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Kanode Knows – Ralph Sinisi

August 12, 2024

Animal Bikes boss man Ralph Sinisi sits down on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

It’s a new week and that means that it’s time for a fresh round of the Kanode Knows Podcast from Bobby Kanode. This week he gets on a video call with the one and only Ralph Sinisi to talk Animal Bikes, the Grove Street Bicycles shop he also owns, along with his whole story in BMX which covers a TON of history. If you want to know what it’s like to own a BMX brand, this is one you won’t want to miss.

“Hey der boys! Happy to share this one with you. The legend himself joined me for a conversation about how Animal started, how Animal is still alive, and everything along the way. I think Ralph’s had about as big of an impact on the BMX that we know and love as anyone else in the world. I feel grateful to have him in the game.” – Bobby Kanode

Check out PART TWO below!

“Hey guys! Hope everything is going well for you this week. This is an interesting episode for sure. Ralph is a human like the rest of us and has been through some real tough times. His message about iron deficiency is something I’d never heard about but we think it’s pretty important and if it can help just one person it’s worth sharing. Rest in peace to Eric Schalles. Life is short and you should hug your homies. Toward the end we get a peek into what’s going on with the bike shop and with Animal Bikes!

Hope you enjoy this. (We had to use zoom and I think my audio sucks a little bit but you’ll have to forgive me)

Anyway – support Ralph’s companies!

https://animalbikes.com/

https://www.grovestreetbicycles.com/

/ animalbikes

0:00 – Intro
1:52 – Iron Deficiency Anemia
46:59 – Business
52:27 – Rosie
1:08:03 – Shop tour
1:14:44 – The state of Animal Bike Co.
1:28:56 – Greystoke
1:34:37 – Heavies
1:37:07 – Remarks
1:38:40 – Outro”

Kanode Knows – Justin Schwanke

August 6, 2024

Justin Schwanke sat down for an interview on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

The latest round of the Kanode Knows Podcast from Bobby Kanode has arrived. This time around Justin Schwanke, which you would remember from the Weird & Revered videos, and Michael Jimenez sit down to talk BMX and Justin’s new Project Spoke documentary series. This is a real interesting project and Justin is notorious for putting great videos out, so you know this is one you will want to check out. Hit play to learn all about it!

“Justin and Michael came over to my place after the Unity Ride Shop video premiere for Project Spoke to do this. We discuss the origins of the project, the journey along the way, and much more. Pretty fun conversation that I hope you all enjoy! Support this project! These guys’ weirdness on a bike can only be matched by their weirdness in person. I loved it. Couple of really sweethearted fellas if ya ask me. Thanks for watching.

Go here and buy the digital download.” – Bobby Kanode

Kanode Knows – Connor Keating

July 1, 2024

Connor Keating sits down for an interview on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

The latest round of the Kanode Knows Podcast from Bobby Kanode has arrived. This week he catches up with Connor Keating for a 3 hour conversation talking riding, sponsors and much, much more! Get on that play button to give it a listen.

“Wow that’s a corny title what’s happening to me. I had a good time Saturday having a couple beers and talking with the one and only Connor Keating. If you’ve been in BMX in the last decade you already know him and his biking speaks for itself. Big fan of Michigan homies.

I hope you all enjoy this episode and I’ll see ya next week.” – Bobby Kanode

Kanode Knows – Antonio Chavez

June 18, 2024

Antonio Chavez sits down for an interview on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

It’s that time of the week for Bobby Kanode‘s weekly episode of Kanode Knows! This time around he has Antonio Chavez on to talk BMX, video projects, his life on the influencer side of things on social media and much, much more. This is a pretty interesting listen since not only does Antonio crush it on a bike, but has done some interesting things online as well. Give it a listen!

“Antonio Chavez is a professional BMX rider from AZ living in San Diego. He rides for Fiend, Primo, Vans, and dabbles in the motocross world as well. He’s a recovering tiktok influencer lol. You’ve seen him in all the legendary Fiend web videos. You’ve seen him on Instagram. He’s clean he’s fresh he’s a cool humble mf. I enjoyed this conversation and I hope you do too!

I always wanted to know him considering we’re from the same state but never really kicked it. This was great.
Follow him: / antonio1chavez
Subscribe to his YT: / @antonio1chavez

Oh also note how much my dog loves him. Must be a good human.

0:00- Intro
3:53 – Living Situation
15:50 – The beginning
34:20 – Chandler trap
37:11- Getting on FIEND
49:18 – Tylenol deal
55:22 – First paycheck from BMX
59:23 – Filming with Tony Enis
1:04:41 – Motocross
1:13:42 – Fiend “Slut”
1:23:04 – Game of Bike
1:27:45 – San Diego BMX scene
1:43:54 – Social media monetization
1:54:03 – Internet Questions
2;29:27- Advice
2:33:42 – Mt. Rushmore
2:38:22 – Outro” – Bobby Kanode

Kanode Knows – Nate Richter

June 10, 2024

Nate Richter sat down for an interview on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

It’s Monday and that means it’s time for Bobby Kanode to release his weekly episode of Kanode Knows! This week he has Nate Richter sit down to talk his story from BMX and his time in the industry to leaving BMX and starting his own drink brand. This covers a TON of ground and Nate definitely has a unique story that makes for a real good listen. Check it out!

“Nate Richter is a well known BMX personality and pro rider from New Mexico who has left his mark on the whole industry. He was early on the daily vlogging and is the man behind the legendary bike shop from Long Beach “Golden Days.” He’s a part of BMX history in the 2000’s and 2010’s for sure. I’ve known him/known of him forever and am grateful that he was able to make it out to the beach house with me to record this episode!

Hope you enjoy and check out his new tea: https://drinkcafiend.com/ and sign up for the newsletter

0:00 – Intro
2:08 – Drink Cafiend
16:30 – Quitting BMX
21:45 – Injury
26:30 – Mindset
37:14 – Adam22
38:01 – Life
1:01:41 – Cutting of negativity
1:05:07 – Out of the norm BMX
1:15:50 – Good influence
1:2219 – BMX work
1:39:28 – Vlogging
1:42:49 – The Golden Days
1:55:51 – Instagram questions
2:39:29 – Words
2:40:55 – Outro” – Bobby Kanode

Kanode Knows – George Boyd

June 4, 2024

George Boyd sits down for an interview on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

It’s a new week and that means that it’s time for a fresh episode of Kanode Knows from Bobby Kanode. This week he got on a video call with George Boyd to talk about his story from riding to V-Club, Randy Taylor, his filming and editing work and much, much more. This is a 2 hour conversation that covers plenty of ground and a real interesting listen!

Kanode Knows – Preston Okert

May 20, 2024

Cult’s newest Pro team addition sat down for an interview on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

The latest round of the Kanode Knows Podcast has arrived. This week Bobby Kanode has Preston Okert on to get to know him better, talk about getting bumped up to the Cult Pro team and much, much more! Hit play and give this a listen!

“I’m glad I was able to have this conversation. Preston is the newest pro for Cult and is a hell of a guy. We talk about his history with BMX, what it’s like to be a pro rider, what’s coming next from him, and much more.

I love watching his riding. Doesn’t hurt that he’s a great human.” – Bobby Kanode

Kanode Knows – Justin Kosman

May 13, 2024

Justin Kosman sits down for an interview on the Kanode Knows Podcast!

It’s that time of the week for a fresh episode of the Kanode Knows Podcast from Bobby Kanode! This week he sits down with Justin Kosman to talk about Justin’s work from photography to videos and even gets into the business side of things which people looking to get into that type of work will enjoy. Justin has done a TON of work inside of BMX and outside, and you probably have seen something he produced over the years. Plenty of great stories in this one. Kind of funny, I almost died when Justin took me surfing once years ago, haha. Either way, check this out!

“Last year we recorded an episode with the one and only Justin Kosman but he surprisingly had internet from 1997 and it didn’t work out. I was struggling to get an episode scheduled this weekend with Mother’s Day and reached out to Kosman as a hail mary and he was down! I’ve been looking up to this man and his ability to make money with his photography and videography for a long time. In fact when I was in business school, one of my assignments was to find a mentor in the industry I wanted to work in and Kosman accepted the job. I never did much with it but if I ever had questions he was super helpful to answer. So this episode feels a little bit like I’m sharing a session with my mentor to the internet.

You know his work even if you don’t know his work. The Hunt, Vans Illustrated, Red Bull projects, product catalogs, work for Vans BMX, and much much more.” – Bobby Kanode