First Crack Podcast with Garrick Van Buren » Kurt Schmidt http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com The podcast of stuff you didn't know you wanted to know about. Fri, 20 May 2011 04:06:35 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 First Crack 114. Kurt Schmidt on Old School BMX Freestyle http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/first-crack-114-kurt-schmidt-on-old-school-bmx-freestyle/ http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/archive/first-crack-114-kurt-schmidt-on-old-school-bmx-freestyle/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 02:29:18 +0000 Garrick Van Buren http://www.firstcrackpodcast.com/?p=221 Twenty years ago, while BMX freestyle was a favorite hobby of mind, Kurt Schmidt rode for Haro Bikes. Then he co-founded the infamous Standard Bike Manufacturing.

He retells the story of:

  • breaking his ribs on his first big pro contest
  • stalking photographers to get in magazines
  • Rad – starring Bill Allen
  • starting a high-end BMX bike company, not in California, but a house in Iowa.
  • starting Props video magazine
  • Riding backwards.

Here’s a great timeline of Kurt’s BMX career.

Listen to Kurt Schmidt on Old School BMX Freestyle [49 min].

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