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Dr. Wade Nelson // Harvester BMX Podcast

Posted on April 7, 2020 by Shad

Our very own Dr. Wade Nelson sat down with Harvester BMX for a podcast. Give it a watch/listen.

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Wadeaminute: Peak Woody

Posted on January 9, 2020 by Shad

The picture above, from 1985, is my very favourite BMX photo. I will of course acknowledge that my next favourite three – Brian Foster with the scrub table, Dave Vanderspek’s table-top bunnyhop, and Vic Murphy’s table off a curb, are … CHECK OUT MORE »

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Wadeaminute // A Very Custom 1997 Basic Bikes Sluggo

Posted on November 14, 2016 by Shad

I recently came across this picture of one of my bikes from 1997. I had been riding a trans-green over chrome Hoffman Bikes Condor (that I got direct from Steve Swope) for three years, and then had briefly switched to … CHECK OUT MORE »

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Wadeaminute // Denim and Chrome

Posted on July 28, 2016 by Shad

This picture was taken in 1986 on the street in front of my rural childhood home in Langley, British Columbia, Canada. Our driveway was not paved, so this was the closest flatlanding spot to where I lived. I am not … CHECK OUT MORE »

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Wadeaminute // Skinny Ripper

Posted on January 17, 2016 by Shad

About ten years ago I came up with a new idea for a commuter bike that I called a “tribrid”: A bike that combined the best bits from a BMX, a mountain bike, and a road bike. Essentially, a bike … CHECK OUT MORE »

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Wadeaminute // Artefacts // Henry

Posted on November 28, 2015 by Shad

Above and below are pictures of an seventy-year-old man named Henry riding one of my bikes around The Forks skateboard park a few years back. The park is located at the centre of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada where the Red and … CHECK OUT MORE »

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Wadeaminute // Five-Clip Fever

Posted on November 9, 2015 by Shad

One of the most interesting BMX experiences that I’ve had in the past 35 years of BMXing happened at the end of the summer of 2015. Indeed, I never would have thought that I would get any further BMX media … CHECK OUT MORE »

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Wadeaminute // Artefacts: 1990 NAFA “Final” Point Standings

Posted on September 18, 2015 by Shad

While searching through my important-BMX-documents folder in July of 2015 searching for the letter from Perry Kramer on SE Racing letterhead for a previous Artefacts column, I located this self-serving piece of history:

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Wadeaminute // The Bashgoose

Posted on August 27, 2015 by Shad

At the end of the 1980s, the BMX market had crashed, and was perhaps looking for the next gimmicky thing to sell more stuff. Suddenly it was of paramount importance that we have bashguards on our bikes. Street was the … CHECK OUT MORE »

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Wadeaminute // Artefacts: A PK Story

Posted on July 25, 2015 by Shad

I’m excited to introduce one of my freestyle buddies Wade Nelson and his new monthly article called Wadeaminute. Wade has deep roots in BMX and even more in the Canadian BMX scene. So sit back and enjoy some of the … CHECK OUT MORE »

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