By: Simon
Mike Spinner is quickly becoming one of the most popular Dave Mirra's Bike Team and has infinite endorsement deals. What does the 20-year-old, Florida native have in store this year? Kidzworld caught up with Mike and found out!
Simon: You just got home from Australia, how was that?
Mike Spinner: We’re just there doing a bunch of things for Nike. It's Nike 6.0 - it's like a new division. It was just awesome. We’ve been traveling around, filming, getting stuff for online. That was my second time in Australia. I just found out from another sponsor that they wanted me to come back. This year I go to Australia three times, so I'm stoked for it. I get to travel the world.
Simon: You were the first to nail a 1080. Is that your best trick?
Mike Spinner: Yeah that’s my best. But you know what? Right now I'm working on some other stuff so I wouldn’t say its my best trick, but it’s the trick I've had the most fun doing. It's get up in the air, spin around three times, and every time I land it, I'll have the biggest smile you’ll see!
Simon: Do you have any tricks up your sleeve this year that you care to share?
Mike Spinner: Two years ago, I was the first person to pull a 720 tail whip. which is I rotate twice and the bike rotates once. There is one other person who can do that right now. But Im working on a 720 double tail whip and that is gnarly! Im still going to do a 1080 but Im hoping that new trick is going to be there. Like one of those, "if he pulls this off, he will win the contest."
Simon: So how did you get involved in BMX?
Mike Spinner: Pretty much, I was all into sports like hockey, basketball, never football but everything, team sports whatever. I always had a bunch of neighbors who rode their bikes. I was like 10 years old, jumping off curbs this and that. Went to the first skate park when I was about 12. Fell in love. Begging my dad take me take me and did it all the time.
My mom sponsored by these guys and these guys." I have an agent now, it's insane (laughs)!
Simon: You are sponsored by companies like Nike and Monster Energy Drink. What is the coolest perk you have ever received?
Mike Spinner: Monster Energy sent me a fridge that I put in my room. Took me and a couple of friends to bring it upstairs. They sent me, Im not even kidding, like 15 cases of Monster every two months. Which is probably $1000. So every single time I get it, you got to see the biggest smile and laugh. I'm like, 'this is crazy!'
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