Name: Dane Beardsley
Birthday: September 5, 1981
Hometown: Beautiful Lake Orion, Michigan
Current City: Beautiful Athens, Georgia
Riding Stance: Left foot
Grind side: Every side.  I'm always grinding!
Bicycle: DK Boulevard frame and a Team frame

Why did you start riding BMX? Found a magazine on the last day of school in 7th grade.  Some freinds and I started building some dirt jumps to flat.  Best summer ever.  I was a real energetic kid and BMX just fit me perfectly

What was the first trick you learned? wheelie or a cat walk
What was the last trick you learned? Cross handed cross footed turbine switch on the front wheel.

What riders were/are influential in your life?  Kale, Nate Fons, Ed Mayhew, and Ted Vanorman has always been a big influences.  Most of my friends I grew up riding with still kill it on a BMX and that's awesome.  Zack Yankush knows how to have fun and be successful at the same time and that's awesome.

What people were/are influential in your life?  Friends and family always.  People who are ambitious and pasionate about what they do have always influenced me.  You know the kind of people that are always working on improving themselves.  That is the kind of person I strive to be and I like being around people like that.

Favorite riding spot: Parking lot near my parents house in Michigan at sunset

Favorite contest: DK Dirt Circut!

What is the wildest thing you have seen done on a bicycle? Watching Viki Gomez ride in person.  Crazy!

What is the wildest thing you have done on a bicycle? Probably a front wheel link I did in in Same Thing Daily.  Only did it once, but it took a whole summer to learn it.

Favorite food: oranges
Favorite movie: fast times at ridemont high
Favorite trick: Today it's death trucks and X ups.

What is a motto you subscribe to? Yeah desert

What is your favorite BMX memory? So many.  I would say my first road trip, to Changa.  The feeling of freedom I got from that trip and every trip since then is amazing.

Describe the perfect day: Wake up without an alarm clock.  Good breakfast.  Ride all morning until lunch time.  Do some reading or study some spanish in the afternoon.  Check my stocks and see that all of them are up.  Maybe a little cat nap.  Call up some people and maybe ride some more flat, hit some trails, street, or just kick it at the house and have a hip session and a fire in the back yard.  Hang out with some good folks for a while.  Go to bed dead tired and fall asleep the second I hit the pillow.

If you could have lunch with anyone in history- who and why? Any of my friends or family really.  Lets get some Mexican food!


Last words of wisdom? Be the person you have always wanted to be.