Thanks to Qbmx.com, Steve Crandall and FBM Bike Co., as well as Profile Racing for putting me into cities I’d not normally get to travel to outside bmx. Why Richmond on the FL-BMX site? Firstly, the scene there is spot on. The vibes, the camaraderie, the passion for pedaling tiny bikes around the city. Why…
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Skatepark of Tampa: Summer of 2014.
From 1991 to 1992, there was a vert ramp jammed in a tiny warehouse in Avon Park (across the street from Tampa Stadium). This was the beginning of Tampa as Vert skating capital of the US. I was 15, and with a group of other riders my age, we’d get our parents to drop us…
Read MoreTBR: Sunday Ritual.
Sundays are the witching hour for Tampa Folk. Wake early, do an anti-rain dance and hope the hard work pays off. Today it did: no rain with plenty of pedal time clocked. I met up with Travis Reavis, later Thomas Sanders, and finally Timmy Cano. We left with sunburns, salty skin and plenty of good…
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