Northen Nevada BMX History

The picture above has a lot of history behind it.The guy on the Left is Tito Sanchez , the middle man is “Spanker” Scott Simmons and the guy on the right is me ‘Hacksaw” Jim Severt, here is a little story about the 3 of us. I met Tito in or around 1986 Tito was this kid (like me ) who was into BMX he raced and rode street and jumps here and there. We rode with a whole group of kids at the time Myself , Mike Favorite , Derek , The plaid meruaders there was a whole crew , Tito always stood out because he was always riding a bike and it seemed like and the kid could bunny hop like no other human . No matter what Tito was down to ride ( unless mom said otherwise) throughtout the years I have got to see Tito grow up we have learned a lot from one another , when Tito came around and throughout the years I have always figured that he was the most naturally talented rider to this day and was the one that pushed me to progress.

Scotty “Spanker” came along in the early to mid nineties along with brother Jess ,was another one of these “new kids” that were throughly amazing he brought in these new skills that were amazing especially for a kid who was new to BMX racing I would always watch him race and got a kick out of him and his enthusiasm torward his bike and BMX. I remember taking Sott to races and we would have so much fun he always was there for support for everyone that raced and I always had fun with him rather we were driving for 8 hours or hanging out at the Dirt Jumps we always had fun .

I believe that Tito and Scott along with myself changed the way BMX is in Northern Nevada and I see it today when I ride . Me and Tito did night “street” missions before it was coined the cool thing to do learning wall rides by ourselves , not knowing the 1st thing about them , or fakies and grinds  , Scott and me and Tito at the trails was always a good time also, I remember some Carson kids once saying that they would build jumps and not ride them until the three of us would show up and hit them and if they knew we were comming down to ride they would call thier friends because we were the “pro’s” .

All in all thru our up’s and downs these two have been my friends , and I sure am glad that we together changed and steped up the game here in Northern Nevada and we have not even really got started for our world domination .

So to those two kids in the picture with me I say thanks for keeping me on my toes and making me progress over the last 23 years you guy’s are like brothers to me.