How this pro BMX rider breaks boundaries and creates art on his bike

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“The world from beyond my handle bars is such a unique position. It moves faster, it’s more intense. I’m forced to think faster. I feel more comfortable riding my bike sometimes than walking.”

As a kid growing up in Queens, New York, Nigel Sylvester never imagined he’d be riding BMX bikes professionally. After all, he and his parents had moved to the US from the small island of Grenada and wanted Nigel to go to college and follow a more traditional path.

But Nigel couldn’t stay away from riding. Today, he has not only cultivated a career out of it… but has created an entire art form with the astounding tricks he captures on video.

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