Mike Canning - Episode 11 - by The Union Tapes Podcast

Feb 22, 2023

Written by Bart de Jong

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Mike Canning was one of the guys who caught the media spot light as BMX was well and truly going down the pan popularity wise. A start in racing, he quickly moved into Freestyle with a bunch of like minded friends around his home and they gained a reputation as a scene to watch, starting out on backyard quarters and jumping at the local tracks Mike appeared in an issue of BMX Action bike in 86 in the 'Zoid' feature, along side Nick Phillips.

At this point Mike had just scored a ride for Dyno with the hot shop of that time-Mud machine, which later evolved into M-zone. We get into what turned into a turbulent relationship with those guys. Then got a ride in the Skyway team, we get into the conflict of riding for that them, shooting pics with Windy for Freestylin magazine, uk feature. The BFA circuit. BMX beat appearance, worlds contests, various shows, Vert comps and Circus jobs riding span his time up till 91 when he made a return to the events of the UK BMX world and continued his path of destruction on Vert and dirt contests. Mikes powerful bike riding and all out approach to BMX, the Can can lookback jump, and how does no one else do it? Theres a lot to cover in this one. It's long and insightful.

Riders mentioned
Karl Alford
Dave Munt
Chris Laney
Dave Beveridge
Zoid
Dean Rush
Steve Habbishaw
Craig Campbell
Jess Dyrenforth
Nick Phillip
Dave Curry
Marco Lara
Pepi
Neil Ruffell
Robert Ruffell
Andy Ruffell
Dennis McCoy
Fuzzy
Carl Westfield
Vince Gregory
Mark Lively
Mike Pardon
Andy Preston
Jason Ellis
Howard Radcliffe
Dave Blundell
Carl Inkpen
Stuart Dawkins
Mat Hoffman
Maurice Meyer
Steven Laidlaw
Dave Young
Greg Guilliotte
Andy Brown
Lee Reynolds
Josh White
Todd Anderson
Dennis McCoy
Dino Deluca
James Hudson
Rob Alton
Effraim Catlow
Jason Hassell
Nick Elkan