Stoked to catch up with Larry Edgar at the Gale Webb Action Sports Complex in Menifee Ca., We get to see the best part of Larry, he's always hanging out with the locals, talking, and shooting the shit with anyone and everyone including me. Larry is what makes BMX Freestyle so great it's accessibility to you heroes.
Larry Edgar, Mr. Power himself, was staying at Cody Henning's wild compound and they banged this one.
When Larry Edgar drops in, you know you're going to see something wild. Larry's ability to go insanely high, along with a ton of style, always makes for a good watch! When you go that big all the time, you need a frame that can hold up to the riding! The Larry Edgar signature Aire 2 frame was designed to let him blast without having to worry that his setup can handle it!
Larry and I have been talking about meeting up and spending a day riding and doing hoodrat things and I decided to finally make it happen. No pressure, no real plan. I hit up Jeff Z to come shoot photos and we just went out and rode the stuff that he normally does.
Last Call.... Some of these are hard to remember but all in all a good quick read always. Today we picked Larry Edgar's memory and here's his Last Call list.
Last contest you entered: I think that would be the Monster Energy street and style in Arlington, Texas.
Last contest you won: I’m not too sure, I think it was a high air contest for Vans.
Last package you received from a sponsor: I got a few frames from David over at fly!
Last time you went to the gym: Probably a week or so, took a pretty good slam and couldn’t walk for a couple days.
Last advice you got from a good friend: You could go twice as fast.
Last rider who taught you a trick: Most likely Pat Casey.
Last movie you saw: Lion King with my lady.
Last beer you drank: Haha I think it was a Corona ?
Last time you freaked out: Steel doesn’t freak out.
Freestyle BMX Tricks | Adventures with Marshmello and Larry Edgar
When young Larry's parents refuse to drive him to a BMX contest, he decides to ride his bike there. One catch: the contest is 30 miles away. Larry must ride in extreme heat, while evading his dad, and somehow win it all in this installment of Vans’ Classic Tales.
Monster Energy congratulates Larry Edgar on his strong second-place finish in the BMX Street Style event as an extension of the Toyota BMX Triple Challenge in Arlington, Texas, this Saturday. In front of a high-energy crowd at AT&T Stadium, the 26-year-old from Corona, California, put his full aerial mastery on display to claim a podium finish in an elite field of riders.
The special one-off BMX Street competition went down as part of the Pit Party fan festival during this weekend’s Monster Energy Supercross event in the home stadium of the Dallas Cowboys football team. Some of the world’s best BMX riders attacked a one-of-a-kind downhill course stacked with ramps, trailers, jersey barriers, wallrides, and rails.
BMX tour life can be tough. For Vans’ team rider and consecutive BMX Pro Cup champion Larry Edgar, his high-flying antics require ultimate confidence that he’ll be supported when landing on sharp metal pedals or bailing on concrete. Fortunately, for Larry and BMX riders everywhere, Vans is proud to release the Old Skool Pro BMX in Larry Edgar’s very own black and yellow colorway.
At the shoe’s core is Vans’ Wafflecup BMX outsole technology, specifically designed to deliver a superior combination of pedalfeel, support, and durability. This iteration has been upgraded with Vans’ proprietary PopCush, a brand-new foam recipe, meticulously tuned for impact protection, cushioning, and custom energy return for every type of riding. Reinforced underlays in high-wear areas, otherwise
So a few months ago I moved in with Larry Edgar, We both have known each other since kids and we always talked about living together and how rad that would be since we both ride and do the same stuff.