Brian Foster. Bring up that name in any conversation with a BMX rider and you'll hear nothing but praise. There simply aren't many riders like Brian. He's a natural, one of the few who possess straight-up bike skills - not dirt, ramp, or street skills, but the whole shebang. If he's on his bike, he can handle whatever you throw at him.

He started out racing and riding trails, winning an elite-level pro race and a pro dirt-jumping comp in the very same weekend in 1997. As his career evolved, he surprised everyone by hanging first in dirt, then on ramps, and even knocking out some street bangers - the dude is just dialed. He medaled at the X Games four years in a row, including a gold medal in Dirt in 1998. At X Games '02 and '03, he competed in three very different disciplines: Dirt, Park, and Downhill BMX.

These days, BF enjoys well-earned legend status, doing the things that make him the happiest, and doing them with unmatched style. Clicked just posted a random 20-question interview with him that ended up covering a good chunk of his career, with some goofy photos and old videos embedded throughout. Definitely worth a look.

In an effort to bring you more blog for your buck, we're going to add a little six-degrees of separation thing here. Brian rides for Fit Bike Co., who recently posted a news item about Perry Petermueller, one of the guys who rides for their German distributor, All Ride (Perry just scored the latest issue of Freedom BMX magazine). By coincidence, Nike 6.0 just dropped a web edit officially announcing their German team (which of course includes Perry), which you can view right here:


Nike 6.0 Introducing the German Team from timm on Vimeo.