RAPID RESPONSE: MIKE SAAVEDRA

Name: Mike Saavedra

Age: 26

Sponsors: Profile, Wheels in Motion, S&M, innertwine

How are you?Good, thanks!

How are things going with Profile these days? Anything going on with you and them that you can tell us about?
Things are going well, we just did a new shirt. We also have a trails trip planed to Austin this summer.

Any other sponsor news you can tell us about?
After 4 years on the S&M flow tip, I officially got put on there flow team.

Word on the street is that your trails have been saved. How did this all go down?
Back in December Blue Bench burned down due to some shit head kids that were getting wasted. So working with our non profit foundation “Wheels in Motion”, we went to the owner with a plan to turn the area into a park that would support the local community. The owner was more then happy to offer us a 3 year lease free of charge with a year to year there after. I am working with the city now on all the details. But I couldn’t of made any of it happen without the help from the Tellez family and their foundation.

What’s new in your life?
We have a few project that we have been working on with our foundation. One is a monthly BMX/Art fest we are doing at ASU on the west campus. If you live in AZ you should check it out ! It’s the on the last friday of every month. The next one is April 30th. We are having a street demo on the ASU campus, some of the guys coming out are Sean Sexton, Drew Hosselton and some of the S&M dudes. We also might be hosting a premier for V-club’s new video if the editing gets done in time. Oh yeah, and I almost forgot were also doing a big flatland contest that day as well.

Where are you right now?
Arizona

Where are you off to next?
Back home for a meeting on the trails with the city on March 3rd

Do you have any big travel plans for this summer at all?
Yeah I cant wait Maybe going to that Redbull contest in Chicago, then I hope to make it back to Barcelona. From there head up to the south of France to ride trails with some friends. I also have plans for a few S&M trips to the Northeast and Northwest this summer. As well as the Profile Austin trip. It’s going to be one hell of a summer!

Have you been filming for any web videos or video parts that we can expect to see soon?
I have had my hands full lately, but I hope to start filming for a few different projects soon.

What does your average daily routine consist of these days?
Weed smoke hahah just kidding, not really….If it’s a chill day and I don’t have anything to work on I’ll take my dog for a run then head to the trails and maybe spend the afternoon there. Then head out for some tacos. Ride the local park that night if I didn’t kill myself digging all day.