Winston-Salem to host BMX contest Huff Jam

945 HUFF JAM COMES TO WINSTON-SALEM ON JULY 13TH. THIS IS THE SECOND CONTEST IN A SERIES FROM THE NEW AMERICAN BMX FLATLAND LEAGUE, WHICH DEBUTED EARLIER THIS YEAR. AND HERE TO TELL US ABOUT IT IS THE FOUNDER OF THE AMERICAN BMX FLATLAND LEAGUE, TERRY ADAMS, WHO IS ALSO COMPETING IN THE LEAGUE. GOOD MORNING. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. I’M EXCITED TO TALK ABOUT THE LEAGUE AND WHAT WE HAVE GOING ON. WELL, LET’S START WITH EXACTLY THAT. WHAT IS FLATLAND BMX? FLATLAND BMX IS BASICALLY LIKE THE ARTISTIC SIDE OF CYCLING, SO IT’S DONE ON A 20 INCH BIKE AND IT’S BASICALLY TRICKS PERFORMED ON THE FLAT GROUND. THE BASIC WAY TO EXPLAIN IT IS LIKE IT’S LIKE BREAKDANCING ON A BIKE. IT’S ALMOST LIKE PAINTING A PICTURE, UH, WITH THE TRICKS THAT YOU PERFORM AND WHATEVER YOU CAN COME UP WITH. WOW. YEAH, WE’RE SEEING SOME OF THESE PICTURES HERE. YOU LOOK VERY IMPRESSIVE THERE. BUT ALSO IT JUST LOOKS LIKE CRAZY TRICKS ON THESE BIKES. I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU’RE NOT FALLING OFF OF THEM. HOW DOES HUFF JAM WORK? HUFF JAM IS PRETTY COOL RIGHT NOW. HUFF JAM IS THE THIRD STOP OF OUR AMERICAN BMX FLATLAND LEAGUE, AND THE LEAGUE WAS THREE STOPS THIS YEAR. THE FIRST STOP WAS IN VEGAS. THE SECOND STOP WAS IN HOUSTON, TEXAS AND NOW OUR FINAL STOP IS HUFF JAM AND BASICALLY THIS WAS A CONTEST SERIES WHERE ALL THE RIDERS ARE TRAVELING FROM AROUND THE UNITED STATES TO BUILD UP THEIR POINTS, AND THEY’LL BE A POINTS CHAMPION, CROWNED UM, AT HUFF JAM IN NORTH CAROLINA THIS WEEKEND. SO IT’S REALLY EXCITING. THERE’LL BE A POINTS CHAMPION CROWNED AND THEN THERE’LL BE ALSO CHAMPIONS CROWNED FROM THAT DAY OF THE EVENT AS WELL. AWESOME. GLAD THAT’S HAPPENING HERE IN OUR REGION THAT YOU’VE BEEN LEADING UP TO THIS. HOW TOUGH IS THE COMPETITION? WHERE ARE ALL THESE COMPETITORS COMING FROM? HONESTLY, THERE ARE RIDERS COMING FROM ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE FOR THIS. UH, EVEN THOUGH IT’S THE AMERICAN BMX FLATLAND LEAGUE, IT’S TOOK INTEREST ALL OVER THE PLACE. SO THEY’LL BE RIDERS FROM MEXICO. THEY WILL BE A RIDER THERE FROM JAPAN. UM, ONE OF THE TOP RIDERS IN THE WORLD FROM CANADA WILL BE THERE. UM, IT’S GOING TO BE REALLY COOL AND THE THE AGE RANGE OF THESE COMPETITORS ARE GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO LIKE 13 YEARS OLD, A KID THAT’S COMING FROM HOUSTON, TEXAS, AND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE OLDER CLASS. THEY THEY’LL BE 50 YEAR OLD RIDERS COMPETING THAT DAY. SO IT’S FUN FOR ALL AGES. WOW. THAT’S REALLY INCREDIBLE THAT THEY’RE ALL GETTING TO COMPETE TOGETHER AND PROBABLY LEARNING SOME NEW SKILLS FROM EACH OTHER. WHAT WOULD YOU SAY, TERRY, IS THE GOAL OF THIS LEAGUE? WHY DID YOU WANT TO CREATE IT? BASICALLY ALL I DID THERE WAS ALREADY THESE GREAT CONTEST ORGANIZERS IN PLACE, AND I JUST SAID, LET’S BRING EVERYONE TOGETHER TO MAKE SURE FLATLAND IS PRESENTED PROPERLY. LET’S GET THESE CONTEST ORGANIZERS TOGETHER AND START WORKING TOGETHER. UM, THAT WAY, UH, FLATLAND IS PUT ON A PEDESTAL AND THAT’S WHERE IT DESERVES TO BE, BECAUSE IT IS, UH, A VERY AWESOME SPORT THAT THAT NEEDS TO BE SHOWN PROPERLY. BUT TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION, THE GOAL OF THIS LEAGUE IS FOR YOUNG KIDS TO WALK INTO THAT BUILDING AND SEE HOW COOL THIS SPORT IS AND WANT TO GET INVOLVED. NOW, TERRY, LET’S BRAG ON YOU FOR A SECOND. YOU WERE VOTED THREE TIMES NUMBER ONE RIDER IN THE WORLD. IS THAT RIGHT? ALSO, HAVING AN X GAMES GOLD MEDAL. WHAT GOT YOU INTO BMX AND SPECIFICALLY THIS KIND OF RIDING? HONESTLY, BECAUSE THERE’S LIKE NO RULES INVOLVED. YOU KNOW, AS A KID, UM, MY MOM TRIED TO PUT ME IN BASEBALL AND, UH, EVERY SPORT YOU CAN THINK OF, BUT IT WAS JUST HARD FOR ME TO FOLLOW DIRECTIONS. AND WHAT’S WHAT’S GREAT ABOUT BMX IS YOU YOU KIND OF GO BY THE BEAT OF YOUR OWN DRUM. THERE ARE NO RULES. YOU CAN JUST GET OUT THERE AND HAVE FUN ON YOUR BIKE. SO THAT’S WHAT REALLY DREW ME TO IT IS THAT I JUST FELT EXTREMELY FREE AND I DIDN’T REALLY HAVE TO LISTEN TO A COACH OR SOMEONE TO TELL ME WHAT PATH TO TAKE. SO I JUST KIND OF WENT DOWN MY OWN PATH, AND I’VE BEEN HAVING FUN NOW FOR 30 YEARS DOING THIS. SO, UM, I’M 40 YEARS OLD AND, YOU KNOW, I STARTED WHEN I WAS TEN YEARS OLD AND I DON’T SEE MYSELF SLOWING DOWN ANYTIME SOON. IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE IT. TERRY, THIS IS REALLY AWESOME. AND I’M SO GLAD THAT YOU’RE GETTING TO AGAIN BRING THIS HERE TO OUR AREA. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME THIS MORNING. EVERYONE AT HOME THAT HOUGH JAM IS JULY 13TH THIS WEEKEND IN WINSTON-SALEM AND THEN SCORES FROM THAT EVENT WILL BE COMPILED WITH THEIR CONTESTS IN TEXAS AND OHIO TO DETERMINE THE SERIES FINALS. YOU CAN LEARN MORE ALL ABOUT THIS AND GET MORE INFORMATION ON GOING TO THIS EVENT ON AMERICAN