12 Questions with Grimaldo Duran.

12 Questions with Grimaldo Duran.

By Ed Pollio

This was a crazy 12 Questions to get. Let me tell you.

We went to the Animal warehouse and rode to shoot the photos for the 12 questions, and Grimaldo’s son George shot better photos then I did and he never used a G11 before.

After the warehouse Shane, Bupsy, Grimaldo, his son George, and I went to Tops Dinner. While typing the 12 Questions Grimaldo was telling us that he is 33 years old and has 3 Kids – George 9, a 3 year old son and a 9 month old girl. We were there until 12:30 am keeping George out late on a school night.

Well here it is.

1 Where are you from?
I am from Mexico

2 Do you miss back home?

Well is been a long time. I came to Newark New Jersey in 1989. I miss it a little bit.

3 How long have you been riding for and how long did you stop riding for?
19 years minus 5 Years. I broke my Foot at the Animal Banks Jam and was out for 5.

4 How proud of you of you son that he rides?
Very. I am very very proud of my son he is so smart and takes good photos too. He started riding Bmx in 2009.

5 What do you think about Staten Island?
Its been a long time since I have been there. 2003 I think with Ed Pollio breaking a lock to ride swimming pools. I was with Shane, Andres and Ed Pollio

6 How do you feel about BMX these days compared to 5 years ago?
Wow all these new kids like learning all these moves it took people years to learn . Too much Woodward steroids

7 What do you do for a living?
I am Plumber. I work for this company called Dependable in Secaucus New Jersey

8 What would you be doing if you had more free time and didn’t have to work as much?
That is a tough question I would ride as much as I could but my foot still hurts and it limits my riding. I cant take that much riding on it.

9 What is your Most unforgettable riding experience?
Riding street at the Brooklyn banks when I jumped over the fence.

10 Who is your Favorite rider to watch ride?
My child favorite was Mat Hoffman. I used to watch Dave Volker and Eddie Roman and many more way back in the day. These new school kids don’t know who Dave Volker is. Theses kids should study all the Standard videos.

11 Tell us something people don’t know about you?
I am getting old and gettting slower.
12 How do you feel about Shane Rossi?

He is good guy, I havn’t seen him in 4 years. I am glad to see him driving a Mercedes with stickers on it. He got a bridge on it. How much did he pay for it a thousand dollars? Is that it I wanna talk about H-Town.

13 Ok How do you feel about H-Town?
H-Town is great. There is so much to ride it’s amazing watching the kids ride there.
I take my son everytime I have free time on Friday when I get a chance. Because I work too much. I feel like I shouldn’t be riding when I watch Jermey Barcik’s brother ride he is 15 years old doing double tailwhips up the euro.

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Mike Osso, Grimaldo Duran,and George Duran