The coffee machine in the room didn't produce the best coffee ever, but the convenience and price (unlimited free supply) won it on Saturday morning as we set sail to San Diego again. We parked in the streets near the hotel to avoid the $22 per day parking that Solarena offered. We only had to take note of sweeping days, something that kicked our ass back in 2023. The vehicles in America are something else. Maybe 90% or more are owned by the bank still, but damn, the cars are nice. On so many occasions I would say, that's perfect, or give it a simple, wow, making the 90 minute drive to SD a breeze. I remember from years ago that traffic on the weekends to San Diego was really bad, but that might have been because it was summer time and a hot day or something. No problems this time.
One of the reasons we do these Cali trips in early January is that we can fit in two Monster Energy Supercross races, the first one being held in San Diego. On Friday we drove down South on the 5. For those in the know, when the sign Leucadia comes up it's time to look for the place where the Enchanted ramp used to be. It's gone now, but Philip spotted a miniramp not far from the legendary place with the vert ramp. Even though the 2-HIP vert sessions are gone, the miniramp is a reminder in town for ramp action.
We arrived early for our appointment at 100% so we decided to pick up our media passes first and have a stroll through the pits already. We then used the trusty Apple CarPlay to direct us to the front door of
What's Next | Ep.1 San Diego With @DeMarcusPaul And @albertmercato by BRAD SIMMS
I flew to San Diego to document the BMX DAY jam as well as the entire trip. The jam had custom built spots all over the streets of SD with the top pro riders in attendance... it was insane!
First off, HAPPY BMX DAY 2023!!! Every year we put on the BMX DAY SD Jam, This year it was part of the Monster Energy Cash Up Series. With $5000 on the line and some of the best spots in SD in our path, we hit the streets with 300+ riders and had ourselves a day! Enjoy and try not to run into anyone on your way to the play button.
A day spent out in San Diego with the ridiculously talented Cinema team and needless to say those guys provided the goods. Featuring the dream team - Garrett Reynolds, Chad Kerley, Nathan Williams, Corey Martinez and Dakota Roche.
HOLESHOT CHALLENGE AT SAN DIEGO BMX ! SO MUCH FUN ! CAME AWAY WITH A PODIUM AND GOOD TIMES! SHOUTOUT TO TB AND SD BMX FOR A SICK EVENT!
BMX DAY San Diego was one for the books! This year we hit four official spots. Including a new spot that we built for the jam! (The spot is sure to be there for a while so go enjoy it while you can.) We rounded off the day with a premiere of the new Chocolate Truck Video at ReBru Spirits. Overall it was an amazing day and we can’t wait to do it again next year!
Ronnie Farmer on the cover, yeehaaw. While in San Diego we rode Mission Trails on a daily basis with the Dirt Brothers. Ronnie Farmer was one of them. He was born in East SD and the Dirtbrothers house was on the edge of that shady area. We have not heard from Ronnie in a while an really hope he is doing well. He sure knew how to stretch them no-footed cancans. Internet sites did not bring the news back in the day, FAT-'zine did. The Believe it, or Not!? section is huge, full of news.
We traveled to Phoenix for a Bicycle Stunt contest in our 1970 Buick Estate Wagon which had a 454 engine and was hella fast. We made it over there too.
Ronnie Farmer gets a full on interview in FAT-'zine. Maybe the only interview he has ever had. Read it.
We were doing Magazine reviews in issue 26 with Matt Pingel (BMX Freestyle magazine-Germany), Mark Noble (RIDE BMX magazine) and Vincent "Le Chien" Ranchoux of Tracks BMX Power mag (France).
Todd Lyons scored an interview which starts on page 43. We went to an NBL national in Las Vegas with the S&M crew. Jean Paul Rogers was selling RIDE BMX magazines for some extra income at the race.
Mongoose provided the free sticker and I also went to England and checked in with a contest at the
The Cultcrew is more diverse than ever before! We assembled most of the crew in San Diego for some good vibes... Having such a well rounded crew we were able to ride some classics spots, find new ones and even threw in some DIY action...