The Beacon Bmx

Accelerate- The Bmx Movie is in the works and it looks to me like it has the potential to be the best bike flick since RAD.  There are many talented videographers in bmx, but since RAD there really hasn’t been a full length bmx drama that’s made it to Hollywood.  Eric Bugbee is the Producer/Director and has started a website to create buzz around this film.  His goal is to create enough interest to score a movie deal and get it into theatres.  Some big bmx names are featured in Accelerate.  Joel Moody, Chris Doyle and Bill Allen (aka Cru Jones) are in the main cast, but you’ll also see cameos from Scotty Cranmer, Van Homan, Garrett Reynolds and Garrett Byrnes to name a few.  The plot sounds surprisingly good too.  It definitely looks like a movie anyone could get into, so be a bro and visit the website.  It would be nice to see this make it to theatres.

Back in 1986 BMX was at all time high in terms of popularity. I’ve heard that if you told a chick you rode freestyle back then she would instantly rip off your pants and drop her panties. Well, not really but BMX was really mainstream then. Around the same time Hollywood jumped on the bandwagon and released the epic biking drama Rad. The movie is about the trials and tribulations of an aspiring BMXer who reaches his dream of racing at the world’s toughest race at Hell Track. It’s actually a pretty good movie, but I couldn’t imagine a modern BMX drama doing well nowadays. Something tells me it wouldn’t turn out anything like Rad since the current scene is so different. I don’t think Roger Ebert would give a damn about a bunch of girl pant wearing dudes looking to blow their mom’s money on weed.
I highly recommend you head to BMXMDB to watch the whole thing. I posted part 9 of 10 since it’s my favorite part, but start from the beginning if you take your movie watching seriously. Enjoy!