Originally Posted by Brian_C6

Wow, Gorka's right... surprising thread. I haven't seen something this nice in quite a while. I also appreciate the kind words from fellow riders. Thanks for the compliments and the respect. For those who aren't familiar, my name is Brian Joyce and I created DTE back in 2000 with Chauncey, Johnny, Teach, and Damien. I consider myself an OG and it's been quite a few years since I actually made moves in the industry but I'm here everyday, checking in, and trying to support the sport.

I remember competing at the first XSBA in Pennsylvania and finally seeing another group stunt. Back in 2001, we were the only ones for hundreds of miles who actually stunted and seeing other riders and their style was amazing. I remember seeing Gorka pull off a 12.... my first time seeing one and close to his first time accomplishing it. I remember Thew had cardboard taped to his tank to successfully pull of the "Spinderella". LOL!! I remember we were asked to present an award at the second Xtremmy's awards. I remember riding in Daytona in 2001 when Joe Brown was "Some kid from NY" .....no one knew the kid but everyone knew he could creep some seriously slow ****. One of the first guys I saw ride a brake in a wheelie. I remember Ryan DV8 (who later went on to break the stoppie record) asked me for tips on how to roll. I was rolling 300-400ft back then and he wanted to learn... he takes a few tips and later goes on to DEMOLISH my length. I remember traveling every single weekend to compete, ride, or support this sport. I remember riding until 3:00am every night through the week trying to learn new tricks. NOTHING else mattered to me. I remember packing the trailer on Thursday night, sneaking out of work on Friday, and driving all night Friday night to be at the competition for qualifying on Saturday morning. We would ride all day and party all night. We'd compete on Sunday, pack it up, and drive all night just so I could be at my desk Monday morning at 8:00am to work. I almost lost my job, girlfriend, friends, family... crazy times. Surprisingly, I have days where I actually miss the chaotic life... but I wasn't healthy.

I tell you, it's amazing how fast time has past since..... but is 4-5 years actually a long time? It's crazy how far this sport has come and how much it's grown.

I (like Gorka) am not one to keep memorabelia and you'd never know I rode unless you went in my garage but the feeling of accomplishment is something I will retain my whole life and no one can take it away from me.

Lata,
Brian

Originally Posted by MarcoL.

i´ve also seen alot of you guys. DTE and XXX were the two sites i visited daly to see what´s going on in the us...new tricks, styles, bikes, riders, locations... you guys really leaded me a little bit.
and now people are talking about "old school" and "new school", come on, how much time has passed since then? 5 years? oh my god, i´m growin´old
here are some of my "HEROES"

Originally Posted by Ryan S

binder who??

Originally Posted by Brian_C6

Wow, Gorka's right... surprising thread. I haven't seen something this nice in quite a while. I also appreciate the kind words from fellow riders. Thanks for the compliments and the respect. For those who aren't familiar, my name is Brian Joyce and I created DTE back in 2000 with Chauncey, Johnny, Teach, and Damien. I consider myself an OG and it's been quite a few years since I actually made moves in the industry but I'm here everyday, checking in, and trying to support the sport.

I remember competing at the first XSBA in Pennsylvania and finally seeing another group stunt. Back in 2001, we were the only ones for hundreds of miles who actually stunted and seeing other riders and their style was amazing. I remember seeing Gorka pull off a 12.... my first time seeing one and close to his first time accomplishing it. I remember Thew had cardboard taped to his tank to successfully pull of the "Spinderella". LOL!! I remember we were asked to present an award at the second Xtremmy's awards. I remember riding in Daytona in 2001 when Joe Brown was "Some kid from NY" .....no one knew the kid but everyone knew he could creep some seriously slow ****. One of the first guys I saw ride a brake in a wheelie. I remember Ryan DV8 (who later went on to break the stoppie record) asked me for tips on how to roll. I was rolling 300-400ft back then and he wanted to learn... he takes a few tips and later goes on to DEMOLISH my length. I remember traveling every single weekend to compete, ride, or support this sport. I remember riding until 3:00am every night through the week trying to learn new tricks. NOTHING else mattered to me. I remember packing the trailer on Thursday night, sneaking out of work on Friday, and driving all night Friday night to be at the competition for qualifying on Saturday morning. We would ride all day and party all night. We'd compete on Sunday, pack it up, and drive all night just so I could be at my desk Monday morning at 8:00am to work. I almost lost my job, girlfriend, friends, family... crazy times. Surprisingly, I have days where I actually miss the chaotic life... but I wasn't healthy.

I tell you, it's amazing how fast time has past since..... but is 4-5 years actually a long time? It's crazy how far this sport has come and how much it's grown.

I (like Gorka) am not one to keep memorabelia and you'd never know I rode unless you went in my garage but the feeling of accomplishment is something I will retain my whole life and no one can take it away from me.

Lata,
Brian

Originally Posted by Reality

fortunately enough i have been around to see all great talent come up from everywhere including darius, joe brown the vertical outlaws guys and a **** load of others.and like Thomas had said we didn't even think for a second that the west coast guys even existed. we as in wink,wb, east coast extremes, starboyz,ruthless tactics,underground riders, MIST, las vegas extreme (I am aware that lvx was west coast)and Colbert all pretty much thought we were all running **** back in the day and i guess in some figure we were. The world src is what brought many talents together from all around the country uniting sportbike freestyle together to get to know one another on a personal level outside of video's. People like the matt gorka's and Matt blankstrom's is what helped pave the way to mainstream they were one of the hardest working teams out there publicly they worked there asses off .But there was the true believers outside of the riders that helped us tremendously which people leave out like KEN ABBOTT who carried xsba when it was going to be dropped from clear channel he didn't have to help us but he did and still continues to do so. Or how about MIKE SEATE now from super streetbike magazine who back in the day helped publish a sportbike freestyle coffee table book which i'm sure most of you didn't even know there was a book out there. And also DREW STONE who believed that there was something in us that would make people buy video's and say hey this ****'s cool. i wanna buy a bike and do this ****. so yea there is alot of people that deserve respect and have earned it. I ask you are you one of those people out there that deserves respect for what you have done for the sport or are you going to ride the coattails of what these great men have accomplished and continue to push. I hope the next generation takes it even higher than we could even think it can go. thanks for reading RR

P.S. NEW GUYS GO MAKE HISTORY FOR YOURSELVES NOW

Originally Posted by Boxer

huh? any further and he'd be eating pavement

Originally Posted by Ryan S

once again, bicycle stunters talking ****...classic!!!
it's truely amazing how many people come and go in this sport....i'm pretty proud to say i've been here for 3.5 years.....over those years hundred's of so called "stunters" have come and gone, some cool, some retards......but yet the newbies always come around thinking their **** don't stink......there's WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY more to stunt riding than just the riding....promotion, artwork, dvd editing, website design, mechanics, $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$, hard work, dedication and time time time time time time time.