Ryan Nyquist checked in with us to let us know what he got up to last weekend..."Hey guys. Just wanted to share with you what I was up to this past Saturday. I went to a charity event for Turning Wheels For Kids. It's a pretty sweet charity and, to be totally honest, I had no idea it even existed until last week. They basically raise money, use 100% of the money to buy bikes, and then give them away to underprivileged kids for Christmas. That's pretty awesome in itself, but the fact that they were giving away 2,400 bikes this year is what amazed me.
That's a lot of bikes... crazy, but awesome!
A friend of mine named Matt Mardesich (ROG Inc.) emailed me asking if I wanted to be be part of the event. I said yes, and Saturday morning showed up to quite a large production. There were hundreds of volunteers building bikes!! I have never seen so many brand new bikes in my life! Pretty amazing.
Well to kick things off they had a tricycle race with a bunch of CEO's, public figures, and BMXers including myself, Matt Mardesich, and the legendary Joey Garcia... Fresh off of filming for Anthem 2, and ready to conquer the world of tricycle racing! Hahaha!! It was a lot of fun, and in the end the BMXers lost big, but caused the most carnage. Good times as usual.No BMXers in this moto... they saved us for the last heat."
"Here's a photo of "Sharkie", the mascot for the San Jose Sharks, holding my bike. Shark fans bleed teal around here, so my bike was properly colored."
Ryan Nyquist
