Interview with Kyle Painter by Iva Kanceska 25/07/2011
Hello Kyle! It's a real joy to make an interview with you. Looking
at your photos it's like driving on a big roller coaster and have a
lot of fun. Your photos are really inspiring and quite crazy as your
stories to tell right?
First of all Tell me about beginnings...
Q: How did you get your nickname?
A: Hahahahaha my nickname came from an incident that happened in
school a long time ago its pretty explicit.
Q: What prompted you into extreme riding?
A: I started to ride around the age of 11 because of a neighbor that
was around the same age racing BMX and I got into that. That lasted
for about a year, latter on I went more into freestyle street and
park riding.
Q: Do you have any favorite athletes that had influenced you
in the past years?
A: Well, my favorite riders are my friends that I ride with, and the
friends in other places that I had the chance to ride with and get
motivated.
Q: Extreme or sometimes called aggressive bike riding have
been always taken as weird hobby. What are your thoughts about this?
A: Hahahaha! I ride my bike the way I like to ride it and the way
its fun for me. I'm not all about going out to "train" and try to
learn all the hottest tricks, I ride the way I want.
Q: I bet some people are even scared to try. How long you've
been riding?
A: I've been riding for about 10 years solid.
Q: How much time was necessary to get into this great level?
A: Well, I guess 10 years. I ride almost everyday with my friends.
We push each other to do better and better and beers definitely help
with that stuff too.
Q: What is your favorite trick?
A: I would say do wasted 360s of stuff or turn downs and pedal
grinds.

Q: Is there anything you won't try?
A: It's that I wont try. I'm not a big fan of bar spins or tail
whips or flips. I hate when someone makes bike riding all about
flips and whips and bar spins that's not me.
Q: What is your favorite biking memory?
A: It's a pretty recent one. Just got back home from a 2 month trip
to Boston MA. The dudes i stayed with and rode with, were absolutely
amazing. Some of the best dudes I've met and the best trip I've ever
been. Thanks guys!
Q: What is the weirdest thing you've ever done?
A: Oh man, I don't even know. I've done a lot of really weird and
wild shit wen I'm drunk, so lets just say there's to much to try, to
pick the weirdest or wildest but If you want one of the top of my
head... I've throw a Molotov cocktail at a friend wile he was riding
to make the footage better and it worked out perfect and I've fallen
in a bonfire and burned my ass off hahahaha
Q: Have you ever been hurt?
A: Just a few knock outs, broken fingers and toes and heels and
color bone and a few bad shin gashes.


Q: It's well know that although as a great form of exercise,
riding a bike, in-line skating, or skateboarding is not allowed
everywhere? Have you ever had a problem with the cops?? Please feel
free to share some funny stories?;)
A: We got kicked out from ... Almost everywhere. Usually, we run or
let them tell us to leave. We've gotten a few close calls to going
to jail from it but they let us go.
Q: I suppose you're traveling a lot. Where is the most
amazing place you've ever been riding?
A: The most amazing place was definitely Boston. It's a good city,
good friends, good spots to ride and its a wild scene.
Q: What things are driving you insane and gives you the
biggest adrenalin?
A: I'm an adrenaline junkie. Getting instantly motivated and doing
it is the best adrenalin and accomplished feeling I've ever had.
Q: How many often you go on extreme sport contests? Please
feel free to share some of the best experiences.
A: I don't go on contests so much. I ride to party with all my
friends and people I know. The wildest story would be at one of the
dew tour contest. I was wondering every were with every one, got
drunk as hell every night, woke up on the roof of the bar, got in
everywhere under 21, broke a glass table with my head, and only had
$1 for the whole weekend hahahahaha
Q: Besides the crazy riding, your a tattoo fan. I've noticed
you have a couple of tattoos on your body. Can you tell us little
about their meaning etc?
A: All of my tattoos are just pick and pokes. I did a few on my self
with only a needle. I show someone how to do it like that and make
sure they got it and let them do the spots I can't. None of my tats
really have any meaning just stuff i think is cool or funny.
Q: What advice can you give to all the kids and even adults
who wants to try this amazing sport?
A: Just go for and try it out. It's the most fun I've ever had and
It's my entire life. I wouldn't be where I'm, without my bike and
the BMX scene.
Thank you for the interview.
Kyle, As I said It was a great pleasure to collaborate with you.
Thank you for your time. Keep rocking. ;)




