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Episode 14 - Scott Towne
Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 01:44:17
Publish Date: 2018-09-16 19:00:00
Description: The first time I saw BMX flatland it was 1985 and I was an 11 year old kid growing up in a small town in Indiana. I walked around the corner from my parents shop as I waited for them to get off work, and saw a guy doing flatland tricks on a red Hutch Trickstar. I could tell right away this guy knew what he was doing. So I sat on the curb and watched him work through a series of amazing balancing and hopping tricks. His name was Derek Craig, and I asked him what the best way for me to get into the sport was and he told me to get my hands on some bmx magazines and start figuring out which bike I wanted to get. So before I went home, I asked my parents if they would buy some BMX magazines and luckily they said yes. About an hour later I walked out of the local newstand with 3 different mags and instantly started daydreaming about the bikes, the tricks, and the life of being a BMX freestyler. Back then there were only a handful of videos and even RAD the movie hadn't been released yet. All we had were the photos in the magazines which we studied like our lives depended on it! The magazines were more than just pictures and ads, they were our gateway to a sport we couldn't get enough of! We sat down with Scott Towne who was right in the middle of it all! From 1986 to 1989 Scott worked for several well known magazines including BMX Plus, American Freestyler, Super BMX & Freestyle, and FREESTYLE magazine. Not only was he around during the pinnacle of the sport, but he was there at the beginning of the end of an era. We talked to Scott about growing up in the Midwest, his early interest in BMX racing, his many jobs working at various BMX magazines during the boom of freestyle, what he did after leaving CA and heading back to MI, his vintage BMX collection, his current marketing agency, and still riding his bike daily at age 53. So get comfortable, crank up your speakers, and get to know one of the Midwest's finest riders and contributors to the sport of BMX... SCOTT TOWNE To learn more about Scott Towne follow him on Instagram: @scotttowne To learn more about Chip Riggs visit: chipriggs.com and/or follow him on Instagram: @chipriggs To learn more about Kip Williamson visit: masterblasterplanet.com and/or follow him on Instagram: @kipbmx To learn more about the Space Brothers Podcast visit: spacebrotherspodcast.com
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