World Cup BMX Racing and World Championship commentator Rich Eames chats to the BMX Racing community including athletes, coaches, media and industry folk. Casual conversation to take you behind the scenes of the personalities of the best two wheeled sport on the planet... BMX Racing.
Retirement, Coaching and Parenthood - A Post Career Chat With Quillan Isidore
Episode 24 sees Quillan Isidore join The BMX Commentator Podcast, he was one of the longest standing riders ever to be on the BC program. His career as a BC athlete spanned over 15 years when, as all full time athletic careers do... it came to an abrupt end.
Quillan shares the difficulties he endured, how it affected his life, and ultimately how he turned the situation around to stay in the sport of BMX racing via his new passion of coaching the next up and coming generation of riders both at home and in other countries.
You'll hear some frank admissions from Quillan, describing the pressures he felt in the points chase for Paris 2024, and the tears that were shed. How sour if felt when he finally walked away from the BC program, and how his new career and parenthood has changed things for the better.
This conversation outlines that even if you don't achieve your dreams in BMX, there's always light at the end of the tunnel. You just have to be prepared to change direction whilst keeping your eyes on the prize, and maybe get what you want in a different way.
7 Feb 2025
He Crashed At The Worlds And Became An Entrepreneur Instead - A Chat With Chris Mapp
Episode 23 sees us chat with Chris Mapp, who most people know as the man behind the BMX Hype race team. What a lot of people don't know about Chris is that he is the driving force behind one of Britain's most innovative recruitment companies - Mixxos.
Chris shares the stories of his BMX career starting as a 6 and under who was too scared to ride down a start hill, to becoming a member of the infamous Crupi Europe squad counting Liam Philllips and Marcus Bloomfield as team mates as they raced around Europe and the world.
Chris also tells how he ended up almost leaving the sport, and the reasons behind that before making a run at the 2012 World Championships in Birmingham where a crash on the third straight put him in a wheelchair and unable to carry on with his profession at the time.
This forced Chris to step into a completely new job role, one that saw him find not only his calling but also led him to create an innovative new company in a notoriously difficult sector - recruitment.
This move has taken Chris to a level he never dreamed of, and he shares the lessons he learned along the way from racing BMX, that helping him manage a rapidly growing business.
Sit back, relax, and take a ride into the crazy world of Chris Mapp.... there's never a dull moment!
www.mixxos.com
1 Jan 2025
A Broken Bone Changed His Entire Destiny - A Chat With Jeremy Smith
Episode 22 of The BMX Commentator Podcast sees us catch up with Hyper Bicycles pro rider and Aker Farms owner Jeremy Smith.
Jeremy tells the story of how breaking his hand at the Verona World Cup race in 2021 led to him finding the property that was to become the Aker farm. Years of hard work have now got Jeremy and best friend Will Grant to the point where they have a private training facility in Florida with a practice track, gum and accomodation for visiting riders from all over the world.
Jeremy also covers his Paris Olympics experience, the races he'd love to go to (hint - bonjour!) and answers the all important Frankenstein BMXer question....plus much more besides.
It's all contained in episode 22 of The BMX Commentator Podcast.
To connect with Aker Brand go to https://akerbrandfarms.square.site/
@akerbrand on IG
@jeremysmithbmx to connect with Jeremy directly
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