Best weekend of my BMX life was at the 2-Hip Meet the Street at the Brooklyn Banks in 1989. Rich Bartlett and I had a room paid for by Vision. Dennis, Rich Thorne, Mat, Steve Swope, and a couple other KC guys stayed in our big room. Riding Manhattan with all those guys for two days was the best bike fun ever. Dennis rocks!
This sport will have its high and lows but will never die. Dennis is a unique personality and an amazing athlete who deserves every bit of recognition. 1983-1990. I will never forget the times you came to visit us in the Big Apple. God bless, bro. Julian flatlander from Brooklyn, NY👍
I remember Dennis way back in 1983 at Burm busters BMX,....he was racing & had a hard time,...he had the BEST style on the track,...I remember doing tricks in the pit area with him,..he said one time to me,..hey ,...your pretty good,......he was already real good,.........another year went by,....hooked up with some riders in the area,......said we were gonna go ride with Dennis,.....its was really awesome,...we found a quarter pipe & it was killer getting little tips from him,..he was working on the cherry picker,......we did a small trick show with him at an indoor race. Such a genuine nice guy,....intimidated me with his skill level,..I didnt feel worthy. In 1985 my family moved to Denver middle of school year 10th grade. My first day A guy in class saw BMX stickers on my folder,...he rode too,... I told kim i was from KC,...He asked me do you know Dennis McCoy? I said YESSSS,....not sure he believed me,.... a few months went by & the Haro team was coming to do a show,........we went,........I remember before the show Dennis rode right up to me & said ,..what are you doing here? My new friends mind was blown. Dennis said come talk to me after the show,......Did'nt feel worthy to take his time,..did'nt know what to say to this future BMX legend. Your the best Dennis,..you deserve everything thats come your way. THE REAL McCOY i'll always rermember
I’m so glad to see this interview. Dennis has so many stories and great memories spanning every generation of the sport. Much respect for all he’s accomplished. We were both in the same BMXA photo contest and when we crossed paths for the first time in about 20 years, he brought up that story. Amazing memory.
I got to work with Denns building all the Gravity Games courses that him and Duncan came up with. Never knew he had a care free, DGAF side to his personality. He was always pretty serious when he was demanding we make changes to the finished courses 😂. But after all of the arguing and shit-talking from our crew of skater/builders, he's a super nice guy and radiates his passion for BMX. Even though skateboarding was where i found once in a lifetime opportunities, my grade school years were spent on BMX bikes. My first real bike was also a Webco. Seeing Dennis win a vert comp at 43 inspired me to get a BMX bike and started riding again at 38. My focus on creating wood structures quickly shifted into a trail building obsession. Been building and riding solo for the last decade , though the last half of that has been on a 26" Dirt Jumper. Huge amount of respect for DMC.
Happy to have just found your podcast! I’m a HUGE consumer of podcast and thought I knew of every bmx podcast out there. While the head angle is a great title I highly recommend adding BMX somewhere in the title so it can be found by bmxers searching podcast apps. Thanks!
Best weekend of my BMX life was at the 2-Hip Meet the Street at the Brooklyn Banks in 1989. Rich Bartlett and I had a room paid for by Vision. Dennis, Rich Thorne, Mat, Steve Swope, and a couple other KC guys stayed in our big room. Riding Manhattan with all those guys for two days was the best bike fun ever. Dennis rocks!
This sport will have its high and lows but will never die. Dennis is a unique personality and an amazing athlete who deserves every bit of recognition. 1983-1990. I will never forget the times you came to visit us in the Big Apple. God bless, bro. Julian flatlander from Brooklyn, NY👍
GOATED podcast
I'm so glad you guys did this interview. It is something so important to guys like me growing up in the 80s. Thank you!
Dennis McCoy, The Adidas King!
Did Dennis just talk for 3 hours straight without being asked any questions? lol... what a legend!
A great conversation with the ambassador of Freestyle and BMX through 3 generations! Classic.
I remember Dennis way back in 1983 at Burm busters BMX,....he was racing & had a hard time,...he had the BEST style on the track,...I remember doing tricks in the pit area with him,..he said one time to me,..hey ,...your pretty good,......he was already real good,.........another year went by,....hooked up with some riders in the area,......said we were gonna go ride with Dennis,.....its was really awesome,...we found a quarter pipe & it was killer getting little tips from him,..he was working on the cherry picker,......we did a small trick show with him at an indoor race. Such a genuine nice guy,....intimidated me with his skill level,..I didnt feel worthy. In 1985 my family moved to Denver middle of school year 10th grade. My first day A guy in class saw BMX stickers on my folder,...he rode too,... I told kim i was from KC,...He asked me do you know Dennis McCoy? I said YESSSS,....not sure he believed me,.... a few months went by & the Haro team was coming to do a show,........we went,........I remember before the show Dennis rode right up to me & said ,..what are you doing here? My new friends mind was blown. Dennis said come talk to me after the show,......Did'nt feel worthy to take his time,..did'nt know what to say to this future BMX legend. Your the best Dennis,..you deserve everything thats come your way. THE REAL McCOY i'll always rermember
I’m so glad to see this interview. Dennis has so many stories and great memories spanning every generation of the sport. Much respect for all he’s accomplished. We were both in the same BMXA photo contest and when we crossed paths for the first time in about 20 years, he brought up that story. Amazing memory.
Dude, I remember you. Cancan g-turn on a candy apple red Trick Star. Awesomes!
I got to work with Denns building all the Gravity Games courses that him and Duncan came up with. Never knew he had a care free, DGAF side to his personality. He was always pretty serious when he was demanding we make changes to the finished courses 😂. But after all of the arguing and shit-talking from our crew of skater/builders, he's a super nice guy and radiates his passion for BMX. Even though skateboarding was where i found once in a lifetime opportunities, my grade school years were spent on BMX bikes. My first real bike was also a Webco. Seeing Dennis win a vert comp at 43 inspired me to get a BMX bike and started riding again at 38. My focus on creating wood structures quickly shifted into a trail building obsession. Been building and riding solo for the last decade , though the last half of that has been on a 26" Dirt Jumper. Huge amount of respect for DMC.
Happy to have just found your podcast! I’m a HUGE consumer of podcast and thought I knew of every bmx podcast out there. While the head angle is a great title I highly recommend adding BMX somewhere in the title so it can be found by bmxers searching podcast apps. Thanks!
Awesome interview! 😎
Great interview… Did Dennis ever actually drink the tea??? He kept steeping it, but…
I was about the say the same thing 🤣
Great listen!
This interview was great. Gary Pollak never did anything bad and I have no idea what he was talking about with the microwave.
Neither did thereallargeray😂
Rad as fuck. My original BMX hero. Boy doesn't need coffee, already high on life.
2 hrs in and he's still dunking his tea bag. :)
this is facking great! Thanks!
i miss the vans pro cup