interview 9

angus... aka gus..

age.. 17

years riding..I started off racing about 4 years ago.

fav spot to ride.. home trails, banbury park

Riding style.. Fast, flow, racey with not too many tricks


plans for this year.. travel to more spots and get confident on my bmx again after my knee surgery

what inspires you to ride.. friends, good spots, weather, BMX dvds

who inspires you?.. Garrett Byrnes, Alex Dick and the banbury riders

describe your local scene.. I have missed it! The Banbury scene is chill and wild at the same time, there is always some dude throwing the abuse and another shredding hard, awesome riding atmosphere!

music.. mainly the old classics, Led, AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Slayer and anything else that i like the sound of.

what you at when not riding..Im usually doing school work or at physio theraphy, haha, great times! I try and party as much as i can too!


thanks to anyone.. My family and friends for being behind me all the time.

interview 8

Craig mcgill.. aka Ripa

age.. 19

years riding.. 5years

fav spot to ride.. epic, banbury, redditch

Riding style.. riding any good park and trails just flowing and doing tricks 



plans for this year.. travel allot more enter more comps 

what inspires you to ride.. bmx dvds, music, my good mates

who inspires you?.. Sergio layos, harry main and ray smith

describe your local scene.. umm I don’t really have a local scene but I class banbury as my local have to travel 19 miles but its good 
The riders there are good and I get on well with them

music.. everything apart from drum and bass!!

what you at when not riding..with my girlfriend or her mates, watching bmx dvds 

thanks to anyone.. my parents for supporting me, Ray smith for all he has done for me and harry main!!

interview 7

Ian.. aka wilco, wilma...





age.. 38

years riding.. Blimey... since 83-84... do the math.

fav spot to ride.. Local + anywhere the RAD guys meet up as it's always good vibe.

Riding style.. circa 1985-1995 ha!

plans for this year.. Make my bike even lighter (gay) ride more than once a week & learn some more nose-pick variations :-)

what inspires you to ride.. My bike, I just love riding it! going forward & backwards on my BMX, when your bike is totally how you want it, you will want to ride it more.. Also mid-skool video footage (I think most people know my thoughts on new-skool fashion riding) & my friends I ride with are always inspiration.

who inspires you?.. In no particular order:

Derren Bailey
Rick Moliterno
Alex Leech
Kevin Gutierrez
Rob Ridge
Ray Smith
Vic Murphy
Paul Osicka
Eddie Roman
Lee Sultimier
& anyone else with their own individual style of riding & doing something different.

describe your local scene.. Pretty good park, most of us get on great & despite not being what you might term 'a regular', from what I see, the guys there are always pushing their riding & having a laugh with it. Could do with a lot less hangers-on who think it's too cool to sit around on the decks getting fucked up on D&D...

music.. I'm currently indulging in my mission to buy every CD I've ever wanted to own as I've developed a little HiFi addiction. Latest purchases:

ET soundtrack
Sigur Ros
Eels
Madness
The For Carnation
The Beach Boys
Mudhoney
I'm pretty varied musically, why limit yourself to one genre when there's a world of beautiful sounds out there!?

what you at when not riding.. working, listening to music (as above), movies, full time family life!

thanks to anyone.. My wife, my family, my friends, anyone who's ever helped me out & anyone else I've had fun on a BMX with, cheers! ;-)

interview 6

steve, sumner, steveo sumner bey!

age.. 20

years riding.. 3or 4 yrs.I think??(editors edit, come on bro tis been at least 5-6)

fav spot to ride.. banbury, and epic

Riding style.. i dunno really, like alot of limbless tricks



plans for this year.. get bk on me bike, and hang with the boys who got me into bmx in the first place

what inspires you to ride.. watching bmx vids, and watching ova people ride, learning new tricks, wich pushes u further to learn more

who inspires you?.. riders who live for bmx, tht ride everyday.

describe your local scene.. fuck, aint been there in ages, so wouldnt no at the min, probs the same as its always been, good lads with lil bikes

music.. punk. metal. ska. DnB

what you at when not riding..drinking, partying. going to gigs

thanks to anyone.. every 1 at the park for getting me in to bmx,

interview 5

Josh Belcher.. aka Yoshi, Joshy b, Salty.

age.. 21

years riding.. About 4 or 5
fav spot to ride.. Creation, but i love my home park.

Riding style.. Sketchy, i like to go high on stuf, unlike some of the kids at the park that just like to get high.


plans for this year.. Learn new tricks, meet new people, take some good photographs.

what inspires you to ride.. Watching a bmx dvd usually gives me the itch to go out and try something new, and watching some of the locals send it.

who inspires you?.. All of the riders out there that just enjoy nthe lifestyle and ride for the fun rather than the image.

describe your local scene.. Maybe one of the best scenes going, everyone is really nice, and gets on with each other. Ive been to alot of parks and none where the Bmxers the skaters and the bladers all get on like us.

music.. Pretty much anything, im not fussy.

what you at when not riding.. You can usually find me behind my camera taking snaps for a bit of cash, go check my website, www. joshbelcher. co. uk

thanks to anyone.. Everyone who has ever helped me out with stuf when i needed, all the the people who i call my freinds, you know who you are, and my family.

interview 4..

Ray smith.. aka violent Ray, everyday Ray, Ray

age.. 32 yrs young

years riding.. 11-12 ..I think??

fav spot to ride.. Banbury, thats why I'm here after all!!!

Riding style.. super tech, anything that happens (normally fluke )



plans for this year.. ride loads, travel more, learn nothing fashionable!

what inspires you to ride.. inspires me? not so much inspiring but when I wake 1st thing going through my mind is new combo's, tech tricks line etc, while there fresh I need to get out and make it happen!

who inspires you?.. anybody who rides for fun / smile factor, some of Banburys locals, John, Ian, Baltie, little turner etc

describe your local scene.. amazing, so many cool people to ride with, not to many fashion idoits (one to many chaz's tho!!)

music.. trance, D&B, thrash metal, metal.. anything fast really

what you at when not riding.. playing with stuff with engines being with my family...

thanks to anyone.. my Family, my miss's, all who ride with me!

interview 3

Dan ibbetson.. aka ibbo

age.. 25

years riding.. 11

fav spot to ride.. fav spot guess darby storm r.i.p or romford,

riding style.. style hmm just a chilled slow speed rider

plans for this year.. plans well due to running a pub now that takes up far to much of my live so plans are to finish new bike and ride more, i may be getting older and i fuckin hurts when i crash now but i can't give up bmx its part of my life

what inspires you to ride.. impresses me. gotta say all these little kids that ride now when i started bmx was not even close to the stage that its at now. theres like 10 year olds doing flips n stuff

who inspires you?.. see above

describe your local scene.. scene. a good bunch of lads. got some fucked up shite going down that other riders will find crazy. welcoming to anyone who comes to ride with us. mates just good mates

music..music. Punk . . rock, metal,.most of you know im in band as the front man. been doing that for bout 3 years now. and playing drums for well far to long, and im still shitemusics always been a part of my life playing it or just chilling with some cd's

what you at when not riding.. when im not rideing. well im probs workin its a tuff job but realy enjoy it, its not all about pulling pints of for ungreatfull people its a dam good crack though,and if not working then im probs doing some pa work or something to do with music.