It’s all pedal to the metal in this episode! Monster Energy is proud to welcome freestyle BMX innovator and three-time X Games gold medalist Kevin Peraza on Episode 31 of the sports and pop culture podcast UNLEASHED with The Dingo and Danny. This latest one-hour episode featuring Peraza released today across Monster Energy’s social media channels. In the conversation recorded inside Monster Energy headquarters in Corona, California, the all-round BMX champion shares key milestones in his ongoing professional career.
“The biggest question is, how do you keep going after falling so hard? I think it's that line that you have to cross. When you realize, you want this despite those injuries, because you know they’re going to happen. I’ve had them before, and I’ve only come back stronger and more addicted to it. That’s what kept me riding for the past 20 years, it’s crazy!” said Peraza about his driving force on the new episode of UNLEASHED.
Fans can now tune in to Episode 31 of UNLEASHED featuring decorated BMX professional Peraza. Released today, the new podcast is streaming on all major platforms, including Spotify, iTunes, and YouTube.
Growing up as the son of a pro BMX racer, Peraza was raised with a passion for BMX in his blood. After making his mark on the amateur circuit in the late 2000s, Peraza turned pro as a teenager in 2010 and
Name: Shota "GANMO" Horiuchi
Age: 32
Hometown: Gunma JAPAN
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Taraleba, Fuck Shut Chick, Bayked, Cycle Shop KRAiM
---The FAT favorite list---
-Spot to ride: Finding something new
-BMX video: CROSSOVER from MOTOBUNKA, COMBO from KAZUMA TV, Street Vacation from Alex Duleba
-Website: DMM.com
-Web video: TAIF
-Food: All munchies food
-Person on Instagram: All friends
-Travel destination: Indonesia is my second home
-Riders to ride with: 3choume crew
-Car: Classic cars
-Movie: Chef, Interstellar, The Shawshank Redemption
-Colour: Green
Name: Bri Welch
Age: 34
Hometown: Columbus, WI, USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: I got a big one time hook from Vans!
The FAT favorites list:
-Spot to ride: Anywhere that is flat!
-BMX video: Rad Girl edits on YouTube!
-Website: flatmatters.com
-Web video: Rad Girls
-Food: Street Tacos and wings
Name: Matheus Moraes Ferreira
Age: 27
Hometown: São Domingos do Prata - MG
Hook-ups/Sponsors: No comply skate shop
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: All spots
-BMX video: Markit Zero and Deadline
-Food: Eat well
-Person on Instagram: Give Matheus a follow: @moraeesmatheus
-Riders to ride with: All my friends
-Car: My car
-Movie: Comedy
-Colour: Black
-Shoes: Vans
-Bike company: Odyssey
Name: COURAGE ADAMS
Age: 26
Hometown: Madrid Spain
Sponsors: REDBULL, VANS, FLYBIKES, ANIMAL BIKES
Over the years you have managed to find yourself a solid group of sponsors. Do you have signature products at all of them?
Courage Adams: Thanks, not all of them, just only with FLYBIKES and VANS. With Fly some BMX parts and with Vans a full collection including two shoes.
Name: Jimmy Mac Mcneal
Hometown: Camden, NJ, USA.
Occupation: CEO/founder Union Square shoes
Let's start with your BMX background. Give us a short history.
Jimmy Mac McNeal: I've been BMX for very long time since the early '80s, I started competing in BMX racing at an early age and my love started with a mix of BMX and freestyle especially during that time period of the early '80s. I already started riding, but a friend was reading a BMX Action mag in 4th grade and loaned it to me. I was hooked. And it never stopped. I've been riding 45 plus years. Committed and always moto/skated for fun…
Did you learn much by doing Bulldog Bikes?
Jimmy Mac McNeal: Bulldog bikes was a great learning experience. We had a lot of success, and we had a lot of challenges. I had to get very creative because there was a lot of blocking going on where people didn't like exactly what we were doing. So it made me be able to innovate in distribution and sales and marketing. Using a hip hop approach like emcees like Too Short and other independent artists where they went direct to the consumer. Also being one of the early BMX sites starting our site in 1998 and being able to order on the phone and online, I basically modeled what Dan's was doing.
Name: Gracjan Jaszczak
Age: 19
Hometown: Olsztyn, Poland
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Avebmx
The FAT favorite list:
-Spot to ride: Rails and grindbox
-BMX video: Alter BMX
-Website: Our bmx
-Web video: Gracjan Jaszczak 2022 edit
Going for gold! The Logan Martin Interview. Current Olympic, World and X Games Park Champ.
Name: Logan Martin
Age: 28
Hometown: Gold Coast, Australia
Sponsors: Rockstar Energy, Hyper BMX, Snafu BMX, Pushys online (Land Rover, Jaguar, Audi) Car dealership, LSKD, Fist Handwear, Go Pro, Cortex protection.
Winning the Olympic Games must have been a dream come true. How long did it take for the moment to really sink in?
Logan Martin: It was definitely a dream come true! I put so much into achieving this goal and it’s so
Name: Sean Hanni
Age: 29
Hometown: Morrison, CO. USA
Hook-ups/Sponsors: Pusher BMX
The FAT Favorites list:
Spot to ride: Redstone Skatepark
BMX Video: Etnies Chapters
Website: ourbmx.com
Web Video: Nathan Williams 'Why Not' video
Food: Burritos babyy
Person on Instagram: Mark Losey because he posts all the dope magazine photos I grew up on
Travel Destination: Big Sur, CA
Riders to ride with: The Pusher crew!
Car: VW Thing
Movie: Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Color: All the colors are good in the right context
Shoes: The Vans BMX old skool is pretty dope
Name: Denz van Lare
Age: 14
Hometown: Almere, Netherlands
Sponsors/Hook-ups: BMX Amsterdam
The FAT FAVOURITES list:
-Spot to ride: My favoriete spot is House of Urban Sports in Amsterdam, because the vibe is always good there! And the park is amazing.
-BMX video: Chase Hawk x Oakley // Austin, Texas
-Website: YouTube
-Web video: Session at Five Dock, Sydney, Australië @danfoley
-Food: Spaghetti bolognese
-Person on Instagram: Sem Kok
-Travel destination: Hawaii
-Riders to ride with: @thomasbmxer
-Car: Abarth spider
-Movie: The Fast And The Furious
-Colour: Olive green
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.