6/25/08

When I first heard BMX was going to be an Olympic sport and that the BMXers were going to be at the Olympic Training Center while I was there I immediately pictured a bunch of guys like Cru from the movie Rad. I thought that would be great as Cru was a pretty cool guy and I could see being friends with him. But it turns out BMX style has changed some in the last 22 years. Not necessarily for the worse, but instead of scraping by with a free bike here and there, they’re driving H3s and riding for a dozen sponsors each.