RYAN NYQUIST - UNCLICKED

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Ryan Nyquist was in my house. Obviously you guys all realize that I love Nyquist. He's the ultimate ambassador for BMX on pretty much every level annnnnd he's factually just a good human. Ryan was in town to fulfill his duties as Freestyle BMX Olympic Coach, but squeezed some time to come hang out with Dennis and I. Two full hours blew by as we ran through some Olympic talk and venturing into Mirra/Golden days stuff. We really only scratched the surface with Nyquist, so expect a part two next time he's in town...

0:00 - Traction Coffee Plug
4:00 - What are the Olympics and are they happening?
16:50 - “Is it weird to coach the guys you compete against?”
25:40 - “I used to pay Rob Darden every time I did a powerball”
36:20 - Making sure BMX is represented properly in the Olympics
39:40 - The best riders not being in the Olympics
49:01 - Six figure multi-year deals.
1:01:00 - The evolution of his relationship with Haro
1:03:10 - Miracle Boy & Nyquist
1:09:30 - The blue goatee
1:14:15 - Falling out, reconciliation, and passing of Dave Mirra
1:47:50 - “My days of trying to win a contest are done.”
1:59:45 - Chose one/lose one: farts or barspins

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[adamboyle]

Nyquist has stayed relevant through almost three generations of completely different BMX eras.

[AL]

Miron interview via zoom!!! No flight cost needed.
Any of the mid school legends. Some of them are doing interesting stuff now.
Jay with the woodworking, Osato is a firefighter, etc.

[jsbmx]

Over 20 yrs of experience, multiple medals multiple disciplines of bmx, plus this is the guy who can put it together with one chance to do it on his last run and win multiple times. USA couldn't have picked a better Coach for the freestyle team.

[ArnieJames]

Anyone else remember the Keith Terra / Nyquist drama? I wanna say 97-98 era. Hilarious, they even made "i hate Terra/Nyquist" t-shirts! Pre social media life was awesome, i mostly miss magazines. Ride was my bible as a kid.

[ElJefeTYM]

Ryan is such a genuine person. 1998 in Rockford IL at The Pit. He helped me figure out how to ride the mini spine. He was super cool.

[danpauch]

I don't think anyone has been better for BMX. Always so interesting to here "stories from ryan". You could make that a weekly clip. Dude could tell endless stories. So good

[fallenshallrise]

Loved seeing Ryan re-create that vintage Jason Enns clip. Would love to see more of that. So fun to see riders looking back at the past and playing around with those tricks.

[ingodweedtrust]

My grandpa taught at Cal Poly for 35 years he was department head of Agriculture Engineering in a teacher that's so cool that you went there my mom went there too

[NycZooYork]

The love was real for Mirra at Nora in such a core setting. Surely needs a part 2 about Nyquist.

[adamboyle]

I’ll never forget watching Mirra teach nyquist how to mop the bathroom floor in Miracle Boy and Nyquist

[stuartfenton]

This was absolutely fascinating. Loved hearing about Miracle Boy and Nyquist and the Mirra stuff was really enlightening too. Ryan is so articulate and honest and I can’t wait for part II. Amazing job Dennis and Fudger

[robpossible]

The most wise episode of Unclicked. Thanks for everything you’ve done Ryan.

[Coolmodeevids]

Ryan is my i'm a 83 i have never been so emotional watching a youtube the love of just riding made me ball my eye's out.... i wish my boy had the passion you do i cant even deal.... or whatever the kids these days say.... so much old skool

[Bmxunion]

If there's a part 2 you gotta talk about that period back when it seemed like every kid had a Haro Mirra or Backtrail complete... That had to be some serious money.

[kirkwickham]

As a young fella, I remember wanting a Haro Blammo after seeing Nyquist plastered all over the place riding a yellow one. The dude's a legend.

[DanHerz]

Nyquist is the man and I am so glad he has been around the sport as long as he has. Really enjoyed his stories and insights to the Miracle Boy & Nyquist era. Great podcast guys, keep it up! This shit gets me through work

[dragonflyBMX]

A haro nyquist was the first semi decent bike I had, can't wait to hear more from the legend himself in part two!

[jamiehowarth]

I really do think you should get scotty on this!

[BlazeTechMedia]

can not wait for parts 2 3 and 4. Dude is an absolute done. will take 4 to 5 of these to tell his story.

[tractioncoffee]

Loved this one, can't wait for pt. 2 boys.