John Povah No Longer Etnies Team Manager

Well, here’s some pretty insane news. It looks like after 16 years, John Povah is no longer the team manager for the Etnies BMX program. We’ve been hearing there have been some changes and shake ups going around at Etnies for a while, and this is probably the biggest news that we’ve seen come out of it. John has been the key role in creating some of the best teams in BMX over that time span, produced a few videos you may have heard of for Etnies like “Forward“, “Grounded” and “Chapters“, bringing on riders like Taj Mihelich, Joe Rich and Ruben Alcantara to guys like Aaron Ross and Nathan Williams, and has been behind making a lot of great things happen for the brand and BMX in general. It sounds like John is leaving on a fairly positive note, but it doesn’t sound like he has a for sure plan of what’s next. We would imagine now that the news is out, it won’t be long before he gets a few offers. We’ll have to see what comes from this. Check out the post from his Instagram to bring the news…

Man, that seriously went by in the blink of eye !! 16 years in the bag and now on to a new chapter. I can’t thank @etnies enough for everything you’ve done for me, you’ve had an immeasurable impact on my life. You taught me a lot, you’ll always be part of who I am, I’m forever grateful. Thank you for allowing me to be an integral part of a brand with so much passion, it’s awesome, an amazing era in BMX and exciting to be a part of, BMX is definitely better for the brand being involved in it. And thank you to everyone in BMX who’s been supportive of me and what I brought to the #etnies brand in my time there, I’m humbled. There’ve been so many great times, memorable trips, accolades and so much achieved, I’ve honestly lost count, and with some of the best riders in the game, period ! Along with too many smart and talented people behind the scenes over the years to count, I’ll definitely miss that feeling of excitement for a new project and accomplishments that come with it, we were a great team. I’m excited to see what’s next for the brand, I’m sure it’ll be next-level as always. But as for me, I’ll be on the sidelines with etnies for a short while longer, at least for the next couple of months as a consultant, doing social media etc, but after that ? …. I’m excited and anxious for what the future holds ?? . . Much love ❤️

A post shared by John Povah (@john_povah) on Jul 6, 2018 at 2:07pm PDT