In this three-part Friday video, we get a session with the always inspiring Julian Molina. Andy Buckworth comes and shreds my ramps before we head to Fudger's for the Pat Casey podcast. Then we wrap up it up with a day at Snow Summit for some ski lifts and big bike rips!
After initially releasing our new full-length video, Can You Film This? on OurBMX.com, we’re now releasing the individual sections here. Let’s kick it off with the intro and Julian Molina’s part.
We are pleased to welcome Julian Molina to the Fuse team.
Julian Molina stole the show last year at first Rumble In Richmond. When we decided to bump him to the Pro team, we knew delivering the surprise at this years Rumble was a no-brainer. Event hosts Rad Share, are bolstering the future of BMX by building a sense of community, promoting safety, and helping to empower the next generation of riders all in the name of fun and we back that! Without further ado, here's the Rumble In Richmond experience with GT.
Vans, the original action sports brand and advocate for creative expression, is proud to welcome adaptive BMX rider Julian Molina to the Vans BMX team. Hailing from Andres, Colombia, Julian has been inspiring the world through BMX for years. At age 7, while riding a skateboard, Julian was hit by a bus sustaining a severe break to his leg. The injury worsened and as a matter of life or death, Julian’s leg had to be amputated. Years later, Julian discovered BMX, which turned his life around in the way of 360’s, flips and whips. His first bike was purchased with his own hard-earned money, saved from selling candy, and since then has become like a true extension of himself.
Becoming a part of the Vans family holds a deep meaning for Julian: “More than something monetary
Watch Julian Molina and filmer/editor Darryl Tocco's entry into Real BMX 2021.
Julian Molina heads over to the Austin BMX mainstay, Empire BMX, to build up a fresh Globetrotter frame in the new Gloss Red Flake colorway.
We're still riding the stoke from having Julian Molina join the GT squad last month and now we're keeping it going with his welcome video. Shot entirely in Barcelona after wrapping up the #VansTheCircle video contest with the 360BS shop team, Julian's been on a tear lately and we're so hyped for him!
Big news today, although if you follow Julian Molina you may have realized something was up, but today it's official. Julian Molina is riding for GT. The BMX world got their first taste of Julian Molina back in 2013, when a photo surfaced of a scrawny kid in tattered clothes stretching a no-hander on a jalopy of a bike with only one leg. The photo was shared with the caption, “When you catch yourself complaining that your frame is too short or that you don’t like your bars, just think of this kid in Columbia, who’s roasting a no-hander on some beat up bike with one-fucking-leg. Julian is the man.” Damn right, Julian is the man. Not only was that image inspiring, but it slapped you across the face with perspective, for despite being both disadvantaged and handicapped, this kid from Columbia clearly saw no limits of what he was capable of. The key word here is limits, which, Julian doesn’t appear to have.
Over the course of the next eight years, Julian’s progression skyrocketed beyond what anyone probably ever imagined. With the culmination being the opportunity to film a video for the X Games Real BMX series in 2020. Where Julian was pitted against five of the best BMX riders in the world, each having to film a 90 second video part to later be judged by, well, more legendary BMX riders. When all was said and done, not only was Julian in the spotlight on the world stage, with the show being aired on NBC, but he also took the Fan Favorite win by a landslide.
En este video pasamos un día con Julian Molina, el rider que nos da una lección de vida y de superación montando en bmx con una sola pierna.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.