I been slackin.
Keith Terra.
Ain't scared.
FuckBMX:
so when did you get into bmx, and how?
Keith Terra:
you could say that i got into bmx when i first learned how to ride a bike when i was 5. i remember within a week of learning how to ride a two wheel i was jumpin off curbs and darting into traffic in queens. and when i moved out to LI when i was 6 kids in my neighborhood had jumps at the end of the block and i would try to jump what i could. but i didnt get into racing till i was 8. a friend of mine that i played baseball with raced and shoreham. and one sunday i went there with him. and the rest is history
FuckBMX:
how long was it before you started racing nationals and traveling for bmx after you started?
Keith Terra
id say about two years. i did my first state series in 1990 when i was 10 and started traveling for nationals that year as well. i raced nationals before then, but only local ones within the tri state area
FuckBMX
cool, so how long did it take you to move up the ranks? what was your first real expert race?
Keith Terra
it only took me a couple weeks to move up to expert. i turned x by the time i was 9. i believe i turned up opening day in the 89 season. back then it was only like 5 wins to move up to novice and 8 to expert. i had a straight win streak to ex.
FuckBMX
damn, so you more or less only raced expert... did you win any titles? how many?
Keith Terra
yea..pretty much my whole race career was in ex and superclass. i didnt win many titles though. i did win #1 sate the first year i raced. and then i raced it for fun in 94 i think and won it that year as well. but i never got national #1. i got #2 in cruiser the last year i raced it in 93 i believe...yea..93...13 cruiser. wildest indoor grands track in memphis, tn. they had an over and under bridge.
1993 Shoreham BMX Country.
FuckBMX
thats sick, whats the wildest track youve ever ridden?
Keith Terra
fuck...theres been soo many. Evansville, IN was probably one of the best tracks. it was by far the fastest track i've been to. way faster then southpark. i thought the track was fast when i first raced it at 15 years old. then i went back there when i turned pro...and it was even faster.
Keith Terra
and of course shoreham from the years 93-98...the place was almost like trails. you had to be on your game to ride that place good.
FuckBMX
so how long did you race before you moved up to super class?
Keith Terra
umm...about 9 years
started racing at 8 years old..turned superclass when i was 17
FuckBMX
nice, how about a sponsor list? i know you went through some of the better teams in your day...
Keith Terra
yea..i've had a few...
my first sponsor was MCS/Eagle Snacks.
then there was Shoreham BMX country. that was a good team.
Rich and Gary Soper were on it along with Iarocci and myself.
Then Base picked me up. iwas real stoked on that. but i only raced for them for like half a season. shortly after Supercross wanted me to ride one of there crazy frames and ride for them. so i did...haha. good thing that only last about a year. then TNT offered me a ride and quickly took it. rode for them for a couple years. Then i rode for Standard bykes. that was the best team i was on.
Terra and Iarocci
FuckBMX
you were one sbc in it's prime... when everyone who was anyone outside of racing rode a standard... what was it like being a part of that?
Keith Terra
yea..i got on at a good point of SBC. it was pretty wild being a part of that. traveling to contests with people like Joe Rich, Sandy Carson, Luc E, Moliterno, and the list goes on. i mean i knew all those guys prior to standard. but i would only see them at the trails and other spots. i was never a part of something like that. things were real solid.
so it seemed...then i couldnt stand it anymore. its hard to explain.
FuckBMX
what percent hip hop would you say you are now that it's 2009 rather then like 1999?
Keith Terra
haha
i'd say the same
about .5%
FuckBMX
do you still play game boy on the regular instead or riding street spots?
Keith Terra
ha...i wish i did
i never had a game boy...and on that trip someone had one and i played it the whole time
haha
FuckBMX
so in 1998 you wrote a pretty infamous letter... i only know you as a loving young man, where in your heart did that letter come from? why did you decide to go through with it?
Keith Terra
boy i'm gettin tired of explaining this..haha
FuckBMX
i wouldnt have asked, but i heard you challenged him and catfish to a 3 way one night...
Keith Terra
well..it all stared that Nyquist came to our trails to film for a video without asking anyone. he showed up..filmed...didnt really talk to me or anything. and that kind of pissed me off.
and actually it was Robo's idea for the letter. and i went along with it. it wasnt really directed towards Nyquist. i just used him as an example. it was how these dirt jumpers were called trail riders. just cause you can hit 3 straight doubles...doesnt mean your a trail rider
and its the fault of the media...they labled them as one
haha..did i challenge him and catfish
FuckBMX
yea, at supes party...
you even called mulligan and possibly tunney to alert the media
Keith Terra
i called mulligan about presenting at nora cup
i remember that
FuckBMX
did he say yes?
Keith Terra
he said he'd think about it
This photo is shot by Mulligan, and stolen off Keiths Facebook. It's one of my favorite bmx photos ever though.
FuckBMX
if nyquist wins a cup, and you going to punch him in the kidney?
Keith Terra
haha..na. me and nyquist are friends now
FuckBMX
why didn't you guys fight that year at the Christmas classic? are there still I hate Terra shirts floating around?
Keith Terra
i didnt want to do it. it was a funny idea...but at the same time it would just make the both of us look stupid. parade us around like a bunch of clowns. no thanks
and i think supe's had one shirt. i think i have an "i love terra" shirt
FuckBMX
i'm pretty sure he actually made 10 of each...
did you win the dk dirt circuit that year?
Keith Terra
no..there were more. he sold a bunch at the christmas classic that year
haha..no i didnt.
i did make the finals though
FuckBMX
I just checked the facts, you would be happy to know that Foster won, and Nyquist didn't even podium.
Keith Terra
hahaha...hellz
got to love BF
actual living legend
.
FuckBMX
what were your top 5 trails to ride back then
Keith Terra
i'd say 7-11, oak park, posh, nam, drexelbrook
2008 Panamoka
FuckBMX
once sevs got plowed, how did long island change?
Keith Terra
it seemed like the scene broke apart
at sev's there was a huge session there every weekend.
everyone would come down..hang out..chill.
when the trails got plowed. it seemed like no one really saw anyone anymore. and shortly after that oak got half plowed down.
i moved to PA after the sev's got plowed. it felt like there was nothing for me on the island anymore
FuckBMX
thats crazy, was there ever a period where you thought that you might just be done with trails?
Keith Terra
no..never
but i almost fell off bmx completely back in 03
i was goin through bad times with some personal things....was drinkin too much...didnt ride for like 3 months.
FuckBMX
top 5 long island riders pre 2000?
Keith Terra
haha..pre 2000..hmmm...
Brian Iarocci, John Lee, Ronnie Gaska, Tim Strelecki, Matt Vietch
Vietch did the best switch footed tables i've ever seen....EVER
FuckBMX
when did you completely call it quits with racing? any reason? is there a comeback in the works?
Keith Terra
it was when i was 18 in 98. it was out southpark day 1. the reason why i quit i was gettin tired of crashing due to other people that dont know how to ride a bike...whether it being people fallin infront of me..or into me..or on me.
that race when i quit...i was superclass main and someone passed me in turn #2 to take 3rd place from me...i let him pass cause i knew i could pass him over the pro jump. but lucky me he unclipped and fell right infront of me.
walked back to the Standard tent, told Moliterno to take me out for day 2 cause i was done racing for good.
and a comeback...there might be
FuckBMX
tuesday nights at shoreham sound like theyre going to be pretty sick... it would be a good time to get back in it
Keith Terra
i'm thinking of it. but that track is sooo long.
haha
(Keiths Current Track time is 48.25 seconds.)
FuckBMX
i need to run to the store and buy some candy real quick... so heres a few questions.
1. top 5 trails currently
2. top 5 riders currently
3. best 3 videos you appeared in...
and then some thank your or whatever
Keith Terra
top 5 trails currently....Panamoka, Catty, Posh, Keyko, Bakers.
top 5 riders....BF, Chase Hawk, John Lee, Darryl Tocco, Aitken.
best 3 videos appeared in....1201, Base Neighborhood Superheros, Standard Domination
Keith Terra
thanks...i'd like to thank everyone who's supported me in the past and present. all the companies that hook me up. the whole Long Island scene and Miller Light.
Keith Terra
haha..maybe not miller light
This is a link to a tshirt. What the fuck?
I hope my text is formatted well enough this time around.
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