i read this Transworld Ride BMX article on Zinio and would like to share it with you!
Dennis McCoy
Life is about experience, not money and possessions, and DMC has already lived the equivalent of 20 lives, and he has the memory and vocal chord dexterity to tell you all about it. With his phone handy to provide a visual experience, DMC is an encyclopedia of BMX knowledge. The constant relation of anything we were doing to decades ago did become a bit frustrating to Ronnie and Seth, who made a game of taking and hiding DMC's phone whenever possible. And aside from the frustration of not having his phone—and when he was screaming along with some sort of horrible rap/rock fusion music in the van—DMC could never be seen without a smile. While the oldest on the trip, at 45, Dennis tended to be treated like the youngest. Possibly because he's the newest addition, but years of traveling around the world and dealing with thousands of personalities has evolved Dennis beyond caring about little stuff, able to adapt and smile in any type of situation—truly a joy to be around and everyone should hope to have half the energy and a quarter of the ability that DMC still possesses after 30 years of giving it all to BMX. Parks in Japan were rather undersized for DMC's style, but he was essentially the star of the trip. Japan cherishes old-school and flatland, two things that Dennis was a big part of. Every shop we went to, every park we rode, someone would show up with a Haro Master frame, photos of Dennis they somehow shot in the States of him, or a 25-year-old magazine for him to sign. Watching grown men flip sh-t at the sight of him was amazing, and yet, as Dennis took most things, he smiled, tried to tell them a story about whatever piece of memorabilia they brought along, and if they spoke English, it was if they had been friends for years.
