Adam Banton Blog Entry: October 2012

My first summer here in AZ has almost come to an end and I could not be happier about it. Sure, the dust storms are exciting and it did rain more than I thought, but I am ready for what one of the reasons I moved here. An amazing winter. And actually the next 8 months will be rad here, so if your in the area, hit me up on one of the socials, because I’m going to be out riding. It was a pretty hot one this summer. What did I expected moving to the desert right? 
So, I just got back from a long run of back-to-back trips, I had the chance to go way over and up to Nova Scotia. I twas a longer flight than expected and the jet lag was actually kicking my butt, all for the grand opening of a pump track in a little town called, Moncton about 2 hrs east of the coast line. Thanks to Jeremy Gallant I spent the week up there hitting skateparks and enjoying scenery. It rained a bit while up there but hey, what can you do? It was a great trip and nice to be home for 3 days before I spent a little time in Cleveland and swung by Chenga, in Ohio to say hi. Even got to ride the pedal bike. And see a pink ramp. After that I fly down to Virginia to see my family for a few days. It was good to be home. 
I was back in Scottsdale for one day then off to Interbike. I hung out at the EB booth a lot and there was always something going on in it. Bob Meade from Ohio was my side kick for most of the show, it was his first time so I had fun showing him around. I always love going to the show and seeing everyone, hanging with Jon and Mike the owners of Eastern is always a highlight as well. Even Got to see Duncan Gore! So good to run into him for a second. It was nice to hang out at the S-One booth and kick it there talking with random people. I was stoked S-one had a booth there this year. BMX is fun.  Eastern’s very own Leigh Ramsdell was the host of NORA Cup in case you live under a rock and haven’t seen anything from it. Seeing Leigh up there made me proud to have known him for so long and to call a good friend, and he truly lives BMX and always has. He did an amazing job and made NORA Cup so much better. He had everyone laughing the entire night. What else? Umm, oh yeah! Woodward was awesome enough to put me and some campers hanging by the grill on the cover of their new catalog. Pretty stoked. Look for them to be mailing out to everyone in the world sometime this fall/winter. They rule and I hope to see all of you at camp next year! - Adam Banton

Jeremy Gallant and Adam Banton

Nosepick in Novia Scotia