My RAD Career by Bill Allen

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Bill Allen Interview in Albion

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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.

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RAD 25 New Images

Bill Allen signing some sweet cheeks during the RAD25 event last year! Thanks Kurt.

Bill Allen Personal Collection 16 Magazine

From Bill Allen's Private Collection

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Woodward West 2012 Old School Reunion

Martin Aparijo, Eddie Fiola, Jose d'cat Yanez, Jeremy Moser, Bill Allen (Cru Jones)

Photo by Tony Donaldson

Dan McDonogh (MopHead Boy) personal collection

 

Dan McDonogh played the Mop Head boy wearing the Bart Taylor the Man shirt. He was the punkass kid that Wesley kicked on the playground. Dan contacted me about a year ago and we have stayed in touch. He recently visited his parents in Calgary and wanted to share the memories he has from RAD. Thanks alot Dan for taking the time, I really appreciate it.

His original script

Advertisement in the Calgary Herald the day before opening

His contracts with Talia Films

Personal note and headshot from Bill Allen

Dan and Bill Allen on the set

Dan is a fitness guru today.

Filming Location Maps from RAD25

I have had several requests for these lately so here you go.

 

Promo event for Movie Launch

Thats Lori, Rich Sigur, and Robert Peterson (seated). Brian Blyther on the Ramp. Courtesy of USA BMX archives.

RAD Nationals 1986

This was another great archive shared by USA BMX.

People Love this Movie

With over 1040 people voting, 66% have seen RAD 50 times or more. I am one of those 66'rs.

Norco Bikes Recap

Here is a great write up from a Norco employee and attendee of the event.

Read his story here

Cool piece of history

RAD Poster

This was a submission for the RAD 25 Poster show. Now you can get one on Ebay. I got number 7... Pretty stoked on this.

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Custom RAD Racing Road Bike

This was sent to me by Chris Jones who did all the work himself. I think this is pretty inspirational, and definitely going to be on a future bike of mine.

Original RAD Crew at HellTrack

This shot was taken during the RAD25 event. The location is ground zero for HellTrack, in Bowness Park. Left to right: Chris Phenix, Kevin Hull, Everett Rosecrans, Eddie Fiola, Martin Aparijo, Jamie Clark, Jeremy Moser, Beatle Rosecrans, Kirk Bihun.

Limited Edition Cru Jones Number Plates (replica)

We made these up for the RAD25 Anniversary and have a few left. I thought it would be cool to share these with everyone. Only 25 were made and each is individually numbered with silver numbers to commemorate the 25th Anniversary. Each plate also comes with a certificate of authenticity from the designer, two RAD25 stickers, and four zip ties. You will not find this on Ebay, the only place to get it is right here. $60 plus $5 shipping

Bill Allen in London!

Bill Allen will be makong a special appearance in London at the RAD screening. Get down there and say hi Friday night.

Bicycle Film Festival - London

Hey Londoners! Do you have your tickets for the screening of RAD this Friday night? I hear that there is a really special surprise on hand that should not be missed if you love this movie... Can't tell you yet, but it is worth the ticket price in gold.