Trinidad and Tobago is a twin island country situated off the northern edge of the South American mainland, lying 6.8 miles off the coast of northeastern Venezuela. Life Behind Grips had the opportunity to visit the beautiful country of T&T where he met with one of the triple OG's; Brandon Holder, who walked us through many years of BMX generational talents in Trinidad & Tobago. He shares with us many amazing stories from the past as well as pointing out the talented professional riders who flew out to represent T&T in competitions such as Trevlon Hall, Brad Lee, Kestrel Roopnarine, Keegan Alves to name a few... There are many street riders, flatland riders and ramp riders who just love being part of the local community. They continue pushing and advancing the sport within the country by shredding together and meeting welcoming newcomers to keep the sport alive.
There have been a few BMX riders who emigrated to the United States such as Miguel Bocuad & Kashiff "Keon" Sammy who frequently visits & rides with the local BMX community. Many Pro riders from all over the world have visited the country as well as compete for Trevlon Hall's - T&T Bmx Freestyle Association - Red Bull Under My Wing, Monster Exams Tour and Freestyle School Tours. Riders such as Jesse Puente, Adam Kun, Terry Adams, Daniel Dhers, Jonathan Camacho and many more!
Trinidad & Tobago is a known for many BMX groups in the past such as Xtreme Asylum to Cranksetters, Swisha X, Germs to the newer generation of riders from R.O.A.D.K. and Caribbean Freestyle Association. Life Behind Grips, who is a also considered a quadruple BMX OG in this beautiful country is more than highly qualified to showcase this high quality video production; since most of the footage depicted in this production were shot in the early 2000's were filmed by none other than Life Behind Grip's handy cam. That's right! We're really proud to see the newer generation continue what we all started! Special thanks to the entire T&T BMX community!
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CHAPTERS:
Intro - 0:00
Trini BMX scene in the early 2000's - 3:28
Riders in different districts in T&T - 5:06
BMX clubs in Trinidad & Tobago - 5:53
BMX Flatland & Street in T&T- 6:29
Ramp Riding in T&T - 6:53
Xtreme Asylum BMX Sport Co. - 7:28
UWI (University of the West Indies) BMX - 8:37
Caribbean Freestyle Association - 10:19
CFA Contest - 11:31
BMX Pro Kashiff Sammy - 11:42
Carshow Performances - 12:04
T&T's BMX Flatland Pro Trevlon Hall - 12:29
Monster Energy BMX Freestyle Exams - 13:14
Difficulties of BMX ramp training - 15:52
BMX School Tours & Ramp Riding - 18:08
Longest trick to learn - 18:54
Hop Whip Challenge - 20:09
BMX Pro Miguel Boucaud - 20:56
New York BMX riders in T&T - 21:34
Local Pro BMX rider Jared De Nobriga - 21:56
The Future of BMX in Trinidad - 22:24
Brandon's BMX injury stories - 26:30
Highlighted injuries in T&T BMX scene - 28:33
Costa Rica FISE Competition - 30:00
Pro BMX Flatland rider Keegan Alves - 30:46
Performances in sister isle Tobago - 34:59
Tobago tourism & BMX - 35:56
Long distance riding to the beach - 36:54
Longest current BMX rider in T&T - 38:29
T&T's BMX Pro Flatlander Garvin Stclair aka "Dappa" - 38:48
New generation of T&T BMX riders - 39:54
BMX sponsorships in Trinidad - 41:10
BMX inspirations - 43:02
Advice to upcoming BMX riders in T&T - 44:17
Trinidad BMX spots to session - 45:10
Brandon's shouts outs - 46:36
Life Behind Grips - 47:19
Past generation T&T riders - 48:33
Final Thanks - 49:29
Outro - 50:05
Xtreme Asylum Tobago Performance - 53:12
Interview Bloopers - 59:01
FTL in Port of Spain - 1:01:02
Billy Perry's gift to T&T riders: 1:01:25
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