Eric Mesta Q&A

Eric is one of The Bay Area's street and park shredders who is on a warpath to destroy rails,ledges,or damn near anything on his bike.He was stoked on a Q&A for the blog,Here's what he had to say.

1.Name,Location,And when did you start riding?

My name is Eric Mesta, and I'm from South San Francisco. I started riding when I was 15.


2.What homies you ride with?

Some of the Homies I ride with are: Kyle Frazier, Jase Knacks, Dylan Sparkman, Chad Hightower, Justin Willson, and a bunch more around the Bay.


3.What was your favorite spot/Current favorite spot to ride?

I really dont have a favorite spot.. any spot with a dope rail or ledge setup is cool with me.


4.What kind of whip you riding?

Im riding a Hoffman Bama... Its built to destroy.


5.Whats your favorite style of riding?

Streets all day, but I dont mind going to parks or pedaling around town.


6.Any shout outs?

Shout outs to all homies that show love and support. First Rule for the trip to SD, to Jase and Paul for taking me out to woodward.. and thanks to everyone that's ever helped me out.......

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Wes Rhoe and homies Oregon edit

Wes and a few other homie's made a little edit of them shredding some Oregon concrete and street.I'm the middle of doing a Q&A with Wes at the moment.Peep the edit until then.

Oregon edit 2010 from Wes Rhoe on Vimeo.

Eric Mesta Edit

Eric from South San Fransico made this edit.Got some legit moves in here for sure.Were also in the middle of doing a Q&A with him so keep a eye out.Check the edit out in the meantime.Later

Mesta from Eric Mesta on Vimeo.

Ryan Seymour Edit

Ryan from the North Bay sent me this edit to put up on the blog.All kinds of legit street stuff in here.Check it out.

Welcome to Blunted Ryan Seymour from Ryan Seymour on Vimeo.

Mutiny Bikes SF to SD edit

This edit from Mutiny is a couple months old but has some local east bay spots like Benicia,Pleasant hill, Walnut creek,SF and more in it.Check it out.

SF to SD from Mutiny Bikes on Vimeo.

Get well soon Rob Darden

Rob Darden,One of the biggest names in bmx who also is from the concord/Clayton area is in the hospital.He says "I have blood clots in my left leg from surgery and the clots have moved in to my lungs. I will spend a week in the hospital to be monitored." It's looking pretty serious for him right now but we hope he makes a fast recovery and is able to get back on the bike as soon as possible. I remember watching Rob and Puker shred all over the place in the east bay.Definitely one of my riding idol's,Get well Rob!

Update

Will Alexander sent this edit over to me.He has some cool stuff in here mostly riding the new Ramp Rats in Santa Rosa.Check the homie's edit out.More Q&A's and stuff to come soon.Later

Kurt Russell Stolen bikes edit

Chris over at www.sjbmx.com and Wes Rhoe filmed a edit for the homie K-Ru$$ for Stolen.Kurt just got picked up by Stolen a bit ago and did a Q&A for us not too long ago.Check it out.Later

Stolen Bikes - Kurt Russell from Stolen BMX on Vimeo.

Up and Coming Concord Shredder Zak Howerton Q&A

Local Concord Shredder Zak Howerton gave me a chance to do a Q&A with him and a picture for the blog.He's only been riding for a year and a half and has progressed at a very fast rate and does Trucks,360 combo's, Back and front flips and other tricks at only 14.I wouldn't be surprised if he gets big name sponsors and gets into big televised comps in the future.Here's what he had to say.

1.Name,Age,And when did you start riding?

Zak Howerton, 14, I just started a year and a half ago.


2.For your age you have really been getting good and what goals do you have with riding in the future?

I want to continue to progress and possibly go pro. I ride bikes all day and everyday and i would like to make it a career.


3.What are your favorite local spots to ride?

I like to ride Berkeley,Walnut Creek and Concord.

4.What tricks have you been trying to learn?

I kind of have frontys and i want to learn flip combinations.


5.Since your progressing so much, Have you had any sponsor offer's and do you already have sponsors?

I have one sponsor and it is Clayton bikes but i would like to be on as much of stuff as possible so i can get out their and thanks for hitting me up.


Look out for more local rider Q&A's coming up soon.Later

James "Trail Gypsy" Brom Q&A

If you have ridden trails in the East Bay area in the last decade,There's a good chance the The Trail Gypsy built them or helped build them.The homie is still shredding Trails,Ramps,and Street throughout the Bay.Within the last few month's James has helped set up and build ramps for Clayton Bikes for the jam's they run, And he's a team rider on the new Clayton bikes Stunt team so props to that.The homie agreed to a little Q&A for the blog so here's what he had to say.


1.Name,Age,And when did you start riding?
James Brom,(Trail Gypsy) (Stinky Monkey)to some of the old school locals,I'm 28 been riding for 15 years.

2.What homies you ride with?
Jonny Williams, Brian Sterley, Joel Hulsey, Duck, Bob Medrano, Stubbs, any1 whos tryna get on this tgc hype. Clayton bikes stunt team all day we got shows for cheap

3.What was your favorite spot/Current favorite spot to ride?
Limeridge was like home, Treat trails was the shit super smooth and just the spot to be, Bourbon street. Best place of all time salem trails. Currently no trails so no favorite spot. Sac has a spot but its low key so i aint sayin shit

4.What kind of whip you riding?
dirt bike 20.5 s&m and profile

5.You have played a huge roll in building and maintaining a lot of trail spots around the east bay for the past decade.What keeps you motivated to keep finding spots when shit gets plowed and having to start over?

Nothing better than sittin in a field away from the world smokin a blunt diggin dirt not givin a fuck. i guess when i was young it was more about havin the jump to ride was the motovation now that im washed up and got no tricks its just about thats what i love to do.

6.Any shout outs?
Any of the locals that didnt quit when they turned 16 and got there first car or bitch. bob medrano for lacin me up, takin me everywhere, buyn me parts, food, whatever, could never thank him enough. Nor-Cal



Thanks to the Trail Gypsy for the sit down.Be on the look out for more riders Q&A's Later.

MTZ Local and Bay$mog Ripper Kurt Russell Q&A

Bay$mogs finest & MTZ Ripper Kurt Russell Aka K-Ru$$ gave me the go ahead with a picture and a short Q&A with whats been going on with him.He's been killing it lately and has had some sick web edits and some thecomeup and espn exposure.The Homie Just Got picked up by Stolen bikes so he should have a fresh new whip soon.
Here's the Q&A.


1.Name,age,and when did you start riding?

Kurt Russell some say kruss, I'm 22 and I been ridings for ten years


2.what homies you ride with?

I ride wit homies all over


3.Favorite spot?

My favorite place to ride is the mtz skater.


4.What whip you riding?

I just got on stolen so I ill be rockin one of their whips.


5.Got any shout outs?
Shout out to my moms, my ninjas, lt ivers, wes, bmx, MAC dre, and the bay


Thanks to the homie K-Russ for the pic and Q&A should be putting more Q&A's up soon, We out here.later

Little update

Craig sent this little edit over to me, does a nice 1 footed xup and table.Spoke to Kurt Russell and hes down to do a bio with me thats coming up here in a day or 2 stay posted.In the meantime check out the dudes edit.Later

News

Here's the homie Rat from Concord doin the most at UC Berkeley on a Sketchy 9 stair rail.Not bad for a second stair rail ever.Gonna be trying to talk to some of my Homies about doing some Bios and linking some cool web edits soon.More to come shortly.

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Welcome to East Bay Area Rippers Blog

Sup i decided to make a blog focused on covering the East Bay area bmx scene.My goal is to do Interviews and Bios of local East Bay area riders,Interviewing Local bmx shops and possibly companies,Sharing Edits you want on here and overall news and coverage of our local scene.I will not post Content unless it is OK for me to do so or unless i produce something or conduct interviews myself.My main goal is to have a spot on the web you can come check out some exclusive Bay Area and Nor Cal riding coverage,Not that I'm trying to reinvent the wheel because there all some well established bay area bmx sites out there, But I would like to get some other coverage for people to check out too.If you would like a Bio done,would like to share photos or web edits of yourself or want content of your own posted please email reaper1821@gmail.com Thanks homies.