Talk of a Tempered Drains Challenge 2013 on some sites got me pretty hyped so I sent some casual questions over to Jerry about riding and the JAM!
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iight Jerry to get us started, can you give us a little bit of a background story of who you are and what you do?
I'm just some tall guy from Toowoomba who lives in Brisbane and rides small bikes all the time.
Talk of the 2013 Tempered drain challenge has been popping up all over BMX media websites, Can you give us a sum up of what dudes can expect out of the Drain challenge?
Basically just a good day riding and hanging out in a drain with some shit you can't ride everyday! anything goes.
Do you find it hard to motivate yourself to arrange such a big/awesome event?
Motivation is the easy part, it's just a bit of a headache hoping everything works out.
You have been putting a lot of time into the tempered drain jam, what do you find you get out of it?
All i really want out of it is for everyone to have a good time, i don't ask for much haha
What gets you stoked to ride? Good vibes/friends/spots?
Yeah that's about it! along as I'm out rolling with good people, I'm happy.
From what I can tell from a recent crispy mix you now have a freecoaster, how are you liking it?
Yeah man i always liked the coaster life, just got keen again from seeing every bloke and his dog running them now so it was time to switch it up.
You seem to post some real nice photos up on crispy from time to time, what camera gear are you slinging?
Cheers! I have a 60D with a 70-200mm, a 50mm and a 10-17mm. pretty basic, im in the market for a 5D soon.
Apart from being good at bike tricks and taking dope photos do you par take in any other pass times?
This question is always hard for me to answer, haha i do a whole heap of other shit but its diverse and arbitrary so i can never put it into words.. so to make it easy im going to say no, i don't do anything else with my life haha
Passing time with photography and bikes sounds great to me man!, what top 3 tunes are you jamming at the moment?
Brother ali - uncle sam goddamn
Fleetwood mac - future games
Fat jon - repaint tomorrow
Top 3 flicks?
K-PAX
Django
bill hicks -sane man haha
no heat from me mate its luke warm haha
Without giving to much away can we expect to see the WAGO in the 2020 dvd?
I'm pretty sure it will make an appearance!
Will there be more drain jams in the future?
i hope so! its something we should have more often
any shout outs dude?
shouts out to chronic bone, tempered, and all the people who are psyched!
peace!
Old but great clip!
JERRY VANDERVALK from TEMPERED on Vimeo.
Last drain jam!
TemperedBikes Filthy Drains Challenge 2009 from TEMPERED on Vimeo.
PEACE!