Chad Kerley on Being a BMX Pro for 10+ Years, Finding Out He's Adopted, Becoming a Dad & More
Chad Kerley shares about his story as a BMX pro, family, fatherhood, BMX insocial media, branding and more!
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00:00 Intro
0:00 - Adam remembers meeting Chad after he did a crazy trick at 15 years old
1:11 - Growing up as a bike racing prodigy
4:18 - Building a name in the race community helped when he started doing tricks
5:48 - How skills from racing translated into BMX and freestyle tricks
10:45 - How being short helps in BMX
12:22 - Transitioning from racing to freestyle and street. Being introduced to the laidback lifestyle of street BMX
14:40 - Being inspired by seeing black BMX riders like Edwin De La Rosa
18:09 - Early days of meeting people in the San Diego scene. Meeting Dennis Enarson
24:12 - Learning to treat BMX more like a career than a hobby
28:30 - Getting frustrated by all the unseen work that goes into creating clips
42:22 - Comparing Garrett’s BMX career to Drake’s music career
46:00 - Getting the chance to ride with his BMX heroes
48:05 - Chad explains why he turned up at his last contest after landing a nose manual on a rail
50:13 - Why BMX riders are always supportive even when competing
52:20 - Importance of having major events and competitions. X Games being the only major BMX competition
53:40 - Lack of popular BMX brands as opposed to skating
1:01:15 - Chad on starting his own Youtube channel to show his perspective on BMX
1:02:50 - How individual content creators can have the same impact as media companies
1:05:05 - Thrasher is one of the only big media companies with a cool brand
1:11:45 - No plans to try to get his son into BMX
1:13:10 - New products coming soon: “Henny Monster” frame and Kool Kiy shoe collab coming soon
1:16:30 - Training to stay in shape for BMX
1:17:10 - Chad explains what went wrong when he almost broke his ankle jumping over Hollywood High
1:20:05 - Not wanting to move out of San Diego anytime soon
1:20:35 - 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 adopted
1:26:04 - Wondering about the real story behind his birth parents
1:27:55 - Respecting his dad even more because he chose to be a good dad
1:30:20 - 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
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