Vans BMX proudly presents a new film, Whirlwind, uncovering the astonishing first-hand account of BMX legend Scotty Cranmer’s rise to notoriety and his true grit, passion, and positivity in the aftermath of a life-changing accident. Achieving pro status early in his career, Scotty’s emergence as a 16-year-old phenom from New Jersey gripped the attention of the BMX community. His innovative approach to both park and street riding had him stacking up medals, including three X Games Park wins, and a part for Vans’ Illustrated was a testament to his trick progression and versatility. His success on a bike also carried over to his efforts behind the camera as he began growing his YouTube channel,
The cursed broken titanium bike is back and Cory Berglar is sad! This bike has been such a headache for Cory but he won't let go and move on! We took it to the skatepark and Cory did his first backflip on it since it broke but the question remains, How many more backflips does the bike have left?
I challenged myself with the my toughest test since my accident. I decided to try to ride my BMX bike 100 miles in a day! I have never attempted this and I am not sure of anyone else that has ever tried this before but I am going to prove to myself and the world that just because I'm a quadriplegic that doesn't mean that my life is over!
Today is the 4 year anniversary of the accident that changed my life forever. Over the years I have made unbelievable progress going from being fully paralyzed to now being back on my BMX bike riding again!
My friend Brad is a U.S Army Helicopter Pilot but he is also a lifetime BMX rider that came by the skatepark in his uniform during a lunch break to ride the skatepark with us and he did some amazing tricks including huge tail whips and quarter pipe airs!
I'm not just any handicap guy, I used to be one of the best BMX riders at doing my favorite trick, the tail whip! Even though I can't physically do the trick anymore I can still explain all the key steps to landing your very first tail whip on your BMX bike!
Big Boy is 22 years old and owns a house, it's expected to be a party house but somehow Big Boy keeps it under control! We have a brand new game called project bmX that combines water pong and BMX tricks on his ramp first person to make all 6 cups and land all 6 tricks will be the winner!
We played a Game Of Bike between three riders over a FaceTime call from 1,000 miles away from each other! Each of the riders used the same grind rail set up and challenged each other to try tricks! This was the first time we have done this!
Some of the Games Big Air riders came over to ride with us including the BMX legend Morgan Wade! Some amazing tricks went down including the best Flair Challenge ever in Trey Jones backyard ramp! But Our Friend "Dougie Fresh" stole the show on the ramp!
We have finally found riders that can conquer the old school BMX trick book! We went to a local flatland jam and met up with Kip Williamson, Chad Degroot, Marco Dejesus and Scott Weaver and they did some insane flatland trick combos that had me and Big Boy in shock!