| I've been riding and competing in BMX for over 20 years and I still love it just as much today and I did when I started. But for me, riding has always been about pushing myself to achieve new goals, and MTB is another way to challenge myself and progress my riding. - Ryan Nyquist |
Ryan participated in select MTB events in 2015 when he noted his interest was piqued by both the similarities and the differences between dirt jumping and BMX. Ryan will continue to ride BMX competitively, but will now commit officially to a competitive MTB schedule as well.
| When you think BMX you think Ryan Nyquist, and that's never going to change. But if he's looking for an extra challenge, we're thrilled to have him involved in just another branch of the family with Haro MTB. We know he'll bring the same excitement to the MTB world that he still does today on the BMX side. - Joe Hawk, COO of Haro Bikes |
A household name in both BMX dirt and park, Ryan Nyquist started riding at the age of three and competed in his first BMX freestyle competition when he was 16. Competing in his first X Games at the age of 18, Nyquist has been a BMX legend ever since. By 2003, he had won every major dirt competition – X Games, Gravity Games, Vans Triple Crown, and the King of Dirt. 2016 will mark Ryan’s 20th year with Haro BMX.
Haro Bikes has been world renowned as a leader in the BMX market for more than 35 years. Haro entered the mountain bike market in 1988 and has recently begun to make a significant name for itself in the industry—often employing disruptive tactics to do so. Haro MTB maintains that mountain biking should be done for the sport, rather than for the status, and aims to offer products that allow its consumers to do so without overspending.
Speaking of old issues of RideBMX, I was looking on the classifieds of BMX Museum yesterday ans someone was selling a whole mess of back issues from that very era, was that you Darkstar63?
xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/athletes/3012824/dennis-mccoy
xgames.espn.go.com/xgames/video/11039205/dennis-mccoy-scores-8366-run-1-bmx-vert
Taj's downsides are a work of art. The definition of style!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=MNbnagk2NAk
bmxdigital.blogspot.com/2011/05/bmx-freestyle-history-mid-air-vert.html?m=1
www.si.com/edge/2015/06/02/dave-mirra-bmx-legend-taking-on-ironman
wnct.com/2016/02/04/breaking-news-dave-mirra-dead-at-41
I'd also highly recommend the documentary called Pro Town: Greenville that came out a few years back. Great story about how Greenville basically became the mecca of BMX freestyle which was due in large part to Mirra and Nyquist.
It's "piqued", Pinkbike Staff.
Piqued: stimulate (interest or curiosity).
"you have piqued my curiosity about the man"
synonyms: stimulate, arouse, rouse, provoke, whet, awaken, excite, kindle, stir, galvanize
"his curiosity was piqued"
Very humble and insightful, hope he does well!
But that aside, Props Ry!! hope to see you shredding hard
He was injured at the time so I never got to see him ride IRL
Yet I got the most epic signature from him, first off he handed me a poster of himself doing a whip on some qp
& then proceeded to add a huge markered in fart to his own person.
I can't wait to see he's perfected his now trademarked fart whips.
All the best, Amen
Considering only a handful of riders have special tricks up their sleeves, it will be an interesting battle. Cannot wait!|
P.S. I like ranting
Can't wait!!!
(Double truck)