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"NIGEL SYLVESTER ON ADVANCING BMX WITHOUT FITTING IN"
Prodigal Son:
Isn't Edwin on a Cult now?
peggiesmalls:
--- Quote from: Prodigal Son on January 04, 2015, 05:42:47 PM ---Isn't Edwin on a Cult now?
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just getting hooked up,probably will be soon
dude...:
i just find it interesting how people choose to present themselves and their image once they make it big.
in bmx i guess it seems you can get the most respectfor being good on a bike but at the same time by also being humble or at least down to earth. while trying to create a pedestal for yourself may make you more marketable outside of bmx, i think it comes across as kind of arrogant in a sport perpetuated by adolescents who generally dont have a lot of money.
i dont know who decided to run with the title advancing bmx without fitting in, but to apply that label to yourself is pretty arrogant, and pharell again, fuck that guy
DontcallmeKenneth:
Respect doesnt pay bills if riding a bike is how you make a living.
And as far as appealing to other riders it probably isnt top prjority for him. Why wow a bunch of salty kids and old guys. That dont like him when rappers find what you do amazing?
locomotive:
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--- Quote from: locomotive on January 04, 2015, 03:50:52 PM ---Yeah, he wouldn't be able to! Thats the whole thing, he is nothing special on a bike and he is getting more recognition than people that would shit on him any day. The thing is really good at convincing non-riders that he is. That puts money in his pocket, but it obviously wouldn't sit well with people that truly love riding, and have been doing it for 10+ years.
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He's not the same type of rider as Garrett Reynolds, Dennis Enarson, and Kriss Kyle. It'd be unfair to judge him as such. To say Nigel is 'nothing special' or couldn't hang in the standard BMX route is so untrue.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=lQ4iFlvfRj4 <-proof
He's a top class rider, but people are mad cause they expect only the best to have that type of recognition. You don't get to that level of riding without being passionate about it and whose business is it for how someone gets money. Its cooler to have Nigel making G-Shock money than some guy who kept it 'real' and does retail at some department store in the weekend.
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That video was less then 2 minutes long, an amateur can do his banger, and in all honestly besides the couple of clips the edit was nothing special. Why is he a top class rider, but blackman isn't? Desmond can do everything Nigel does, and he goes bigger, but hardly has sponsors. Obviously he has done some shady shit, but if we are talking about riding ability and the environment they grew up in, it's hard to see a difference.
--- Quote from: condrbkr on January 04, 2015, 04:51:08 PM ---I think someone that parallels Nigel would be Bam Margera. Bam was a good(not spectacular) skater who became the face of the community for a while. He made a killing, sold out to many purists, got hated on by his community, was well known for his projects outside of skating and all. A lot of kids picked up a skateboard cause of him though and thats not a bad thing.
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Really? Bam didn't do shit for skating, he took the money and ran. He may have gotten impressionable little kids to act like punks and pick up a skateboard, but I can guarantee most of them don't skate anymore. What Bam did and what Nigel is doing is bringing "fake" riders into the sport that they are going to abandon once the next cool thing pops up. Do you really want the skatepark to be filled with these people? do you really want the public to view us like that? Have you seen how this guy gets in the way of cars on purpose, just to get a kick or to show he is a "badass"?
here is a clip at 0:11
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flK3zJvkhps
here is some more
http://instagram.com/p/uqycCUg_JJ/?modal=true
If that's the face of bmx, I am truly ashamed to ride a little bike. I obviously still love it and will continue to do so, but I am worried about the future of bmx. That is all.
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