Reece Wallace Drops A Second Insane Video From His Freeride House
 | I started building this stunt without ropes and was tripping being three stories off the ground on a skinny, so decided to rope in. Turns out, it was scarier to build than ride it - Reece |
The important thing is to make it look like you know what you're doing
Frothing for the first tire marks after so many slaps
Special thanks to Liam Wallace, Matt Hardman, Ronan Burke, Nic Court, Davis Stupich, Trevor Berg, Jordan Goodall, Calvin Huth, Jeremy McDowell
Rider, Producer, Director: Reece Wallace
Video & Edit: Liam Wallace
Additional Cinematography: Rupert Walker, Calvin Huth
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1. Not a millionaire, not sure where the $15M figure came from. I wish lol. There's little wealth in my family, pretty standard middle class.
2. I purchased the house as a meth lab for reasonably cheap, and reno’d it doing as much as I could myself, saving $ by milling my own lumber. I also have multiple mortgages, renters, and sweat equity in the house, but most of the value is debt until I pay off the mortgages further.
3. I have 10 years of incredible sponsors, including Giant, who have been very supportive of my career and freeride 3 Before that, I worked full time.
4. Purchased the plane for less than a Tacoma, and restored it myself with help from my friends/mechanic
5. I own/operate a production co. specializing in marketing, brand, socials and film production (like this one)
6. I take gold poops and sell them on OF
Forgot how literal the internet takes things. Maybe it should have just been a "working from home" joke...
First everyone needs to take big breath and get of this man’s nuts. Regardless of how he got there, he clearly took every opportunity & door opened to him and knocked it out of the park. Congratulate the man.
Secondly why exactly is it a badge of honor to have poor parents and be self-made? As if modern western society isn't literally footing your bill from the hospital you were born in, to the public school(s) you went to.
Poor parents around the world literally risk life and limb every day in hopes of giving their children just a bit more than they had because the reality is the further away from the poverty line you grown up provides a better opportunity for success. Who cares if you have rich parents or middle-class parents, you sure as hell don't pick them. At the end of the day taking advantages of the opportunities given is on the child and giving the child these opportunities is the responsibly/hope of every good parent. Seeing your child take these opportunities and be their best version is the blessing.
If my kids wherever to claim they were 'self-made/ no handouts' I would lose it. The money spent on them to provide opportunity for success (public through taxes, and private from their parents) negates any of that talk.
The crazy part is that people keep thinking this way. There are plenty of guys who make great money as pro riders, and why not? They are great athletes who have plenty of viewership, they risk a lot to bring people entertainment, and they likely have a limited career window. They should be paid well. It would be expected that a professional athlete in most any other sport would be compensated handsomely, so why not bikes? The bicycle industry is a 64 billion dollar a year industry. Personally I tire of this, "you must be a dirt bag to be a biker" attitude... as funny as it can be at times.
A rising tide lifts all boats
Reece - You're the man,. The yard is amazing and the work was clearly immense
Liam - You're the man. This video was super fun to watch. Great job!
Regarding the "modern western society" bit (excluding the USA where schools & healthcare are often private ?) - Collectively chipping in for healthcare & schooling is exactly the type of equal footing that most people think is 'fair', and runs counter to the issue at hand which is privilege & access to exclusive benefits (financial in this case).
I used the term "modern western society" because despite the agreed societal contract to create somewhat equal footing through; health care, education, transit, etc. western society is exactly where I see this "I made it by myself, pulled myself by my bootstraps" from people that grew up rich or middle class.
It has become so fetishized to 'receive no handouts' that someone can get a million-dollar loan from their parents then turn around and says they did all by themselves. www.youtube.com/watch?v=TXEOFHf1q9A&ab_channel=TODAY
If you're from a well to do background you didn't pick your parents, fine, your parents were able to give you a leg up (it is what it is) but stop with the false modesty. Conversely living in the modern western world where we do have supports from these social contracts, if you're middle class stop pretending like you risked life and limb to achieve what you got. Your accomplishments are your accomplishments cheers to you.
Instead of the pissing match we should strive to increase equality of opportunity.
Reece Wallace: Hold my beer.