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Before podcasts.
Before studios.
Before the camera.

There was a BMX bike.

In this episode, I talk about growing up inside BMX Freestyle culture not as a spectator, but as a rider. Flatland. Street. Late nights. Parking lots. Bike shops. Watching real professionals up close and learning, quickly, where I stood.

BMX taught me discipline without applause, humility in the presence of mastery, and how to recognize moments that mattered before anyone labeled them as history. BMX media pioneers like Windy Osborn, Mike Daily, Mark Eaton, Eddie Roman and Spike Jonze were the true inspirations for where I eventually went in my career.

Standing in a field in Oklahoma in 1993 at Mat Hoffman’s ramp, camera in hand, it finally clicked. BMX wasn’t just something I rode. It was the reason I studied journalism. The reason radio felt natural. The reason TV and media production didn’t intimidate me.

This episode is about roots. About knowing where you came from. And about how a teenage obsession with BMX quietly shaped a lifetime in media.

If you rode, you’ll recognize this story.
If you didn’t, you’ll understand why it still matters.

This podcast reflects personal experience, opinion, and information drawn from publicly available court records and historical reporting. It is not intended to assert new allegations or to characterize any individual beyond matters established in public proceedings