More radical goodness from the Boy Wonder. h/t to Vital BMX and, as usual, DigBMX. I think this makes 4 Devon posts on the site now. If I’m right I may have officially surpassed George on my Devon coverage.
Devon Smillie Edit – More BMX Videos
(h/t to DigBMX for this find.)
Imagine my surprise when I open up Google Reader this morning and see an entry for a “Devon Smillie Edit.” I’ve known D for years and used to announce shows for Board’n'Bike (and Boat, IIRC). The kid has been going OFF in the sports of BMX freestyle and skateboarding (and MX? I forget) since he was a wee lad. His improvement and development know no bounds. The kid is truly that good. Just watch the clip, you’ll see.
Devon Smillie from Eric Stewart on Vimeo.
Watching D ride makes me want to get on my bike. The kid has so much FUN! Riders like Devon make me forget how much disdain I have for the “culture” of the sport and remember how much love I have for riding little kid’s bikes. Devon recently had knee surgery but I hear he’s back in business and shredding again. Keep it up Boy Wonder! I look forward to seeing you on my television throwing down in some big comps real soon!
*BTW, I’m going to try to persuade George to post this as well. His tag cloud is so dominated by Devon’s name that it just wouldn’t be right for this one to slide by!
George has more or less capitalized on this topic already, but he’s been bugging me for my follow-up, so here goes…
A while back I setup, built, and kinda ran “Atlbmx.com” (I won’t bother making that a link, the domain is parked until it expires). Nowack had the idea and I had the know-how. We were all pretty surprised that the “scene” didn’t have a site by this point. After a few years, I understand entirely why it didn’t. George has this topic covered as well so I’m not going to go off on it again. Nutshell, the “scene” here in Atlanta can kiss my ass b/c the “scene” in general only seems to exist between people who want a “scene” to shill their product-of-the-week to.
I honestly wish Jason the best with AtlantaBMX.com. He is really trying to help this godforsaken “scene” actually become, well, in fact, a scene. His heart is in the right place and out of everyone I’ve met when I got back on my bike, he’s in that elite class of genuine folks who really love the sport and want to see it advance and flourish. (Even if he doesn’t always have brakes on his frame.) So, odinspeed my friend…
(more after the jump)