Dan Price - Episode 29 - The Union Tapes Podcast

Aug 21, 2024

Written by Bart de Jong

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Dan Price made an impact on the UK scene in the mid 90s but his true BMX roots go back much further back than that. We take a step back into the archives of Dans over active mind and uncover a lot of things most of us had no idea about.

His journey into BMX being quite different to most others who came through the 80s BMX explosion, where he went in a few different directions and found himself returning back to a BMX scene that was desolate but he didn’t even realise it. In this one, we cover the 80s BMX boom, discovering Southbank, early influences and being heckled for being too dirt brothers like, who were his first real influences, early street jams, meeting life long friend James White, contests, moving to Hastings, never being bothered about riding ramps, early 90s BMX scene. magazine pics, video parts, the ideals of street riding, the trouble with being sponsored, trips to the USA and his take on modern street riding, as well as the never ending battle of still riding BMX and what it all involves.
Riders mentioned:
James White
Tim Goldie
Scott Spencer
Matt Williams
Sandy Carson
Amos Burke
Richard Boyley Ball
Ed Docherty
Andy Brown
Jerry Galley
Aju Bubu
Phil Dolan
Lincoln Blacksley
Dave Deane
Shaun Allinson
Mike Mullen
Stu Dawkins
Ian Morris
Mat Hoffman
Dave Mirra
Chase Gouin
Jimmy Levan
Mike Lausman
Leland Thurman
Mike Griffin
Brad Josar
Grotbags
Vic Murphy