age: 27, 28 by the time this website is up
city: riverside california
frame: fit s 3.5
sponsors: profile, ODI grips, Micreation Clothing, The Network
years riding: The same as Mike

 
   
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1.Give us a run down of an average day for you?
Well, it all depends if I get a call the night before to know if I have to head to the shop and work there. If I don't I usually get woken up at 4 or 5 in the morning by my infant son laughing or trying to touch me when I am sleeping. My girl wakes up super early to feeds him and he has such weird feeding and active time schedule right now. I stay up for a bit and play with him then go back to sleep until 8am.
I get up and depending how I feel I take a shower or go online and answer emails. I usually go through video footage we got the day before or check to see if I have taken care of everything, if not I take care of that. My friends and I meet up at my house around 10-12noon to go ride, some times we just chill at my house for a bit and check out footy or kick it. My schedule tends to be spontaneous, it allows me to be open to more things. When we get bored or just get juiced to ride, we head out.
We end up at Raul Ruiz's house most of the time and meet up with him and Chris Brown. we end up riding to about 8-9pm then I head home. I get home and try to hang out with the family a bit, make dinner with my girl and just relax. She is the biggest help ever, I guess the glue that keeps us together. I play so video games, wrestle or pretend play with my four year old after dinner if there is time. That ends up being the cherry on top that waste the last bar of my power and I head to bed to enjoy another day of life.

2.About how many days a week are you behind the lense? Do you feel it takes away from your riding, or does it serve as motivation?
Well it all depends, Sometimes I have a bunch of days off so I am behind it 3-4 days and if I am busy at the shop prob about 1-2 if I'm lucky. Filming can get in the way deffently, if we show up to a spot that i already know is a bust, I try to put my friends first and film them and see if they can film me later. Some times we get kicked out and I never get to ride the dope ass spot which sucks but gives me a reason to come back. All in all it is too bad, I have got a strategy to filming now, haha!

3.What's the longest you've had someone sit behind the lense in order for you to pull something? And what about you filming for someone else? You ever have to console someone you're filming because they feel they are wasting your time (something I seem to deal with alot)?
Idk, probably when I was filming for Left/Right. Navaz has great patience and encouragement. I did try two things while i was filming for that video that kind of made me bummed. A smith 360 which we went there three times and got kicked out two and never pulled it clean and a up rail to 90 to backwards rail switch in the credits of it that I tried forever. I really wish I pulled that one, Maybe I will go back soon. haha!
Well filming someone else???? Has to go to Justin we would go to spots and I would try to encourage him to do stuff he already wants to do. we will sit there for a long time with the camera before he would even try the trick. over and over he would feel it out and sometimes it is anoying when he actually tries it and does it first time. That has to be the only person, sorry justin? He has deffently been coming through lately though.
As far as people filming me and wasting my time... My friends are pretty good but I believe if it for a web video the filming isn't that critical. If it is for a full length I try to have one of my better filming friends to help me out. Thank guys!

4.Can you confirm the rumor that you are personally working on a full length video for this coming year?
Yeah I am but I thought my camera took a shit, so I have decided to get an hd camera and hold off until then. I have a bunch of good footage in sd that I am probably going to release in some Free Web video from ODI. Keep an Eye out for those, they should be pretty good.

5.Speaking of ODI, what is your position there? How often do you deal with things in the office?
I am the TM/rider for the street team, and help with product design. Basically one of the best jobs, haha! I am kind of the soldier on the street that is involved with riders and help make our products better in any way. Also I am in charge of sponsoring events, setting up the team riders with product, travel and any other things that is on their shoulders.
I don't have to go to the office to much, I tend to do everything from home. Definitely makes my life easier.

-Most influential bmx video in the past year?
Insight... was that last year????

-In the sea of web edits, which one stood out most?
IDK, The web kind of feels like a blender of bmx now. I guess, I can't remember anything exactly. It's the web.

-Most influential movie (non bmx)
"confessions of a dangerous mind"

-What was the one book that might have changed your perspective on things?
Barry Greens HVX handbook

-If you were stuck on a deserted island, what one spot would you want to appear to keep you occupied?
I would have to say... Belvedre park.

-Favorite city in the US (to ride)?
Los Angeles

-Favorite city in the US (to be a tourist)?
San Fransisco

-Best International city?
Montreal, Canada

-One part on your bike that never fails?
Rear Hub!!!

-blonds or brunettes?
Brunettes

-fanny packs or chain wallets?
Chain wallets, Fanny packs are just rediculous. I saw a guy at the zoo with Fanny pack and I laughed my ass off at him. He was dead serious!

-Fresh or hesh?
Hesh is Fresh!


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