Berm Academy “Coast to Coast” Edit

Jason Carnes is out with a sweet edit documenting the Berm Academy “Coast to Coast Extravaganza” tour that happened last month. If you’re unfamiliar, Berm Academy is a unique BMX experience that puts you on the road with the man who knows the BMX Road life best: Jason Carnes.

You join the tour at a given location–in the case of the Coast to Coast, it was in Los Angeles– and drive in the luxury motor coach that is the Berm Academy rig from place to place–hitting up USA BMX National stops, places of interest (in the edit we see Hollywood Boulevard, London Bridge, Meteor Crater, USA BMX HQ, Troy Lee Designs HQ, Oakley Dirt Lab, Maris Strombergs’ house and more), local tracks and whatever else looks fun along the way.

It looks like SO much fun (because it is)! Carnsie is currently at Hilltop Ranch outside of Houston, TX, getting ready for the USA BMX Lone Star Nationals next week. The “Lonestar to Dixieland” tour is about to kick off on April 19, and there are still spots available.

Check the link below for details about what’s included in that tour, and any of the other Berm Academy Tours throughout 2017.

Links

Berm Academy “Lone Star Nationals To Dixieland Nationals” Tour

Video Tour: Berm Academy Rig

We have been following the progress of Jason Carnes and Berm Academy since the very-first nuggets of the idea were made public, right around Grands 2016. In Tulsa JC gave us a personal walk-through of the rig, which has since undergone more upgrades and creature comfort additions Read more

Podcast: Jason Carnes on Berm Academy

Without question, the top road warrior in BMX Racing is Jason Carnes. For the past 17 years, we have seen him in the Redline pit, setting up the perfect environment for the riders under his care, and offering a place to put-down for friends who were pitless.

Whenever News showed up early for a national, we’d always see JC scrubbing the grit & grime off the Redline banners, wiping-down the bikes from the last stop, prepping them for the weekend, and generally getting the space squared-away, with almost military precision.

That was no accident, by the way, as Jason served our country in the US Army, as a Veteran of Operation Desert Storm. He then carried an exemplary level of aesthetic discipline back into his BMX career as the face and voice of Redline Bicycles in the field, both at the races, and at Redline Flight School clinics.

Jason recently marked an end to his career in the Redline rig, and has launched a BMX startup like no other.

Jason Carnes’ Berm Academy offers a series of full-immersion BMX tours which allow riders 14-over to get the real-deal BMX road trip experience, directly from the guy who has been on the road longer than some of them have been alive.

News sat down with Jason to bring you a podcast that sets the scene for how Berm Academy works, and how you can be part of this unique experience for one week, or a full month of BMX life on the road.

LISTEN NOW
http://www.bmxnews.org/podcasts/at133-jason-carnes-berm-academy.mp3
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http://bmxurl.com/at133ios

There’s no doubt that the road trips we take hold the best of all memories of our time in BMX. I, myself, wrote an article in the BMXer, back in 2008, talking about the very-thing that Jason is now offering to a new generation of BMXers (link below). So, who’s “in?”

—Mike Carruth

Links

Jason Carnes Berm Academy Website

ABA BMXer: Lookback – Road Trips, June 2008