For this new Quick Fire interview, we decided to feature park assassin Chris Nicol. Check out the full interview after the jump:
Photo: Branden Kovacs
Describe an average weekday…
Get up at 5am, go to the gym quickly before I start work, finish at 4pm and then go riding until dark!
What about the weekend?
I normally ride the shed skatepark on Friday nights and stay up in Cranbourne so I can ride with all the homies on Saturday, because I live 2 hours from Melbourne. But then Saturday night I find somewhere to get loose and end up hitting the Saloon (local pub in the area) then ride all Sunday hahaha!
Newest part on your bike?
Ummmmm, that would have to be either pedals or grips!
Fix tubes or new tubes?
New tubes for sure, it takes me a while to trust fixed tubes cause I can never do them good haha
Facebook, Twitter or Instagram?
Definitely rather Instagram over them all, but I always end up on Facebook. I have twitter but I can’t get into it!
Anything you would do-over if you could?
If I could do-over anything it would be either to start riding earlier or never stop working at Boost, that was the best job ever hahahahah
Photo: Jason Griffiths
Last web video that got you stoked on riding?
Last video’s that got me stoked was either Brock Horneman’s newest edit or Stevie Curchill’s TCU edit, next level shit!
Last song you listened to?
Kendrick Lamar-Money Trees
Pegs?
Yea I got 2, love jibbing around on them!
Brakes?
I used to run them ages ago when I started riding, but Polly Cooper gave me one of his old S&M frames that didn’t have brake mounts after I snapped one of my frames, been brakeless ever since, just don’t have a need for them really
Favourite movie of all time?
Would probably be The Benchwarmers.
Park, street or dirt?
I ride park a lot, but if there.s something I see that I’m into ill ride it, whether its park, street or dirt!
What kind of car do you drive?
BA Ford XR6 ute! Falcon oath haha
When and what was your first photo in a magazine?
It was actually a picture in the last printed Focalpoint issue of myself doing an invert at Trafalgar skatepark, Cooper Brownlee shot it and im still so stoked on it!
You have any web videos coming out?
Nah nothing planned so far, I’m down to start one in the next few months though! Just gotta find some parks and stuff that haven’t been shot too death haha
Photo: Branden Kovacs
First bmx video you saw?
I remember I saved up as much change as I could and brought the issue of 2020 that had hindsight 3 in it, that’s where it all started pretty much.
Summer or Winter, which do you prefer?
Summer for sure, of course when it’s not those stupid 45 degree days but, I hate the cold.
A few moves you love to do when out riding…
I love to do inverts and nose manuals, they’re tricks ill always be doing every time I ride.
Last trip you took?
Last trip I took was to England and Germany for NASS and BMX Worlds with Boyd Hilder, they were the best times of my life so far on that trip. Can not wait to travel more, wild times to say the least!
A good spot or park you’ve hit up lately…
The best place I’ve hit up lately would have to be Corby, that place with fucking unreal, can not wait to go back to England and ride that place!
Random story from your local park?
My local is pretty ghetto so there is a few stories but one I will always remember is when the cops came down for a little aboriginal local with a fresh new mountain bike that he that he stole from the front lawn of a house and used it to go sell weed around Churchill. The kid was 11 at the time and got arrested at the skatepark hahah little will was a badasss!
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