Blood, Sweat & Trails – Why Adults still ride BMX Bikes

The magazine: Dig BMX.  The man: Jay Lonergan.  The Trails: Posh.

Coming from BMX roots, this video speaks to us in ways other videos have never touched.  In the 9 minute length of this video, Jay touch talks about over 20 years of riding, digging and maintaining the same dirt jumps in Eastern, PA.

Jay talks about watching kids grow up to become pro riders and how, having never stopped riding himself, a good day, even a good run on his BMX bike is all he needs to put a smile on his face.

Relatively young compared to many other sports, BMX has been viewed since it’s inception as a kids thing, but with generations of the sport now reaching “older” ages, will it slowly become a weekend hobby for more adults?

Riding Through Life With Tommy Zula

I had 72 hours before departing back to Pittsburgh from a shoot in Ohio. With no concept or plan, Chris Myhren and I spontaneously decided to embark on the journey of creating a mini-doc. Our only problem besides my limited time was the lack of a mini-doc subject. At 9pm Sunday evening through a mutual friend and 3-way phone call we met Tommy Zula.

Our first conversation with Tommy was a whirlwind. He was driving back to Ohio from a BMX competition in New York and his ETA was 3am……  Read More