from being a little kid swinging on the swing set jumping off catching air and
feeling like this is the best thing in the world I wanted the most freedom I
could possibly have my dad told me about bikes that were capable of flying
through the air I needed one
my friendship with Scott was built on BMX
as unstructured as BMX seems there's a lot to know about it and Scott taught me
everything you knew. he took me to my first skate park, taught me how to manage
fear, and showed me that bikes can be a tool for creativity. with what he taught
me Scott had unknowingly affected the course of my life in a way neither of us
could have imagined. And now I'm in a position to do for Scott what he did for
me
I love Austin more than anything, I do, but it's so cool be in the mountains
I've never been to mountains before
all right so hop on and take her for a little spin tell me what you're feeling
I always felt like a mountain bike was what you use when you wanted to kind of
amp it up a tiny bit but still take it easy. Try and bunnyhop like try and get
the bars up to your waist so now I get on this bike after never touching a
mountain bike never using gears never using brakes and I started bouncing
around in the parking lot and I'm like well this is this is not gonna be good
how am I gonna juice a jump on this thing you know it's gonna take my power
away right. Brakes up for going slower. It felt like it was made to cushion and
relax everything. just hold my wheel holy whoa I'm not trying to do that
Are people following me? how much crazier does this get?
Once we got on the trails I started to realize why the suspension was there.
when we rode on the loam I ate it... went over the bars hit a pine tree.
You alright? yeah this thing sucks I was like this sucks and I was like no
I suck. I didn't get a single look from anybody when I was riding terribly
or having to hike down a trail because it was you know too hard for me
and I'm trying to learn. I didn't get a single look and you know sometimes you
got to show up at a skate park and kind of prove yourself before you feel like
you belong there, and I didn't feel that at all
When I got out here and I started
jumping I would just push into the lips as hard as I could and just yank back
apparently everybody was telling me I was going slower than I should have been and
going higher and further than I should have been
I thought a BMX bike was the perfect flying machine. There's something about
being in the air on this thing that I just felt like I could just go so fast and
roast off a lip and I got that feeling that I got from BMX
Ever since being on the swing set I thought to myself you know I have to
find something, now I need a bigger swing set right and this just opens it up in a
completely different way. I was looking at rocks that looked like a launch in a
land and I was like is that possible and that really ignited that kind of that
feeling of being a kid just trying to see you know how far I can go and how
high I can go. We're not kids anymore and we're getting older and we want the same
thrill in my limited experience the risk versus reward factor in mountain biking
you get rewarded no matter what
I love BMX and I think that it's the best community in the world I really do
and I almost feel a little bit guilty you know saying like I love what I just
did because I feel like I'm betraying what's been so good to me but it's just
right and it feels awesome