mario wanted to change his bio up a bit, im guessing the old one had some bad memories associated with it, so i came up with this. it will most likely offend each and every one of you, and although i agree with some things he says, it may or may not be my style of saying them. the front site is not a shit talking forum, although sometimes it comes off that way, and for the greater audiences across some state lines where some things we say may not hold as much weight or show as much anger towards the loss of integrity most of the people we speak about have caused our lifestyle, we appologize; we are not ignorant, or lowly educated, or simpletons. we're just really pissed off about some things that haven't been addressed by people in more reachable areas that may feel the same way (older editors and photographers and contributors of magazines that may be as pissed as us but need to stay semi-neutral to grab that demographic by the short hairs when it comes time to get the stock shots of smith grinds out to the printing presses for quick bucks at the news stands.) myself and everyone associated with the front is in a unique position; we've been riding long enough to realize that the shit going on these days is complete and utter horse shit. we can still support whatever companies we want because we dont have any sponsorship affiliations, no matter how piss poor or amazing we are at riding. and we dont have any shirts, bike parts, magazines, shirts, camo belts, fitted hats, or anything else to sell so we dont have to hold back with what we say. sorry to put it this way but the first step to recreating a positive bmx community is to call out the bandwagoneers and the pseudo-rap stars and make them aware that they ain't shit. that might be what this entire interview is all about, im not even sure since i haven't read it all yet. consider this a disclaimer. with that said.....
mario's come a long way since we used to torment him when he was younger. maybe it was all of the pent up anger for how bad he used to get it that made him into the amazing rider he is today. he's salty, hates mostly everyone, squanders money just as bad as i do, is cynnical when it comes to bike setups, he's super opinionated about EVERYTHING, thinks his way is the only way, can't really dial in brakes unless they're 80 dollar fly brakes which happen to be that expensive because they're easy to dial in, and to top it off he has the most ridiculous red hair anyone's ever seen; but the kid can fuckin' ride. his upcoming video part will show that for sure. if you see a kid flying around on an fbm joint with some 200 dollars worth of baby blue brakes and pedals and some insanely bright red hair clicking turndowns, grilling out the trend hounds with grand slam bars uncut with no brakes and most likely talking shit to them about those details, say whats up to red. (words photos and questions by stick, additional riding photos by frank)
--im going to get right down to it, and take as many lines as you want to say what you need to say. what the fuck is wrong with everyone popping up outta nowhere thats riding a bike these days, talking about back in the day, having it be our starting point of riding at like 15-17 and having them be 18 or 19 this year?? is it possible they were all 9 years old shredding, talking to and hanging out with dudes we knew, at spots we rode on a daily basis, and doing tricks we wouldn't dream of doing? or are they all just talkin' "s?" dont be afraid to break into the s3/brakeless/pegless movement either, or the lack of respect or even acknowledgement of people like taj, joe rich, chris stauffer, ruben, dave freimuth, jason enns, or any of our era of free thinking creative riders. - "Person X with tight pants is everything u just said except the fact that he sucks and likes to blow dudes and apparently call people to tell them about his new dildo i mean hat, but when it comes to that kid hats n dildo's are pretty much interchangable." this next statement also came out of his sperm breath mouth " Ruben aint shit, dont waste your money buying grounded his part sucks, he doesnt do anythign but gay wallrides and is over rated" and further more if u ride no pegs and no brakes u mind as well ride a seatpost with no seat...
--whats up with the hair coming back? is it your mojo (n/h) or are you just getting lazy? My hair is basically like spinach for popeye the sailor man, the redder and longer it gets the more psyched and better i get at riding. In other words Austin Powers and I both have THE MOJO yizzzeard.
--top 3 favorite riders, and why. Taj Mihelich because he has an always will be my favorite rider, hes got a style like none other. Garrett Byrnes "is a mac daddy"(seek and destroy) because anyone who would even dare to do the wall ride he did at the first ghetto street contest should have his face put on mount Rushmore. Last but certainly not least it would have to be a tie between Chris Stauffer aka the best trail ride on either side of the Mississippi and Ruben Alcantara which i dont think i need an explanation for.
--how did you manage progressing at riding by not riding for years and getting a brand new bike one day, putting it together, and just picking up where you left off? I'm gonna have to go out on a limb and say that its the only real way to progress. You don't need to ride to get better you just have to pretend you ride and then you get better, actually i think its the hair mixed with the fresh new bike with a side order of dr pizzy hold the mayonizzy.
--whats your infatuation with the anti-establishment/government conspiracy stuff lately? where to even begin, basically our country is FUCKED like whoa (black rob status). It is just insane that so many people could be so oblivious too all the shit that has happened in the past 7 years or so, fuck that in the past 100 years. Our government and all the extremely wealthy people that run the show i mean world are completley fucked. watch this movie and you'll have a completely new outlook on the way our country and the whole world for that matter is ran and how they want to put chips in everyone while making a one world government. COMPLETELY FUCKIN FUCKED
--if you could get a session going wherever you wanted and with 5 people, who would it be? Christopher Reily Kaznocha, Triple J formerly known as the artist once called Jim Johnsen, Nick the Stick, Brian Maccormack and Jim Brady on if he had the 1/4 mullet.
--why do you think i use gay stock bio questions? It could be because that black yamica you've been wearing around lately is too tight on your head and its cutting off the circulation to your brain which in turn would be the reason for such homosexual, i mean GAY, bio questions.
--anything planned for this year? Trails, schemeing on some 17 year old girl, trails, and Ewock Village in the tree's at the Trails, perhaps even a mini ramp in Kaz's backyard a sweet road trip rays, flow, chenga, n some pa trails, beer, maybe a videosky, getting rid of this headache / toothache that i have right now, and last but not least not getting a hair cut until i can't see anymore. i got big things planned as u can see.
--anything else you wanna say? John Lee is the man for always hookin' it up with the freshest of fresh FBM stuff. Nick is still a Stick, This bio is taking out some serious call of duty time and (insert name gay trendy kid here) and the 1,629,452,194,837.2223 look alike clones who all wear tighter then tight boarder line spandex nut hugger pants , that have super wide super tall bars, no pegs and no brakes all should go play in on coming traffic in rush hour on the LIE.
