Date of Birth: November 11, 1977
Place of Birth: Whittier, CA
Home now: Corona, CA
Height: 6’ 0”
Weight: 175 lbs
Marital Status: Nope
Riding Giant since: 1999
Race Event Preferences: BMX Dirt
Heath Pinter has been riding BMX for almost half of his life. And he started by a fluke. Heath originally wanted to ride dirtbikes, but couldn't afford one. So, he picked up a bike because "it was the next best thing." Lucky for him, he excelled at it, and hasn't stopped since.
Now, Heath is a top BMX Dirt competitor. When Heath is not throwing down on the dirt trails, he is building cars, snowboarding, and riding mini-dirtbikes. He's also really into art.
"My mom and I moved all around southern California before I settled in Corona. Back in those days I would go out on my own and check out all the local trail riding spots. When I showed up at Sheep Hills and Twin Palms and saw those guys ride, I knew that BMX was what I wanted to do. I started going every day and hanging out with the riders I’d seen in the magazines, like Brian Lopes and Shawn Palmer. Because I saw these guys riding in their everyday environment, I grew up living the lifestyle of BMX… not just training for events. We just rode every day, learning new tricks and jumping bigger jumps. As our riding progressed, our friendships did too.
I eventually met motocross rider Mike Metzger and we became good friends and roommates. I watched him become a motocross star, not only because of his talent but because of his unique personality. The same happened with Carey Hart. I realized that all the athletes I looked up to were the same way--they weren’t afraid to be themselves. I had a lot of other interests besides BMX, and I focused on them just as much. I rebuild and customize old cars and take them to shows, goof around on motorcycles and R/C cars, and have expanded my tattoo collection. Usually half of my week gets spent in Vegas with Carey, where we ride bikes in between shooting episodes of his TV show. I’ve taken an active role with my sponsors too, because I believe the only way to stay true to BMX is to put BMXers in charge.
Having a lot of interests keeps things interesting and brings a lot of personality to our neighborhood in Corona. It keeps BMX fun." - Heath Pinter
Written by: Heath Pinter
Finally got some new stuff going at the trails. After a few days on the tractor, Paxtons is running real good and my yard is a mess. New jumps are fun but the couple of weeks with the shovel makes skate parks not seem to bad.
Written by: Heath Pinter
Alistair is home from visiting family in England. Away from riding at the Unit hes been on the frisbee golf course, buying a new dirt bike and doing Brenners hair.
Written by: Heath Pinter
TJ Ellis just got home from Columbia after visiting to ride some trail spots. TJ ran into some bad luck and did some nerve damage to his foot while riding ending his trip early. TJ is getting better and will be riding in no time .
Written by: Heath Pinter
Things are starting to pic up for the Rockstar BMX team now that the holidays have came to an end. Winter is a great time in California to ride and many other parts of the World , but it also has many people traveling to find warm weather. Luke Parslow and TJ Ellis have been taking advantage of a good California winter. Corey Nastazio and Colin MacKay are in New Zealand for a dirt comp in Taupo. Nasty will be making his way over to Australia from New Zealand for Cam Whites Jam. Mike Aitken is dealing with a Utah winter and will be heading to California soon to beat the snow and ride for a while. Dennis Enarson is staying on top of an extremely busy schedule filming for the Demolition Video, heading of to Estonia for the Simple Session then off to Malaga Spain to work on another video project. Check back for updates and photos as the guys trips unfold.
Written by: Heath Pinter
Eddie and the 5050 crew have been all over the country doing shows. There great guys and put on an awesome show. Thanks to crew at 5050.
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