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Chad Kerley shares about his story as a BMX pro, family, fatherhood, BMX insocial media, branding and more!---00:00 Intro0:00 - Adam remembers meeting Chad after he did a crazy trick at 15 years old1:11 - Growing up as a bike racing prodigy 4:18 - Building a name in the race community helped when he started doing tricks5:48 - How skills from racing translated into BMX and freestyle tricks10:45 - How being short helps in BMX12:22 - Transitioning from racing to freestyle and street. Being introduced to the laidback lifestyle of street BMX14:40 - Being inspired by seeing black BMX riders like Edwin De La Rosa18:09 - Early days of meeting people in the San Diego scene. Meeting Dennis Enarson24:12 - Learning to treat BMX more like a career than a hobby28:30 - Getting frustrated by all the unseen work that goes into creating clips 42:22 - Comparing Garrett’s BMX career to Drake’s music career46:00 - Getting the chance to ride with his BMX heroes48:05 - Chad explains why he turned up at his last contest after landing a nose manual on a rail50:13 - Why BMX riders are always supportive even when competing52:20 - Importance of having major events and competitions. X Games being the only major BMX competition53:40 - Lack of popular BMX brands as opposed to skating1:01:15 - Chad on starting his own Youtube channel to show his perspective on BMX1:02:50 - How individual content creators can have the same impact as media companies1:05:05 - Thrasher is one of the only big media companies with a cool brand1:11:45 - No plans to try to get his son into BMX1:13:10 - New products coming soon: “Henny Monster” frame and Kool Kiy shoe collab coming soon1:16:30 - Training to stay in shape for BMX1:17:10 - Chad explains what went wrong when he almost broke his ankle jumping over Hollywood High1:20:05 - Not wanting to move out of San Diego anytime soon1:20:35 - Chad reveals that his dad told him he was adopted last year 1:24:56 - Being happy to have control of his own story now that he knows he’s adopted1:26:04 - Wondering about the real story behind his birth parents1:27:55 - Respecting his dad even more because he chose to be a good dad1:30:20 - Weighing the options of whether to pursue a relationship with his birth parents 1:32:02 - Deciding to share his story of being adopted for the first time on No Jumper---NO JUMPER PATREONhttp://www.patreon.com/nojumperCHECK OUT OUR NEW SPOTIFY PLAYLISThttps://open.spotify.com/playlist/5te...FOLLOW US ON SNAPCHAT FOR THE LATEST NEWS & UPDATEShttps://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_...CHECK OUT OUR ONLINE STORE!!! http://www.nojumper.com/SUBSCRIBE for new interviews (and more) weekly: http://bit.ly/nastymondayz Follow us on SPOTIFY: https://open.spotify.com/show/4ENxb4B...iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/n...Follow us on Social Media:https://www.snapchat.com/discover/No_...http://www.twitter.com/nojumperhttp://www.instagram.com/nojumperhttps://www.facebook.com/NOJUMPEROFFI...http://www.reddit.com/r/nojumperJOIN THE DISCORD: https://discord.gg/Q3XPfBmFollow Adam22:https://www.tiktok.com/@adam22http://www.twitter.com/adam22http://www.instagram.com/adam22adam22hoe on Snapchat Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices



