BMX Interviews

Ted Van Orman Interview

November 16, 2011

Ted Van Orman
Photo: Cale Christi

I really can’t remember where the first time I heard of the Van Orman brothers. All I know is that it was a video that involved trails and that Ted Van Orman was definitely killing them. Over the years, I’ve noticed that Ted has this way of looking things that is very interesting and almost peaceful. I recently got a request to do an interview with him and there was no hesitation when deciding if I should do it or not. I managed to get ahold of him and shot over a few questions to find out of what this trails legend has been up to these days and find out more about him. Let’s check out what he had to say…

Name: Theodore Barrett Van Orman
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Industry: Jim Cielencki

November 12, 2011

Jim Cielencki
Photo: Rick Crossman

Jim C is a real good example of people in the industry who have worked their way up. Originally starting his career out with Kink as a sponsored rider in 1998 and then joining a few other sponsors over the next years like Odyssey as a professional. As time progressed, he became more and more familiar with how the industry ran, and then in 2005 an opportunity of a lifetime came about; brand manager for a new brand titled “Sunday“. Since then, Sunday has become a worldwide brand, its office has moved from New York to Austin, Texas and more responsibilities have come with the opportunity. I figured it would be a good time to find out a little bit about how Jim landed what many of us would call a dream job and to find out a little bit more about what exactly he does as a “Brand Manager”. Let’s take a look at what he had to say…

Name: Jim Cielencki

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Garrett Reeves Interview

November 9, 2011

Garrett Reeves BMX
Photo: Francis Delapena

Over the last few years, Garrett has managed to blow some minds with his unique and wild riding. There’s no doubt in my mind that if you have seen one of his recent edits and his OSS “Football” part, you said “holy shit” at least 6 to 9 times. Garrett has been healing up from a blown ACL so I figured it would be a good time to shoot him over a few questions to see what’s new. Let’s see what he had to say…

Name: Garrett Reeves
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Daniel Johnson Interview

November 6, 2011

All photos and captions by Cooper Brownlee

Prior to the launch of Division Brand, I had not heard of Daniel. I don’t know if it was just me not noticing his name or clips in edits, or if he was just secretly hiding. Either way, since the launch of the brand, I’ve quickly become a fan of DJ’s wild ability to kill it with the pegs. After seeing some of his recent edits I decided it was time to get ahold of this dude and find out more. I think you will get real psyched on this one. Take a look at what he had to say…

Name: Daniel Johnson – AKA: DJ
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Jared Eberwein Interview

October 24, 2011

Jared Eberwein has been one of those reoccurring names that you know good things are always coming from these past few years. Jared always produces some real good riding for edits, holds his own in contests and in general is just a real good person. That could help sum up Jared a bit, but Jeff Harrington thought it was about time we caught up with him to find out a little bit more about the guy. Let’s take a look!

Name: Jared Eberwein
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Marnold Interview

October 13, 2011

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All Photos and Captions by Cooper Brownlee

Marnold is one of those riders from Australia that I’ve been taking a lot of notice of lately. The videos of him absolutely killing the peg game and his part in the Colony DVD have been more than enough to indicate the guy is on it. I figured it was due time to get ahold of Colony’s newest pro team member and find out a little bit more about the man known as Marnold. Let’s take a look at what he said.

Name: Marc Arnold A.K.A Marnold
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Insight: Savakas Fall 2011 Line

October 12, 2011

Savakas

Since I’ve become familiar with the Savakas brand last year, they have kept me in the loop with some of their projects that were in the works. When they mentioned that the new Savakas line was ready, I figured it would be a good time to ask some questions about what’s available for this new batch. Let’s take a look at what they’ve got for you to try on…
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Greg Henry Interview

October 11, 2011

Greg Henry

There’s no doubt that if you actually pay attention to BMX, you are aware of who Greg Henry is. He’s one of the original BMXfu executives and Wethepeople‘s Canadian connections. I happened to bump into him at Interbike and had the chance to talk with him for a while. The guy is definitely the real deal on the good people scale. I figured he was more than overdue for an interview here on The Union plus with the Guy Stuff video coming out soon, it was a good time. I shot him a few questions so let’s see what he had to say. Oh, and shout out to Brad Hill for all of the photos!

Name: Gregory Henry
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