The Documentary???

Update: I get weekly questions about when this will be released and cannot accurately provide any details. Just so everyone know's I am not responsible for this documentary and have no ties other than the love of RAD. My goal has always been to support anyone that wants to preserve or promote the movie without prejudice. I have assisted with contact information and was excited to promote the efforts, however this was to be released last year and no updates have been provided to me. I am not in control of the documentary or any release around it. Please contact the originators of the piece through the link below.

A RAD Documentary

Tribute To RAD - Real Life's Send Me an Angel

Heroes of Dirt-The Next RAD?

Directly from the Heroes of Dirt Producer Eric Bugbee:

I just wanted to send over the link for the new official trailer for our movie “Heroes of Dirt.” We changed the name from our working title of Accelerate, so that it’s more focused to the theme of the movie – and more BMX.
I also wanted to drop a line to explain why this project has taken so long to get off the ground. First off, we had a tiny budget. Tiny… in fact it was so small that we blew through that well over a year ago. My wife an I have been funding the rest of it (about 1/3 the total cost) out of personal finances – not advisable, but definitely necessary. This project is far too important to so many people to let it fall apart over money. But we’re now at the point where we have to raise some additional funding to pay for the sound edit, MPAA rating and a handful of other things in order to get it ready for release this fall. We’ll be launching a Kickstarter.com campaign sometime next week to get those finishing funds through the door. I’ll be sure to let you know when that drops.
A lot of people in the BMX community have the impression that this is a “Hollywood” movie that’s trying to exploit BMX – and therefore isn’t legit. That’s the wrong idea. This movie was produced and put together by a tiny core of independent filmmakers, many of whom have been actively riding BMX for decades – primarily trails. I’m included in that. When I was in film school at Penn State, I wanted to be the guy to produce the next great riding movie for the big screen – that was around 15 years ago. I’m stoked that I finally got to do it, and that all my bros from way back in the day were able to be a part of it, either as riders or film crew. This one has been a labor of love on many different levels.
As the director and primary screenwriter, my goal was to create an awesome BMX action movie that not only has sweet riding, but a real story line that isn’t predictable. We did a test screening last November of our rough cut and caught a lot of people by surprise. It was a success based on the feedback sheets everyone in the audience filled out.

Official Trailer:
 

Rider of the Month August - Kevin Hull

Currently Lives In: Washington

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How did you become involved with RAD?

I became involved with RAD because I was riding for GT at the time. Eddie Fiola was already up in Canada doing his work on the movie. I got back to LA after the NBL Grands in '85 and Rich Long called me into his office. He asked if I would want to also go to Canada to be in the movie. I of course agreed. I went back home to Texas for a week then flew back to LA. Martin Aparijo and I drove the GT van with the trailer on up to Calgary from Huntington Beach. They wanted the van and trailer in the parade scene.

Do you remember what bike you rode? Any special setup?

The bike I rode in the movie was a GT Pro Series. Most of the parts I ran on my bikes were made by GT. No special set ups. I did run Flight cranks. And on my frames I would have a brace added behind the bottom bracket and my rear dropouts were double thick.

Did you do any stunt double work? Why or why not?

I did do a little stunt/double work in the movie. My big stunt part came when I doubled the twin that was taken out by Bart over the first jump. There was talk of Miranda and I jumping the first jump and crashing into each other.  I was bummed that it never happened.

Any stories you can share about life on the set or off?

Life on the set was a whole different experience. It was cool to actually see how things were done to make a movie. The one thing with Rad was that all of the Helltrack scenes were filmed before the starting sequence. The start was filmed last because it took us a while to figure out how to get down that starting hill. once we figured it out it was a blast. There were some days that we couldn't film because of the weather. Some days it would rain while other days it was actually snowing. I spent some of this off time building models in the hotel room. There was a hobby store close to the hotel that we stayed in. Other times we would ride around downtown Calgary.

The relationship with Hal, Robert, etc.

I didn't have much contact with the cast or guys like Hal, Robert, etc. I would just follow directions on where and when to be. Then it was my job to get the GT logo in where I could.

Have you enjoyed the interest people have 26 years later?

I think it's great that RAD has such a following after all these years.It has such a cult status. It's cool to hear stories from people I've met over the years about how they used to rent it every weekend to watch with their friends. When we went to the reunion last year one guy came all the way from Serbia. Now that's a fan.

Anything else you can add?

Thanks to all the RAD fans from around the world for keeping this going. I'm hoping someday it will be released officially on DVD with a bunch of outtakes and deleted scenes.