BMX Interviews

Jay Dalton Interview

Photo: Josh McElwee

One thing we really like about doing The Union lately is having the chance to watch a lot of talented riders putting out their own series of videos that are more than just trick, trick, trick and trick. We get to see a lot of personalities and get a little glimpse into how other BMX riders are living their lives. Thanks to Youtube, this has been increasingly more and more popular and it seems like every day there’s a new channel to subscribe to. One rider in particular that really has caught our attention lately is Jay Dalton, between his less than serious approach to BMX and his undoubtable talent to go from jib tricks like peg chings to hucking backflip tailwhips, you don’t really quite know what you’re going to see when he drops a new video. We were curious jus what Jay’s story was, so we hit him with some questions. Let’s see what he had to say!

Name: Jay Dalton
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Kaden Stone Interview

Unless you’re completely oblivious, there’s been a huge rise in the number of kids riding BMX at an earlier age and there’s A LOT of talented riders coming up. One of those riders that we have been becoming bigger and bigger fans of with every video is Kaden Stone. Kaden is one of those young guns that has been showing everyone that age is just a number and that these “kids” have the ability to ride like the pros thanks to BMX bikes that are designed in the 16″ size. Kaden has been progressing at an insane rate lately and we knew it was time to get ahold of him to find out just what his story is! Let’s see what he had to say!

Name: Kaden Stone
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Videos: Cal Earnshaw

Photo: Fooman

When you watch as many BMX videos as we do in a day, eventually you start to recognize a lot of filmers and their work. There are days when a video comes out and we’re more stoked on who made the video than the actual rider, or we’re just more familiar with the filmers work than the rider. Over the course of time, we’ve been becoming bigger and bigger fans of Cal Earnshaw’s work and we knew it was time to get to know just who this guy behind (and in front of) the lens is! Let’s take a look at what he had to say along with check out some dialed photos of him riding and a handful of videos that Cal has produced!

Name: Cal Earnshaw

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Quicky: Christian Rigal

Photo: Chris Martinez

It’s pretty rad seeing how riders are able to balance out multiple roles in BMX these days. Christian Rigal is a perfect example of that who is one hell of an amazing rider, but he’s equally as dialed on the other side of the lens as well. There’s no doubt that you’re a fan of his riding, his film work or both. With that being said, between riding and filming, Christian is constantly on the move working on projects from his section for the new United DVD “Still United” section to getting his new RED Scarlet Dragon camera dialed in. We haven’t caught up with him in a little while, so we figured now would be a perfect time to catch up with him and see what’s new! There’s some Markit news that we’re especially excited about… Check it!

Name: Christian Rigal
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Jack Kelly Interview

Photos by Cooper Brownlee and Dave Rubinich

Over the years we have seen a lot of talent coming out of Australia and it seems like there’s always a new guy to keep on your radar. Over the past two or three years we have been taking notice of Colony‘s Jack Kelly who has been quickly becoming one of our favorite street riders from down under. The other week he had his latest Colony video drop online and it was banger after banger from the streets. We knew when we were watching it that it was beyond due time to get ahold of this guy to find out just what he’s all about! Let’s get to know Jack a little bit from his riding to work, motorcycles and more!

Name: Jack Kelly
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Photos: Nick Nogueira

Photo: Chat Sirichanvimol

We’re always on the look out for up and coming photographers that are producing some amazing photos. We recently caught wind of Nick Nogueira, who some of you might be able to piece together as the brother of Mannie Nogueira whose videos we post on the site regularly. The other day we got a sample of photos from Nick ranging from BMX to non-BMX commercial work he has done and we decided he was the perfect photographer for our Photos: interviews! We have a full interview with Nick giving you some insight into his photography work along with a new photogallery giving you a better look at some of his work! Ready? Let’s do this!

Name: Nick Nogueira
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Karl Hinkley and the Worlds Largest BMX Bars

If you have been keeping up with the site lately, there’s a good chance you caught one of the videos or photos we posted of the new bars that Nowear BMX had fabricated up for this years Cornhuckit Jam! These bars aren’t your typical BMX handlebar… In fact, they make the Perfect 10’s look pretty small. We were super curious just what the story was behind these handlebars turned sub rail were, so we got ahold of the man in charge, Karl Hinkley to find out just what it took to get these bars made and what the plan for this years Cornhuckit Jam that is going down August 8th in Nebraska! Let’s see what he had to say!

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Lee Musselwhite Interview

Photos by John Williams & Nick Wotton

When we look at flatland, it’s pretty crazy because it has its own world and place in BMX. The riding is on a whole different level, the tricks have different names and there’s no denying that the work and effort it takes to actually begin to master the tricks would make most kids these days cry and hide behind their X-Box. Over the years, we’ve been becoming bigger and bigger fans of flatland just because it’s pretty easy to appreciate something so incredibly challenging. Plus, it seems like a lot of street guys are starting to see how good it looks mixed into their lines as well.
One rider in particular that we have always been big fans of is Lee Musselwhite. Lee is one of those riders that isn’t the kind of guy who is going to put out a video just for the sake of having footage from a new location, but he is pretty known for putting out a video when he has done something new. A little while back, he had a video drop that was filled with his original moves and we knew that there was no way we could skip out on getting to know the guy a little better.
Thanks to Effraim over at Flat Matters, we got ahold of Lee and hit him with a ton of questions. Let’s get to know the Spiderglide master!

Name: Lee Musselwhite
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