TV: Here we go! James Foster!
For the final run! Oh!
I can't believe, what I just witnessed...
JAMES: I don't think I've ever figured out definitively,
What I wanted to be, where I wanted to go.
I just was riding my bike having fun the whole time and ended up here.
You know at some point, I think the switch flipped so to speak and I was like
Oh, I can make money riding my bike?
and then it was on, I just wanted to ride as much as possible do as much,
you know school shows BMX shows, whatever,
drove across country to ride contests and back like
it's just the most fun I've ever had
Growing up riding. I always see what everybody else is doing.
Oh my god. That's awesome. That's awesome
But what have they not done yet?
You know, like I've always wanted to figure out growing up
Just try and do new tricks
try and do something original and creative and something that hasn't been done before
So that's where it all comes from
is doing something not necessarily bigger and better but different than the other guy
Doing something different and new is always always always
gonna be better than doing something. Somebody else's done before, you know
Big Air is kind of good for putting runs together because it's only two jumps
You know, we got the big jump in the big quarter,
so doesn't take a whole lot of like planning
But you do have to come in with an idea of what you want to do
That's what I've done the past couple years is like go to the contest with no expectations
Maybe something in the back of my mind and then when the contest is already underway
Like during the contest I'll decide then whether or not I want to do the big hammer run, you know
My first gold 2017 Minneapolis that run was something I had in my head for like a few months
But I didn't really plan on doing it and then you know at the contest
Feeling good riding good. Everything's working. I'm like, this is gonna work! Do it!
I had the run in my head
Sent it, pulled it, ended up in at first,
But he doesn't really sink in until a few days later you know,
it's just kind of a whirlwind like, oh my god. I actually did it
It's hard. It's hard to explain, you know, yeah, it's just it's pretty amazing feeling
Everybody's got their zone where they feel like, at their best
and it's all about getting to that point, before you drop in
Things being innovative is probably one of the most important things to BMX,
you know, it's freestyle. It's all supposed to be about like
You show up, you do what you learn. You know, you ride. Have fun! Do your thing!
Each rider has their own plan, their own trick list,
you throw everybody together. You see what happens.
That's a contest and to me that's, that's what it's all about
You know, you have to focus and know you can do what you can do
and not let what anybody else says or what anybody else does affect you and what you're doing
You got to commit to your riding style and be proud of it, you know,
not everybody's gonna like your style
But you can't let it get to you. You know, I mean,
you're gonna put your head down, keep going do what you like
and that's what it's about. You know, it is riding for yourself and having fun
It's freestyle, you know what I mean.
Doesn't matter if your bar is too far forward, your seats too high, whatever, doesn't dress the right way
none of that matters
All the matters is having fun on your bike or skateboard or whatever, and doing what you set out to do