Harold “McGoo” McGruther sits down for a lengthy interview on the Unclicked Podcast!
The latest round of the Unclicked Podcast has arrived. This time around they have Harold “McGoo” McGruther sits down to talk about his very lengthy history in BMX that kicked off in the 70’s with no shortage of wild stories and more that lasts 5 hours. If you have the time, you definitely will be stoked on this, so get on that play button!
“How did we get here? I had a brief conversation with Chris about potentially co-hosting a month or two ago and we landed on a single name: Harold McGruther. A true icon behind the scenes. Intelligent, polarizing, hilarious, and after 40 years of growing, building, and marketing brands, he’s a true wealth of crazy stories, historical facts, and insight. Truly an honor to have McGoo sit down and run through his timeline and scratch the surface of his long history in the BMX industry….
Five hours is a really, really long podcast. I debated on trimming it down or splitting it into two episodes. In the end, I think one massive episode is the answer…
Thanks to Oskar Blues for supporting the Unclicked Podcast!
Guests:
Harold McGruther
0:00 — Intro and beginnings (torker and BMX Plus)
35:30 — CW Team Manager
51:00 — GT BMX Golden days
57:00 — inventing the box jump and first street contest
1:13:20 – End of GT into Mongoose
1:35:20 — fired for putting a transvestite on the mongoose catalog
1:46:30 — “first time since I was 12 that I was unemployed”
2:07:00 — story time
2:18:40 — Is the BMX industry doomed?
2:40:30 — “it’s gonna go the same way as rollerblading”
3:07:30 — Univega and the Rob-o ditch gap
3:18:19 — Revolution advertising/creation of SNAFU
3:30:55 — Downhill racing series on ESPN
3:48:30 — Selling SNAFU/Biltwell
4:20:50 — best/worst rider he’s ever worked with
4:41:50 — Huffy vs big box retailer
4:48:50 — Breakdowns, Carey Hart, and Car accidents” – Our BMX
