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On this week's Brando's World of X, Brando catches up with multi-discipline BMX threat Mykel Larrin. 0:20 Mykel Larrin Introduction 0:43 Is that a real beard? 1:33 Hot Box questions 5:55 The past six months 8:28 Riding BMX right now 10:05 Competing in BMX Big Air with Morgan Wade and Ryan Williams 12:40 Ryan Williams competing in BMX Big Air 18:00 Boise Qualifier 22:55 The power of a local skatepark 26:25 JJ Flairty friendship 28:09 Mykel's professional career 31:24 Architecture vs. BMX 33:44 Finding our purpose 38:22 Bikes Over Baghdad 39:51 The feeling in Baghdad 42:54 K-Rob relationship 47:50 Creating music 49:47 Favorite X Games memory 52:09 Vert ramp locations --- X Games is your premier destination for all things action sports, music, lifestyle and everything in between. X Games has been the worldwide leader in action sports since 1995. Visit our official homepage at http://xgames.com for more coverage and highlights. SUBSCRIBE: @X Games! Check us on Social @XGames: Instagram ► https://instagram.com/xgames Twitter ► https://twitter.com/xgames Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/XGames TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@XGames Snapchat ► @xgames Thanks for watching X Games! #XGames #BMX #MykelLarrin ]]> Mon 21 Sep 2020 18:56:06 +0200 https://www.gnarpowpow.com/videos/13906/mykel-larrin-stay-true-to-the-craft-x-games-podcast/ https://www.gnarpowpow.com/videos/13161/brad-simms-have-bike-will-travel-x-games-podcast/
Since the beginning of BMX Street at X Games, Brad Simms was on the invite list. But as Brad's interests in traveling grew, Brad started putting competitions on the back burner and focused on video. Then quarantine hit and suddenly, Brad Simms was stuck in one place to film: Austin, Texas. Then he took to Instagram and made 2020 the year of Brad, This is Brad Simms. 0:26 Brad Simms introduction 1:02 Moving back to Austin 1:41 BMX community in Austin 3:05 Hot Box questions 7:30 Jordan vs. Lebron 10:09 Quarantine life for Brad 12:05 Brad Simms Instagram 13:55 Traveling around the world 15:05 Most humbling trip 17:30 Flight routine 19:00 Brad talks Real BMX 21:25 Shoulder injury 23:06 Choosing a filmer for Real BMX 26:45 Getting invited back to Real Street 28:07 Vision for the future --- Progression at its finest! X Games is your premier destination for all things action sports, music, lifestyle and everything in between. X Games has been the worldwide leader in action sports since 1995. Visit our official homepage at http://xgames.com for more coverage and highlights. SUBSCRIBE: @X Games! Check us on Social @XGames: Instagram ► https://instagram.com/xgames Twitter ► https://twitter.com/xgames Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/XGames TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@XGames Snapchat ► @xgames Thanks for watching X Games! #XGames #BMX #BradSimms ]]> Mon 31 Aug 2020 05:01:58 +0200 https://www.gnarpowpow.com/videos/13161/brad-simms-have-bike-will-travel-x-games-podcast/ https://www.gnarpowpow.com/videos/13118/r-willy-the-reward-is-worth-the-risk-x-games-podcast/
From producing his own YouTube videos hoping to get invited to X Games, to winning X Games gold in BMX Big Air, Ryan Williams is the quintessential X Games model for chasing your dreams. Several years ago, Ryan Williams was an aspiring scooter and BMX rider that could send it over the Big Air gap on any form of transportation he could find. Then, people started asking him about X Games, but no one had seen Ryan ride the Big Air quarterpipe before. Then, he posted a video of himself hucking huge frontflip flairs and inverts, and a few weeks later, he scored an invite to X Games Minneapolis 2018. Now three gold medals deep in BMX Big Air, Ryan Williams is the new face of Big Air. Not seeing him ride X Games in 2020 has been tough, so we reached out to Ryan to see how he's doing! 1:00 What is your title? 2:00 The Hot Box Segment 5:00 Hot Box Standings 5:25 The new NBD 7:00 How do you come up with tricks? 8:16 How's 2020 going without traveling to events? 9:55 I actually rode rollerblades first. 11:20 When did you realize you could go pro? 13:25 Making scooters more legit 14:00 Meeting Travis Pastrana 16:00 Getting nervous at comps 17:40 Making noise about getting into X Games 18:54 I'm going to the X Games 19:30 Joining the BMXers at X Games 21:30 The Frontflip flair 24:00 Winning gold at X Games Sydney 26:50 X Games Shanghai 29:30 How high did I go? 33:00 X Games Minneapolis 2019 35:40 I'm not a daredevil 37:20 If I don't land straight.... 41:00 R Willy's YouTube channel 43:00 Never being satisfied 44:00 R Willy land 45:30 I still haven't talked to Tony Hawk --- Progression at its finest! X Games is your premier destination for all things action sports, music, lifestyle and everything in between. X Games has been the worldwide leader in action sports since 1995. Visit our official homepage at http://xgames.com for more coverage and highlights. SUBSCRIBE: @X Games! Check us on Social @XGames: Instagram ► https://instagram.com/xgames Twitter ► https://twitter.com/xgames Facebook ► https://www.facebook.com/XGames TikTok ► https://www.tiktok.com/@XGames Snapchat ► @xgames Thanks for watching X Games! #XGames #RWilly #RyanWilliams ]]> Sun 16 Aug 2020 04:52:03 +0200 https://www.gnarpowpow.com/videos/13118/r-willy-the-reward-is-worth-the-risk-x-games-podcast/