Ride: BMX Glory, Against All the Odds

Ride: BMX Glory, Against All the Odds

Ride: BMX Glory, Against All the Odds

Ride: BMX Glory, Against All the Odds

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Overview

Ride lays bare the harrowing beginnings and the tough life lessons learned by superstar John Buultjens on his rise to BMX Glory, Against All the Odds. Raised by his poor family on Glasgow's Drumchapel estate, he slept rough to escape his violent father's beatings. Placed in a children's home by his mother, he was then adopted by a bi-racial couple. After conquering his own racism, his life turned around, and the blockbuster movie E.T. inspired a love of BMX. Although spurred by bitterness, John's emigration to Australia saw him take his sporting enthusiasm to new levels, becoming one of BMX's biggest names. Then came the call from California to lead the most famous BMX brand of them all, Haro. As their global brand manager, he now backs and sponsors riders across the globe. Hollywood has since turned his unbelievable journey into a movie, set for release in November 2017. Here, John reveals inner secrets including family murders, hatred, sexual abuse - and how his white-knuckle ride has taken him to the top against all the odds.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781785313387
Publisher: Pitch Publishing Ltd
Publication date: 04/01/2018
Edition description: Movie Tie-In
Pages: 256
Sales rank: 797,052
Product dimensions: 5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John Buultjens has collaborated with journalist and features writer Chris Sweeney to tell his life story. Chris has written for many of Britain's national newspapers as well as for magazines and several international titles. He has previously conducted revealing interviews with the likes of P Diddy, Amy Winehouse, Mick Fleetwood and Jon Bon Jovi.

Table of Contents

Prologue 9

1 Into The Fire 15

2 Thug Life 32

3 Decision Time 44

4 John Buultjens 54

5 Dundee 66

6 Angus Thistle 79

7 Ramsay Street 98

8 Ron Jeremy 125

9 Mackenzie Mae 139

10 Nightmare in Shanghai 148

11 Goodbye Mackenzie 163

12 But You're Not American 173

13 Here Comes Johnny 194

14 Celebrity Connections 213

15 Bob Haro 218

16 The Drugs Don't Work 223

17 Landmark 231

18 Hollywood 236

19 Dear John 249

Index 251

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