BMX UNION

Name:
Andrew Clinkscales

Cred: Shelby Gibbs

Location:
Lafayette, IN

Sponsors:
None at the moment… (ahem…anybody?)

How long have you been riding for?
About 6-7 years… a while.

So a lot of people saw your video on the come up and remembered you from your video in Aspire. Which one did you win?
I won the first round am class. I’m surprised people remember that. haha

Cred: Shelby Gibbs

Its been a few years since aspire, how come there was a lack of edits of you popping up?
I separated my shoulder filming for aspire and that put me out for a while. No one around here had a good camera for the longest… I do have edits together from the last couple of years on youtube along with my BET cribs I did, haha.

How is the weather down in Indiana? Does it even snow there?
The weather is ok I guess, it gets crazy humid in the summer and real shitty in the winter. It snows for sure, but often times it’s just this really annoying shlushy wet shitty snow.

Your friend Nick told me I was supposed to ask about your nickname “Edwin”.. whats the deal with this and why do you get pissed?
I’m gonna hurt him… No, people see me riding street and for some reason its like a reaction to say, “Edwin.” It doesnt make sense to me. I don’t try to or want to pull style from or ride like anyone but my self so it kinda irritates me sometimes. To hear it from my friends is whatever because i know they’re just trying to piss me off but I hate to hear it from other people. They just get 2 warnings… lol

Your pretty legit on street, do you ever ride anything else?
Haha oh yea. Anything you put in front of me. I like to ride street, trails (brakeless), park, my basement, the sidewalk to the 7/11 for a O.E. 40.

Cred: Shelby Gibbs

What are some of your favorite things to ride/ to do trick wise?
I love to ride rails, ledges, and wedges the most. Gaps are fun and going fast on anything. Anything street. I just found a full pipe near my house and its amazing! (a full pipe under the street is not street) My favorite tricks are 3’s, barspins, railrides, and hangover t-picks reg and opp.

Your hop is pretty high, have you ever measured to see how high you can jump?
Not really. I usually just set my bike next to whatever im jumping onto or over to see where it is compared to my bars…

Who are some of your biggest influences on your riding?
My friends who ride and the people who support me.

Outside of riding, what are some of the things your into?
I love to travel. Friends are a big part of my life so whenever I can, I kick it with them or party or whatever.

Favorite movies, non riding and riding?
Of corse Rad! The Last Dragon. Forrest Gump. Any “growin up in the hood” movies. Summer of fit made me shit myself… umm. Anything interesting.

What are some of your plans for 08′?
Full time school, traveling A LOT more to ride and film. I want to see New York and Germany next (My girl is from there so I have a tour guide and a translator)

Where are some of the best places you have gotten to travel to?
I just got back from the west coast. LA and every city around it was amazing. I had so much fun riding and meeting the locals… you guys are fuckin nuts. haha Joe, Matt, Arnold thanks for showing us around. In videos you never really see anything from Indiana so when I got to ride, for example, UCI I was blown away. Everything from Nowhere Fast was there and I had no clue until I rolled up. It was a great trip and definitely wont be the last.

Cred: Shelby Gibbs

Where are some places you would like to go?
I really want to ride Atlanta and Cincinnati… I can drive to either but just havent taken the opportunity to go… add those to my plans for 08.

What do you think needs to be changed in BMX to make it better?
I think a lot of people could quit the “contest” style everyday riding and people could quit trying to one-up other people. I guess if thats how someone has fun riding, then thats whatever, but I just don’t see it as fun.

If you could ride with any pro for a day, in any place, who would it be, where would you go, and why?
I don’t know, theres so many people I’d like to ride with but I really dont have just one or one particular spot. I would ride with anyone at anyspot as long as theres no contest or one-up match going on. haha

5 Favorite websites?
Thecomeupbmx.net
Myspace.com
weather.com
havefunandenjoyyourself.com
and BmxUnion.com lol

5 Favorite Music artists or songs?
Lil Wayne
DJ Drama
anything from the south
pimp c (rip)
old 8ball & MJG

Who are some people you think are going to be, or should getting coverage?
Nick Summerlot… he’s ridiculous in bmx and life.
(Go check his interview after this one Nick Summerlot

Did you go to college? If so what?
I did but took a break for a good job opportunity that turned into Office Space… I’m going back in the Fall though for something.

So where do you work? What do you do?
I work in a operations center for State Farm… in a cubicle.

Cred: Shelby Gibbs

You got a girlfriend, any advice on getting chicks for the single people out there?
Oh yea, I got a beautiful German girl. Advice… Invite foreign people to free keggars that you through at your house… Of the 80 people who pass through and steal your shit, one might be someone like my girlfriend. haha

Who are your biggest influences on your life outside of riding?
My mom.

What are some things you would like to accomplish this year? How about in the next 5 years?
This year I want to ride all the places I’ve only talked about riding and on the way to those, ride some I didn’t know existed. I want to get back into school and get that shit over with. In the next 5 years I want to finish school, still be riding and still be healthy. I want to be on a coast and just kickin it wherever I land.

Do you have any new web edits or video parts coming out soon?
I’m going to make one this week and get it on the web… it will have most of my new stuff and some recent clips. I have a video part comming out in a local high def video from Kyle Mullen. Other than that I’m just doing what i can. If anybody is interested in me, get at me!

Any shout outs or thanks?
I want to thank my girl Eve for helping me clean out a full pipe yesterday and standing in the snow while I rode it. I want to thank my room mates for riding and helping rent stay at $205. I want to thank Luke for helping me edit videos. I want to thank anyone and everyone who has every helped me with anything. Without them I wouldnt be here.

Anything I missed you would like to add?
I don’t like watermelon as much as people think. haha. I do use my left side pegs alot.

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