Josh Stricker Pro Q&A Overflow: April 10, 2008

Joel202

• April 10 2008
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You know the drill by now… We get you to ask questions through the site and a pro answers them in the magazine. They don’t all fit so we put the rest online. Read the rest right here…

How come you haven’t gone brake less yet? And do you have any new projects coming up? – Scallion
Funny to say, but I used to rip my brakes of back in the Sheep Hills days. I would get fed up with my brakes working for sh-t and take them off. I remember turndowns and one-footed tables worked out a lot better without brakes. Overall, I like my brakes, though. I’m not totally against the idea, but for now I like my brakes. As far as projects go we are working on a new S&M and Primo video. The S&M video should premiere at the trade show if all goes as planed.

How bad do you sweat riding while having a skull-crushing hangover? - Cheers, Gregarette
I would say sometimes it works out in my favor, but I’m not recommending it by any means. At times I feel so horrible that I really don’t think life can get any worse and I just go for it. It takes that edge off. As long as I stay away from red wine I’m usually OK. I’ve been pretty mongoed on many occasions while filming or shooting photos—I’m an idiot.

Josh Stricker, hip table. Photo by Z.

Hey babe, long time, no see. I was wondering if you wanted to go out on another date since you didn’t call me last night?
- Lil JeezyYes please, I’ll be at Side Bar, Creek Side, or Red Seven this weekend—find me. I’ll buy you a drink. I lost my phone—that is why I haven’t called, well I really miss your face. Hope to see you out, we have some catching up to do. See you soon.

Remember when we’d leave you at some random people’s houses while on the road, and me and Stevenson would go out partying with random chicks? Did you feel left out at the time being under age? - Mike McHue
Left out? No. Scared to death? Yes. I was like 12 and you guys were crazy as all hell. I had no idea what you guys were up to. Toledo, Ohio, is crazy as is, and then throw you two in the mix. What McHue is referring to is when my mom threw me in the van with all the S&M guys when I was 14 years old to go to the ABA Grands. We made a few stops on the way and Toledo, Ohio was one of them. It was a wild scene and I saw a lot as a young buck. That trip will not be forgotten, I think I almost froze to death sleeping in a van in the parking lo of Scrap. What a mess!

Would you rather run over a frog from PA or TX? - Binghamton, NY
Probably a frog from PA. Everything is bigger in TX, you know? It may just be a huge man eating frog, you never know in Texas. It could pull out a cowboy hat and a revolver and shoot me up. I choose to not mess with Texas. If I was in PA I would have frog legs for breakfast. I hear that PA frogs are turd burglers, anyway. I really hate frogs—screw it, I’d run them both over. Yeah man, r.i.p., Frogy.

Deuce is da bomb! Oh yeah… come to Bethlehem for the summer… please! - B-town rocks!Deuce would you sober up. I may make it out to B-town this summer. I thought you were gonna take me on a vacation? What do you think? They probably wouldn’t let you in another state, though, let alone another country. Deuce you really are the bomb. Keep it real and you know I”m gonna make it out that way one of these days. Punch Sal in the nuts for me. ECD. Get your ass to Austin, punk. Miss your face.

Wallride to table from Josh’s interview in Ride three years ago. Photo by Z.

You recently went to Germany, did you enjoy it? And have you and Sean Burns ever thought of having a challenge to see which one of you could gap the furthest? You are definitely my favorite BMXer so keep doing what you are doing! - Drew Kukura
Ugh, don’t get me started on Germany. I miss that place just about every day. I spent probably the best three months of my life there last summer. It’s so relaxed and the spots never end. I made good friends and it seemed like the good times never ended. I hope to make it back this year for sure. No, Mr. Burns and I never talked about having a gap off. I think Burns would take the prize, though. I’m pretty sure his wrists are made of steal. I don’t mess around with gaps to flat too often. He was just in Austin and he’s a pretty crazy dude. Thanks a lot man, I’ll keep doing what I’m doing. Cheers.

Would you ever consider riding for Trek again if they offered you six figures? - Jesse Pavlov, Newark, Ohio
Six figures is a lot of cash. I don’t thiink that I would be able to make a company such as Trek happy these days. Big companies like results and I’m not much of a competition rider, so results aren’t my thing. I felt like I had to do tricks and compete when I rode for them. I have changed a lot since then, so I don’t think that I could ride for them. I’m pretty happy at S&M, anyway. Perhaps, if they wanted to pay me six figures and do what I do now, of course it would be a possibility—why not?

How do you sit so still for a photograph? – Edward
It’s a lot of work, I’m a bit of an wiggle worm. High-speed cameras do the trick every time. I don’t know what kind of question is this?