BMX Weekly

What a mess over the UCI Worlds in Australia. Another World Championships cancelled, with the results decided by the times from the last round the day before. A lot of unhappy people.
Social media is in uproar, so it only made sense for Dr. J to swing by early this morning and record a podcast to share our thoughts.
Check it out!

Jerry Landrum of BMXmania.com talks about the demise of the NBL, the fierce rivalry between the ABA and NBL, his time working with Bob Tedesco, and the formation of USA BMX after the NBL finally came to an end.
Jerry also shares stories about the legendary NBL Christmas Classic and Presidents Cup, some South Park talk, Gary Aragon, and more.

The man himself, Mr. BMX Mania, Jerry Landrum, is out in San Diego for the week, visiting and helping out with our Summer Camp. Of course, part of the plan for Jerry's trip was to record some podcasts and document some of the BMX Mania history.
We talk about Jerry's early days getting into BMX, racing in Indiana, and moving into National racing against the likes of Everett Rosecrans, Doc Pearson, and Shag Shaughnessy. We also cover Jerry getting on the Mongoose Co. Factory Team and getting to meet and hang out with his longtime friend, Eric Rupe.
Jerry talks about traveling internationally and racing at the Brighton '96 World Championships in England.
We then get into the start of BMX Mania, shooting pictures, the early days of the internet, BMX media, and some of his sponsors.
Jerry then talks about meeting UCI's Johan Lindström and starting to work with the UCI.
Jerry gives us stories on Kyle Bennett, BMX World Magazine, shooting photos at the first 2008 Olympics and again at London 2012, and having the best seat in the house to watch BMX racing history being made.
We talk about how big BMX Mania got, the visitors and views, and how it really was the website everyone went to for their up-to-date BMX news and scoops.
Jerry talks about working with Warwick Wheeler and BMX World Magazine, and contributing to the NBL and so many other BMX media outlets at the time.
So much more is covered, with Part 2 and possibly Part 3 to come.

In this episode, we talk about a bunch of podcasts I recorded at DIRTYFEST, including Charles Townsend, Tommy Brackens, the UK's first No. 1 girl rider, Jane Windle, and one of the BMX riders from the movie E.T., Robert Cardoza. We also talk about Paul being on a new episode of the Union Tapes that he just recorded.
We also talk about DIRTYFEST from a few weeks ago and how the event continues to grow, racing against Jeremy McGrath, his VDC bike, some of the bikes I rode at DIRTYFEST, Eric Carter and Dick Cheeseburger's battle, and how Stu Thomsen is still fast in his 60s.
We also talk about my summer camp season, which is about to kick off, and how summer camps continue to grow alongside Tyler Brown's in San Diego. We cover the last round of the UCI World Cup in Holland a few weeks ago and throw it back to the racing and drama from the Florida ABA in the '90s with Kevin Tomko, Adam Richards (RIP), and Erik Abbadessa at the NBMX Easter Classic.

This podcast features Charles Townsend reflecting on his trip to the UK in 1986 to race the IBMXF World Championships at Slough while still an amateur rider for Hutch.
Charles talks about travelling from the United States with his Hutch teammate Eric Carter, his first impressions of the Slough track, and racing overseas for the first time. He also shares memories of battling Dutch European Champion Bas de Bever in both 20-inch and Cruiser competition, becoming a double World Champion, and forming lasting friendships with many of the English racers he met over the following years.