James van de Kamp
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Rider Bio
Tell us a little bit about yourself.
I live in Surrey, 30 minutes from the thriving BMX mecca that is Vancouver. I guess the word that describes me best is chill. It takes a lot to rile me up. I’m pretty quiet too. I do enjoy a bit of heckling though, which kind of offsets that hahaha.
What has been your best riding experience so far? Any career highlights? .
It’s hard to pick one best riding experience, but it would be a road trip for sure. Biking road trips are the best, plain and simple, those who have been on them will agree, ones that haven’t are missing out. Learning flairs last Canada Day would be a highlight I guess. Contest wise, I’ve won a couple of local comps, but I usually don’t take them very seriously, I just do lots of tables and turndowns, and get 4th place haha
Where is your favorite place to ride, and what bike would you take? .
Current favorite place to ride is Ron Mercer’s backyard ramp, the Woodyard. I like riding big box jumps, spines, and quarterpipes, and the woodyard has all that and more. Take a look at the setup as of fall 2011 here:
Woodyard sessions on Vimeo
What is your favorite thing to do on a bike? .
I’ve been trying to decide between tabletops and turndowns for a few years now, and I still can’t choose. Honorable mentions go to motowhips, and nosedive 360’s.
What is your first memory of riding? What first got you into riding? .
I can remember my first ride without training wheels, down a small grass hill at the local park. I was 4. Getting into riding, all the kids were doing it. Peer pressure at its best hahaha.
When you’re not biking what are you usually doing? .
Working. I work around 40hrs a week fixing cars. Its pretty good, apart from sometimes getting in the way of biking events and stuff. In the winter, I snowboard quite a bit, its the best way to get through the 4 months of rain. Otherwise, I get in the gaming mood occasionally, spend too much time surfing the interwebz, and I end up at parties once in the while...
What are your goals for the next year or so? .
The main goal is to have lots of fun. I’d like to hit up a big contest at some point. I’d also like to add/improve my opposite trick collection.
What song on your iPod gets you pumped to ride right now? .
I don’t ride with music usually, but something fast, hard, and epic. I’m digging a cover of LMFAO’s Champagne Showers by a band called Skip The Foreplay quite a bit lately. Getting into more dubstep recently too.
What would your perfect day look like? .
It would be the middle of a roadtrip with a bunch of friends, shredding some rad parks and trails, having deep “roadtrip conversations” on the road between them, and looking forward to riding a sweet contest later on in the week. Something like that anyways.
I live in Surrey, 30 minutes from the thriving BMX mecca that is Vancouver. I guess the word that describes me best is chill. It takes a lot to rile me up. I’m pretty quiet too. I do enjoy a bit of heckling though, which kind of offsets that hahaha.
What has been your best riding experience so far? Any career highlights? .
It’s hard to pick one best riding experience, but it would be a road trip for sure. Biking road trips are the best, plain and simple, those who have been on them will agree, ones that haven’t are missing out. Learning flairs last Canada Day would be a highlight I guess. Contest wise, I’ve won a couple of local comps, but I usually don’t take them very seriously, I just do lots of tables and turndowns, and get 4th place haha
Where is your favorite place to ride, and what bike would you take? .
Current favorite place to ride is Ron Mercer’s backyard ramp, the Woodyard. I like riding big box jumps, spines, and quarterpipes, and the woodyard has all that and more. Take a look at the setup as of fall 2011 here:
Woodyard sessions on Vimeo
What is your favorite thing to do on a bike? .
I’ve been trying to decide between tabletops and turndowns for a few years now, and I still can’t choose. Honorable mentions go to motowhips, and nosedive 360’s.
What is your first memory of riding? What first got you into riding? .
I can remember my first ride without training wheels, down a small grass hill at the local park. I was 4. Getting into riding, all the kids were doing it. Peer pressure at its best hahaha.
When you’re not biking what are you usually doing? .
Working. I work around 40hrs a week fixing cars. Its pretty good, apart from sometimes getting in the way of biking events and stuff. In the winter, I snowboard quite a bit, its the best way to get through the 4 months of rain. Otherwise, I get in the gaming mood occasionally, spend too much time surfing the interwebz, and I end up at parties once in the while...
What are your goals for the next year or so? .
The main goal is to have lots of fun. I’d like to hit up a big contest at some point. I’d also like to add/improve my opposite trick collection.
What song on your iPod gets you pumped to ride right now? .
I don’t ride with music usually, but something fast, hard, and epic. I’m digging a cover of LMFAO’s Champagne Showers by a band called Skip The Foreplay quite a bit lately. Getting into more dubstep recently too.
What would your perfect day look like? .
It would be the middle of a roadtrip with a bunch of friends, shredding some rad parks and trails, having deep “roadtrip conversations” on the road between them, and looking forward to riding a sweet contest later on in the week. Something like that anyways.
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