Kansas but was raised in Derby, Kansas. He started racing when he was 6 years old. He says he wasn't all that good at it when he started. He grew up racing Emery Park BMX which is the same track his dad used to race when he was a kid. He says the scene in Kansas when he started racing wasn't very big. Yet, it didn't take him long to move up...

Send a text Brandon Roharik started learning how to ride a bike at 4 years old. His uncle used to race in Florida so he eventually ended up on a BMX track. At first Brandon wasn't really into the racing side of things. What hooked him on riding and improving his skills was some trails down the road from his house. He says those trails truly helped him improve. In fact he still rides those tra...

Send a text Dwaylon Carter didn't start racing BMX until he was in his 20's. He would see flyers in a local bike ship about racing. Then a couple of friends got him on the track and the rest is history. According to Carter he wasn't very good when he started. In fact he says it took him about five years to see any progress in his riding. From that time he's won a number of nati...

Send a text Emilio Falla is from Ecuador and currently living in California. When I spoke with him he had just flown in and hit practice at the Lone Star National in Houston, Texas. That race was the last elite race he did in his career before switching to Vet Pro.  Falla started racing at 3 years old. He was a kid full of energy. In front of his dad's office in Ecuador was a BMX track. So, h...

Send a text Michael Bias is somewhat of anomaly when it comes to New Zealand BMX. He spends his entire season racing in France for BMX Besancon. It was Michael's dream to race in France and now he's living the dream. His teammates include the reigning u23 World Champ Leo Garoyan to Jeremy Rencurel. Michael is getting the opportunity to race Euro Cups, the Coup de France, and World Cups....

Send a text Patrick Coo started riding and racing at Bellflower BMX track in California. He knew right away BMX was his thing. He says he progressed quickly. On any give day he would be around pros like Maris Stormbergs, Matt Pohlkamp to Javier Colombo. Patrick got his first win at a national while he was an intermediate.  Patrick says when he started racing in California racing was alive. He says...

Send a text Tyler Smith didn't make it to Grands in 2022. He was injured. He went from leading 26-35 expert to finishing off the year N.A.G. #8. He's philosophical about the situation. Tyler says it was supposed to be his last race. Instead it has given him motivation to continue to race and eventually race Vet Pro. His focus is clearly on Worlds 2024.  Tyler started racing when he was 1...

Send a text Shane Harlow's racing has been on a different path the last couple of years. He got married, had a kid, and bought a house. He isn't training and racing as much but the desire to win is still there. Grands for Harlow went like this...he made all five mains he entered and he didn't finish worse than 4th in any of the mains.  Harlow's been riding BMX track since he wa...

Send a text Mrs. Kittie says she got started racing in Bmx on a dare from her son. Her first race was the Mother's Day race in 1988 at a track in Iowa. She didn't but she was hooked on Bmx ever since. When Mrs. Kittie started her journey into Bmx she was going on 40 years old. Around that time Iowas had seven tracks. Soon the family would venture out to neighboring states to compete. Her...

Send a text Jason St. Romain is Louisiana native. He was raised in New Orleans but now live in the Baton Rouge area. His first bike race actually wasn't a BMX race but something like a cyclocross race. He finished paying off his Auburn that he had on layaway and started racing unsanctioned races. Jason says he wasn't very good and it took him a while to win a trophy. He eventually turned...

Send a text Jim Bramer recently accomplished his goal of becoming NAG #1 in the 51-55 cruiser class at Grands. He earned it. It's a huge accomplishment over a long career of BMX that started in 1981 at South Park BMX track in Pennsylvania.  As the years went by he stopped away from BMX. He grew up, got married, and moved away from Pennsylvania. By 2009 he was back in the thick of it when it c...

Send a text Cal Strickland is from a city called Preston in the U.K. He has three older brothers who used to race. Once he found out what they were doing he wanted in. So his mum and dad found the nearest BMX track and Cal began racing at the age of 6 and he hasn't stopped since. By his account he wasn't really good until he was about 14. Cal says between the ages of 16-20 he could have...

Send a text I kept a close eye on what Chris Kennedy was doing this season on the track. The dude was simply winning bike races left and right. In this episode Chris and I talk about his season, training, and racing Grands. 

Send a text This episode I sit down with Jeff Upshaw and discuss his training for Grands, his mindset while at Grands, what he thinks of the final results on the week. 

Send a text With this short episode Alan and I go through his Grands prep, his mindset going in and his racing through the R.O.C. to Grands. Plus you'll find out what's his plans are for the rest of the year and 2023. 

Send a text Ronan Weber is from Cairns, in the state of Queensland, Australia. This young man recently graduated from Marian University with a graphic design degree. Weber made the decision to stick around in the states and working full time as a graphic designer but he's also helping to run the Indy Cycloplex Bmx Center.  He started racing at 5 years old after a family friend invited his fam...

Send a text Alan Hudson is a California native living in Phoenix, Arizona. His first race was at Apple Valley BMX. Neighborhood kids brought him to the track and at 9-years-old he was hooked. To pay for races he would work at the track. Between the ages of 13-15 Allen hit the national scene and began to win races. He also got his first factory ride with Enigma racing. The team gave him the chance...

Send a text Cam Moore started out racing motocross. He raced until he was seven when he broke both his femurs. That's when his mom called it quits on that sport and got him into racing BMX. The first track he ever rode was Capital City in Raleigh, North Carolina. Cam's first serious team was Spinners/Redline. There were some heavy hitters on that team like Cole Tesar to Justin Posey.  Ca...

Send a text Simon Marquart comes from a cycling family. His mom and dad were professional mountain bikers. He started riding a bike at three years old. By the time he was 4 he'd already done his first BMX race. But the current world champion actually missed his first main ever. Missing that main is still a sore spot with him.  Racing as an amateur in Switzerland and around Europe Simon says h...

Send a text Raul Gomez is Florida through and through. He got into BMX because his uncle used to race BMX. In fact his uncle took him to his first race. Raul got 2nd in his first race. He says it didn't take long for him to move up to expert. Raul says what helped him progress so quickly was participating in other sports but also riding his bike a lot with friends. He raced his first national...