The Tribute Episode
03/20/22 • 58 min
This episode was sparked by the recent passing of Andrew Wickham. Andrew was a talented flatlander and a friend of Jon’s. If you take away one thing from this episode, please reach out to a friend or family member you haven’t heard from in a while.
Here is a living list of whom we have tragically lost from the BMX world. Please feel free to contact Jon Dowker or Anthony Berardi to add names to the list.
- Andrew Wickham
- Jason Brown
- Dickie Sanders
- Don Slepsky
- Dave Mirra
- Dave Burgess
- Paul Buchannan
- Dave Vanderspek
- John Davis
- Shawn Burnham
- Sean Spoelstra
- Robert Blondin
- Jeff Bowling
- Andre King
- Colin Winkelmann
- Jim Burges
- Benny Asa
- Paul Palmer
- Michael Zigmund
- Hiro Tsuchid
- Chris Bulvan
- Philipe Pereira
Mental Health Resources:
- https://www.helpguide.org/
- https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ (USA)
- https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/ (CANADA)
Other references:
- UnClicked: Dennis McCoy https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/dennis-mccoy-episode-21/id1447198515?i=1000439748999
Thank you to the following people who contributed to this episode:
- Bobby Carter
- Joe Cicman
- Brett Downs
- Andy Cooper
- Sonni Brickhouse
- Keelan Phillips
- Shaun Jarvis
Special thanks to Shaun Jarvis for taking care of the Banter socials.
This episode was sparked by the recent passing of Andrew Wickham. Andrew was a talented flatlander and a friend of Jon’s. If you take away one thing from this episode, please reach out to a friend or family member you haven’t heard from in a while.
Here is a living list of whom we have tragically lost from the BMX world. Please feel free to contact Jon Dowker or Anthony Berardi to add names to the list.
- Andrew Wickham
- Jason Brown
- Dickie Sanders
- Don Slepsky
- Dave Mirra
- Dave Burgess
- Paul Buchannan
- Dave Vanderspek
- John Davis
- Shawn Burnham
- Sean Spoelstra
- Robert Blondin
- Jeff Bowling
- Andre King
- Colin Winkelmann
- Jim Burges
- Benny Asa
- Paul Palmer
- Michael Zigmund
- Hiro Tsuchid
- Chris Bulvan
- Philipe Pereira
Mental Health Resources:
- https://www.helpguide.org/
- https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/ (USA)
- https://www.crisisservicescanada.ca/en/ (CANADA)
Other references:
- UnClicked: Dennis McCoy https://podcasts.apple.com/ie/podcast/dennis-mccoy-episode-21/id1447198515?i=1000439748999
Thank you to the following people who contributed to this episode:
- Bobby Carter
- Joe Cicman
- Brett Downs
- Andy Cooper
- Sonni Brickhouse
- Keelan Phillips
- Shaun Jarvis
Special thanks to Shaun Jarvis for taking care of the Banter socials.
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Dave Nourie hails from California, has been riding and even competing in flatland for nearly 40 years! He rode and toured with the iconic 80's Haro team including Brian Blyther, Ron Wilkerson, Dennis McCoy, and Matt Hoffman. He participated in the Haro reunion show in Cologne Germany in 2009, was featured in the classic Eddie Roman film "Ride like a man". He has invented iconic tricks such as the Gumbee, NourieStand, and Miami Hopper Spin. He recently entered Martti Kuppa's Master of creativity. He has operated Nourie’s BMX Academy since 1999 performing BMX freestyle for classes, camps & events which include life lessons through BMX Freestyle.
Special thanks to Shaun Jarvis for looking after our socials.
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Kip Williamson is a Flatlander originally out of Angola Indiana, an AFA competitor in the 80s, and a Fat House member.
He was known in the 90s as the “Video Guy”. He created “Juvenile Trickery”, “Alternative Forms of Transportation” and UGP videos such as “Face Value” & “Mission of Nonsense”. As well as the GT Bicycles flick “Direction”.
A GT team tour announcer and held many other positions at GT such as Contest Team Manager & Freestyle Division consultant.
Kip hosted the action sports TV show “54321” on Fox Sports, ESPN’s Dave Mirra Super Tour, and co-hosted and was a creative consultant on "Dave Mirra's Trick Tips Volume 1". He was the Mountain Dew tour Announcer for 2 years (10 stops), and the X- games announcer when Mirra did the first double flip in X Games history (San Francisco 2000).
Special Thanks to our man Shaun Jarvis for handling the Banter socials!
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