Introduction: Josh Betley
Josh Betley is the latest Sunday flow team Introduction. I first met Josh at Interbike and instantly I realized how dynamic of a person he is. He's motivated, energetic, fun and confident while his riding is exactly the same way and you can add really good to that too. So here's Josh.....
Name: Josh Betley, Coach, J-Bone, Betlewski or even Bone SawAge: old enough to party
Hometown: Phoenix Arizona
Years riding: 7 almost 8
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Okay tell me about the Arizona scene.We didn't have any legal parks or central set of dirt jumps, so for years there was just tons of kids riding with their buddies where they could, be it street or their own trails or even some of the illegal parks if you could sneak session in. Now parks we can legally ride are popping up and people are coming together. Overall it's good, I'm proud to call this place home.
What's your favorite part of it?
My favorite part is the fact we can ride basically year round any terrain you want to with the coolest people ever.
What's your favorite park in AZ?
Freestone skatepark in Gilbert. It's illegal but its the park I grew up riding, it will always be my favorite
The most obvious Arizona question is...how do you deal with the heat during the
summer?Well, you just gotta man up I guess. I love summer because all the parks are empty and we have some awesome near heat stroke sessions. Feels like you're riding with the devil.
I've been to the White Walls a bunch of times, are those things still there? I've heard tons of rumors.
As far as I know yes, but don't tell anybody.
What's the most random obstacle you've ridden in Arizona that you haven't seen anywhere else?
Over the years I've seen some crazy spots come and go. Giant metal quarterpipes, a sewer pipe that makes a perfect volcano, slanted curved wall ride, curved wall to curved wall in the shape of an "S," No one has pulled it yet but the spot is absolutely unreal, crazy ditches, basically all of Tucson, we really do have some epic spots.
I was watching footage of you from an Odyssey trip out there and you have a large bag of tricks including ramps, parks, street and flatland stuff. Tell me about being able to ride all aspects of riding.Thanks Jim! The flatland stuff comes from getting burnt out on 180’s during front yard sessions. And then having a hand in different sorts of riding is probably because I've always looked up to riders like Van Homan, and Josh Harrington who kill everything and I've always respected that.
Is there an aspect of riding that is more of a favorite to you?
Street is the most fun right now. Pillage and Plunder.
3 random people's questions
Have you ever had Absinth in Czech Republic? If so, tell the story. (question by Kyle Carlson)
This summer we took a tourist trip to Europe and hit all the hot spots. Prague was a must and a when in Prague you have to try the real legit absinth since its the only place you can get it. Basically the night went something like this, go to the bar in our hostel, drink a few glass, meet some dudes from Scotland, drink a few more, go to a bar made entirely of car parts, sit down at a table, watch Kyle start puking, chill for a minute and realize that Kyle is passed out, carry him out of the club and all the way back to the hostel, show up to the hostel to greet our Australian roommate mid thrust, walk right past them, call him Cameron a few times, his name was Ian, pass out, wake up in my vomit.
If you could bite anyone's style and tricks free from guilt or message board ridicule, and skill not being an issue, who would it be and why?(question by Drew Hosselton)Wow, there's so many good options here, Corey Bohan, Mike Aitken, Danny Hickerson, Sean Sexton, Josh Harrington, Dennis Enarson, Corey Martinez, Gary Young and probably Dave Mirra but I'm going to go with Garret Reynolds. The reason is he's just the dude who can do everything and make it all look good. Plus he's still young so I cant even imagine what he's going to be doing in a few years. Van Homan would be my choice number 2, he's been my favorite rider forever.
Butter side up or butter side down?(question by Rocky Canelas)
I like cream cheese
What's your favorite trick you've seen get done recently?
Pro or not pro. Jeremy the weed man Sawyer did the most insane rail hop and broke his cranks. That and James Foster's truck to downside whip is magical
What's your favorite youtube video?
That would be grape lady.
Who's got the best style you've seen?
I guess the obvious answer here is Aitken or Bohan but on street I'd have to say Dakota Roche and Sean Sexton.
What's your favorite thing to ride?
Right now I'm really feelin bump jumps. I feel like I'm 12 years old again just riding super fast into a curb and hitting the boost button. Ever since the discovery of the bump jumps I've gone back to old spots and they are like new again. It's the best!
What's your favorite place you've ridden?
FDR skatepark in Philly and The Minersville trails are the two places that stand out to me as the best spots ever.
Trick you have trouble doing?
I can't do a barspin to footjam if my life depended on it. It makes me so sad.
Words to live by?
Keep it real.
Any thanks?The people I ride with, the people I live with, friends, family, the mexican restraunt los favoritos, puns, kitties, hot girls, the internet, Kyle Carlson, Will Stroud, K.C. Badger, Drew Hosselton, Mark Loesy, Nike 6.0, Vital Bmx, Aaron Nardi and Cerbae, Big thanks to Jim Bauer and Odyssey, CarlsonCo., Global Bikes bike shop, Ryan at Kore, Bo-vice, Arizona and Iced Coffee at McDonalds even though McDonalds is the worst.
Here is a some footage of Josh, look for more in the upcoming Odyssey video Electronical and in the new Sunday video tentatively titled 'Footage Party'
posted by Sunday! @ 3:07 PM
35 Comments:
This is the guy I've been waiting for you to add on in some way, great addition.
Josh is a shredder.
Josh is the fucking shit. Hands down for sure..
HEY JIM WHENS THE SUNDAY VID COMING OUT CANT WAIT
betley kills it
he should just be on the pro team
nuff said...
Josh kills it for sure. He'll make there in due time for sure. The video is due around the summer, but who knows. We actually have a bunch of footage just want to get even more interesting stuff.
why did u put him on flow for so long, i dont understand that he should be on the pro team like another guy said, but props to josh
I am assuming Josh has been on flow for less than 6 months if they talked at Interbike.
Ian frames, when?
I really enjoyd watching that videopart, it makes me wanna go out and ride:)
TAMMY SAYS.....I FUCKING HATE JOSH...HE SERIOUSLY SUCKS AND HAS A SHITTY ATTITUDE...HES REALLY MEAN TOO.....HAHAHAHA...AAAAYYYEEE!!!! GOTCHYO ASSES...THOUGHT I WAS GONNA BE ONE OF THOSE COMEUP SHITTALKERS...HAHAHA...GOTCHYO ASSES...SERIOUSLY THO....EVERYTHING OPPOSITE I JUST SAID BOUT JOSH...THATS DOOD IS CHILL AS FUCK...YOU CAN TELL THROUGH HIS RIDIN...SUPER NICE GUY...GREAT RIDER....DESERVES PRO...BUT HELL WORK HIS WAY UP IN LIKE TEN MINUTES....JOSH BETLEY FOR PERSIDENT!!!!
do bike checks, and team updates as far as checks and do an Aaron Ross bike check
ya bike checks would be sick
JIM YOU NEED MORE COVERAGE ON MIKE HODER HE IS REALLY GOOD
josh is a cool kid. cool tricks, just ahh.... too many hang fives. rides a fixy, and goes a mile an hour when he does stunts. still an awesome dude.
Do a 4 peice bar
Josh is awesome, met him to and hasnt Josh been on the flow team for a while?? cause i met him a while back at Espee bike park in arizona and he had the new Sunday! 08 Wave frame??? but anyway Josh is sweet and should be on the pro team! ohhh and mike can you make a seperate page on the site that has all the people that are part of the Sunday! Flow team???:
JIM WHERE IS THE IAN FRAME?!?! PLEASE YOUR KILLING ME.
looks like an awesome dude.
good choice for the team jim!
JIM NOW THAT IAN IS OFF MOSH PARTS WILL HE RIDE FOR ODDY OR WHAT
Yeah josh betley rea.. where are the new ian frames, don yet, out to powdercoat? how many percent of the first batch is allready build up? let us know something please!
Jim love betley and at interbike i just wanted to say that i took the vinnie bars and there very nice it juust shows you how much me and others love your company know one was paying attention so i walked off
Hey is Jack maddock on your team if so you new to do some thing one him hes better than some of your pro riders JACK MADDOCK
If you love their company so much you should'v respected their property instead of resulting to thievery. This is the only individual Sunday product from which i hope it will fail. You dont deserve to ride Sunday parts!
dropping Fat Mike is lame. He helped make Sunday what it is.
to the guy that took the bars i wanted to know how they are and if you like them i might get them let me know
The bars are great the feel like the triumphs but a lot better, i feel way better throwing these for bar spins than triumphs.
That's funny that you got the bars, I'm sure Sunday wasn't the only one who got shit stolen. Why not do a bike check/bar review for the website. You don't even have to show the whole bike in a photo. You should wear a Halloween mask in the photo, too. What do you think? I don't care about them now, but it would be cool to do a funny review like these. Let me know.
Ian is off Mosh and working with a new wheel/parts thing from a former member of 2B Homecooked. As for Mike, he got as much as he put into it and there's a lot more to the story. I really appreciate all he's done, but it was time.
I can do that i will email a pic with a mask and the bars on my bike witch is the toothpaste green wave brakeless frame
Cool that will be awesome. Make sure you write something about the feel, rise, what they compare to, etc. This will be good!
sorry jim my camera is not working right but ill send you an email about them
Here we go last summer at interbike i took the vinnie sunday bars and it was pretty easy to take them, pretty much every body there was bussy doing something or talking to other pros and there were tons of people all over the place and every body at sunday was bussy showing them all there new products so there was a big group of people at that time and then i just walked off with them but im pretty sure tons of stuff got stolen by others. well heres the review
First i was riding the sunday triumphs and my bar spins were on and off but when i put on the vinne bars they really got a lot better, the one thing that i really like about them is that they feel just like your riding triumphs but at the same time your the bars feel smaller because of the box size, it really makes i difference,the rise also makes them feel like a big bar to,i like them better than the standard 8" rise . Second they are still very strong as like every other sunday product, the bars has been pretty banged up and still are perfect, not bent at all and the paint on them is harder to chip it seems like. all in all any one who is planning on getting these bars i say do so, they are great and feel very nice and look even better and are very strong plus you got a life time warranty you really cant go wrong. Jim i also love my brakeless wave frame you really have some of the best products out there in bmx, thanks Sunday bikes and Jim Cielencki.
They sound great i cant wait to get mine
nice review!
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