Kyle Carlson Archives

Unclicked Podcast – Shane Fernandez

June 11, 2026

The latest episode of the Unclicked Podcast has dropped, and this time around Shane Fernandez, the boss man at USA BMX, sat down to talk about his story, what he is working on, his perspective of BMX now and where he sees things going and more! This is fairly short in comparison to most podcasts these days, so it’s well worth giving it a go. Get on that play button.

“We’ve got President and Chairman of USA BMX Shane Fernandez in the Unclicked Studio. Shane is a BMX lifer and is fully committed to making BMX accessible to everyone. Shane works hard and you can see that in the passionate way he speaks about his work. Hit play and get a behind the scenes look at some of the industry side of USA BMX. Kyle Carlson works closely with Shane and is in the building today helping things along.

00:00 – Intro
02:27 – Shane Fernandez
16:34 – RISE Program
35:38 – Future Growth
46:00 – Series launch
48:50 – USA BMX ‍️
1:00:07 – BMX culture
1:15:12 – Insights ️
1:16:00 – Passion ️
1:17:22 – Shane’s Architecture” – Our BMX

An In-Depth Conversation With Hannah Roberts

July 28, 2021

Kyle Carlson keeping the interviews with the Olympics riders going strong. This time around he sits down with Hannah Roberts to talk about sponsors, social media, plans for Tokyo, future plans and much, much more! Check it out!

“Leading into Tokyo, Hannah discusses riding for Milk, why she’s posting less on social media, the pressure of being favored to take Gold, how many Olympics she plans on competing in, and much more.” – Vital BMX

An In-Depth Conversation with Justin Dowell

July 26, 2021

The video interviews that Kyle Carlson has been doing with the Olympics riders continue. This time around he sits down with Justin Dowell to talk about his new house and his plans with his yard, the Olympics and more. This is a good length for a quick listen, so hit play and take it all in!

“Prior to heading to Tokyo to represent the United States in The Olympics, Justin Dowell discusses overcoming a bad case of COVID, buying his first home, how he’s getting ready, what his expectations are, and much more.” – Vital BMX

An In-Depth Conversation with Perris Benegas

July 24, 2021

The in-depth conversations with the BMX riders going to the Olympics from Vital BMX continue! This time around Kyle Carlson sits down with Perris Benegas to talk about moving across the country, getting ready for the Olympics, coming out, future plans and more! As always, these interviews have been real good and kept shorter than podcast style interviews, so hit play and take it all in

“Leading into The Olympics, Perris Benegas discusses current mentality, recently coming out as gay, moving across the country, her future in BMX, and much more.” – Vital BMX

An In-Depth Conversation with Daniel Dhers

July 21, 2021

Vital BMX‘s Kyle Carlson keeping the dialed video interviews rolling. This time around he sat down with Daniel Dhers to talk Olympics, what he’s been working on for it, future plans and more! All of this packed into a 12 minute video, which is a nice break from the 1-2+ hour podcast style interviews.

“As he prepares for the biggest competition of his career, BMX veteran Daniel Dhers discusses what Olympic Gold would mean to him, Venezuelan politics, lifestyle changes he’s recently made, how close he is to retirement, and much more.” – Vital BMX

An In-Depth Conversation with Ryan Nyquist

July 10, 2021

Here’s a real good interview with Ryan Nyquist that Kyle Carlson did discussing the olympics and everything going into that, his own riding and more. As always, Ryan delivers with some really good insight, making for a good listen. Hit that play button and take it all in.

“BMX legend Ryan Nyquist discusses coaching Team USA in The Olympics, his current relationship with riding BMX at a pro level, his mountain bike career, fatherhood, and much more in this in-depth conversation.” – Vital BMX

Kenneth Tencio Video Interview

February 15, 2021

Get to know Kenneth Tencio a little better in this video interview Kyle Carlson did with him for Vital BMX. This covers everything from how Kenneth got into BMX all the way up to where he is today as a Pro with a full blown concrete bowl in his backyard!

“Kenneth Tencio discusses how BMX found him at a young age, the sacrifices he made to get his first bike, becoming the first person to ride BMX for a living in his country, why he never left Costa Rica, and much more in this sit-down interview.” – Vital BMX

The Future of Premium BMX

November 11, 2020

Over the past few weeks there’s been some buzz going around that Premium was making some changes and basically revamping the whole brand to bring it back to life after it becoming pretty stagnant the past few years. Kyle Carlson dropped this new video interview with Kevin Conners who is back with the brand as the product designer / developer and their first big pro team announcement, Colin Varanyak. This interview definitely left us pretty excited to see what’s to come because it looks like Kevin has been putting in some heavy work to revamp the entire product line, along with the original art director being back with the brand, and Joey Cobbs running the team. The interview basically explains that they’re getting rid of complete bikes and frames and focusing solely on parts like it was originally. In the interviews, we find out that there will be some new products and complete revamp of Chad Kerley‘s signature products, and hints at a freecoaster that sounds like it will be using the Free Night Planetary internals that we’re definitely going to be seeing more brands utilizing like BSD announced the other day. After parting ways with Animal, Colin Varanyak will be getting some signature products like tires, pedals and grips as well. It sounds like they plan to release everything for your bike except for frames and complete bikes, so there should be a ton of product news in the future.

They don’t announce who else will be joining the team, but it looks like they’ll be focusing on the street side of things, and we would imagine they’ll have the budget to pull in some bigger names like the brand initially did things way back in the day when the brand originally launched.

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Hit play and check this out to get an idea of what’s to come. We’re definitely stoked on what the plan is and we’re excited to see where things go.

“There are some big changes happening at Premium and at seems like a rebirth is upon us. Brand OG Kevin Conners is back in the building, complete bikes are gone, Colin Varanyak is on the squad, and a ton of new parts are in the works. Get some insight on how we got here and what to expect from Kevin and learn about Colin’s reasoning for joining the brand!” – Vital BMX

What do you think about this? Let us know what you think about the future of Premium BMX in the comments down below!