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11/4/2021 5:40am
Do mtb'ers smoke or do drugs? In my view mtb'ers are pretty clean dudes who like to have a drink (beer). Do any of you guys smoke? I've only seen ONE guy who smokes cigars on his ride! But BMXers in my mind, at least the newer guys, are druggies and love to smoke and stuff. That's part of the reason why I quit BMX, I don't want to be portrayed as a bad example. Why do you see so much fights with skaters and BMXers? Because most of them are all douches. I think the BMX culture is messed up. What do you guys think? What do you think about the BMX culture? I'm not talking about old school. Like adam22 and Stevie churchhill those guys are total nuts. I probably made no sense...
Hell, I'm 30 and STILL get told on occasion that I am "a pothead/druggie/alcoholic troublemaker" to which I usually reply "I've never smoked anything, rarely have a beer-which is perfectly legal for a 30 year old, and am out getting PHYSICAL EXERCISE while wearing a helmet and riding in a designated area for this activity. But you're right, I'm a nuisance causing all kinds of trouble."
Usually shuts them up.
In one case I was riding a skatepark on my BMX and a mom showed up with a couple skater kids who were MAYBE 15, skipping school (overheard them say so) and they lit up cigarettes upon exiting her car. She then looked at me riding at the "no bikes allowed park" (no one, including the police really care) and made sure to say bikes were not allowed and that she would call the cops. I responded with "Neither is smoking ON the park, which your underage children are currently doing, while not wearing a helmet, so I would welcome you calling the Police, so I can let them know about everything you are enabling."
She left without doing anything.
There are tons of riders in all aspects that do and don't smoke anything/drink/do drugs. It's not limited to one category. I know dudes who ride MTB mainly and they drink ALL THE TIME, and smoke pot a LOT. I know BMXers who are completely drug/alcohol/tobacco free.
Also Adam22 is not terribly clean, there are stories of him snorting coke, and whatnot, and rumors of Stevie being an alcoholic. BUT there are plenty of dudes out there in BMX that are straight edge, Karl Poynter, I think Adam Banton is as well for a couple examples.
The biggest issue is that BMXers are looked at as a nuisance because they are out in the streets, not out in the woods.
When I rode street and got the boot I would be respectful and leave and it seemed to confuse those who were booting me out. Sometimes I would ask if it would be ok to come back after hours (depending on the business etc of course, and how they reacted). You'd be surprised how much I got away with when I was being nice. The hard part was riding with those spazzy kids who would flip out as soon as I said "Ok we'll head out". Typically I would just tell them to shut up because I had like 100 lbs on em.
We always got the boot from the college security, and by being nice to them they would take their time getting to us, and would wait for like 4 calls about us before doing anything.
After a while we learned their rules were wheels on the ground. So wheels were on the ground when they were near, but when they left we did whatever we wanted-including quikcreting a bank into a solid flyout kicker.
Don't know if the OP has had any serious crashes where you break bones, but if/when you do...cannabis and ibuprofen make an excellent, non-narcotic alternative to things like norco.
I move cars when Dogs are late getting to work.
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