Vince Byron
FAST FACTS
Name: Vince Byron
Age: 18
Where do you call home?: Brisbane, Australia
Single/In a relationship/Married: Single
| How did you find BMX? How old were you? |
| I was about 13 and my parents bought me a new bike. I had seen some BMX on TV and wanted to try it out. So I went to the local skate park that had just been built and never looked back. |
| What do you love most about BMX? |
| You can push your own limits at your own pace |
| What do you like least about BMX? |
| That it’s not yet respected as a “sport” in the eyes of society |
| Best place BMX has taken you? |
| Overseas, every new country is a new experience so there is no best. |
| Worst place BMX has taken you? |
| Probably layovers in airports….especially ones in excess of seven hours. |
| If you could only ride at one place forever, where would it be? |
| A vert ramp because I know if it was at a skate park I might get bored of the setup but with a vert ramp it’s like that anyway so I think I can be more imaginative. |
| What riders have influenced you the most? |
| Aside from Mirra and Hoffman, I would say Jamie Bestwick, Tim Wood. |
| What are your interests outside of riding? |
| Guitar, Surfin/Boogin, Cars, Motorbikes, Golf. Trampolining, Gymnastics |
| Who were your heroes as a kid? |
| Before I started riding, Footy Players/ Aus. Olympic Gymnasts. When I started riding, Mirra/ Hoffman |
| Who are your heroes now? |
| Still Mirra and Hoffman, Bestwick, and people that I ride with a lot that push themselves and me to progress. |
| If you could ride with anyone who would it be? |
| Mat Hoffman |
| If you weren’t into BMX, what would you be involved in? |
| I would probably still be a Gymnast or a Footy player. |
| What is your favorite music/band/artist? |
| It changes depending what mood I’m in. I like Rage Against the Machine, ACDC, Metallica, Hilltop Hoods, and Butterfingers |
| What is your favorite color? |
| Red |
| What is your favorite food? |
| Chocolate |
| What is the last thing you spend more than $100 on? |
| Plane ticket |
| When was the last time you were seriously scared? |
| When I crashed and I didn’t know how bad I had injured myself |
| What was your first bike set up and how has it changed? |
| First bike that I ever took to a skate park was a Mongoose Sniper 02 model. I’ve had a few different setups over the years but pretty much changed to a Mongoose frame with aftermarket parts, two pegs, gyro and slick tires. |
| What is one thing that people might not know about you? |
| I used to be a gymnast. |
| If you won $500 million dollars today – what would you do with it? |
| Invest it in companies and a house so that I could live and ride for as long as my body physically lets me. |
| One place you have to see before you die. |
| There’s too many, I want to see as many places as I can. |
| Best advice you’ve ever been given. |
| There’s far too much advice I have been given and have been good throughout my life so I can’t pick one piece of advice. |
| If you could back into time and do one thing over – what would it be? |
| Realize that I liked BMX more than just a hobby – sooner! |
| Peanut or Regular M&M’s? |
| Peanut |
| Favorite Movie? |
| Wanted or Ocean’s 11/12/13 - too hard to decide. |
| What’s one thing you always take with you when you travel? |
| Music dispenser |
| Any advice for the young ‘uns coming into BMX? |
| Ride for the thrill of riding and having the freedom to do what you want on your bike. Nothing else. Friends will come through it and are a massive part of it, as are competitions/jams events but do not let them tell you what you should or shouldn’t do on your bike. |
| What was the worst car you ever owned? |
| Haha I’ve only owned one and it still works….we’ll see for how long |
| If you could meet any celebrity, who would it be and why? |
| Mystery, not because he can get any girl he wants haha, but because he has the ability to help you realize why you are you and should be proud of it. |
