Name: Nigel Sylvester aka Nestle
Age: 18
Hometown: Queens, NYC

You’re new on Mirraco, what was your first reaction when Dave Mirra got on the phone with you?
Nigel: Well it was crazy because Dave Mirra is one of the best riders and I started riding from watching him on TV, so when I spoke to him on the phone I was nervous of course. Not everyday does Dave Mirra call your phone and say “yea i want you to ride on my team”……I was like for sure B (laughing). Yea that phone call was crazy. But after I spoke to him for a while, I found out he is a real cool dude.

What’s the plan now that you are on Mirraco?
Nigel: Well basically I plan to do the damn thing. FeeeeeL Meeeee!!!!!

The type of riding you do is pretty much the opposite from all the Dew Tour/X-Games contests. Have you ever entered a contest?
Nigel: Yea that is true, but yea I’ve entered competitions before when I was younger, but I didn’t like them too much. They were weird, you only have one chance to bless some fire (hot tricks) and if you fall then you’re basically done. That’s a lot of pressure to deal with in front of a bunch of people, so I stopped entering.

Do you believe in doing video parts instead of entering contests?
Nigel: Yea of course because video parts are less stressful and less pressure. I’m not saying I can’t handle pressure but if I don’t have to, I don’t want to. Yeah there is deadlines on video parts but, you have way more time to think about exactly what you want to do. I just feel more comfortable doing video parts.

You recently went on a trip to Europe, how was that?
Nigel: Yea I went over to Europe like a month ago. It was the best. I’d never been outside the US with my bike so it was very different. I stayed in England for about 2 weeks then I went over to Germany for about a week. I had a really good time and the crew I went with was cool, they showed me a bunch of new things, that I never seen before or heard of (laughing), but it really gave me a different outlook on certain things and I learned some valuable life lessons, over all it was a good experience .

Do you feel that BMX is getting you around?
Nigel: BMX getting me around? ……yea that’s about true because, if I wasn’t riding I would probably just be working retail or something and I’m pretty sure no average retail job would be flying me around to ride my bike…….feeeeel meeeee. Being able to ride and travel in different places has helped me grow so much because, I’ve learned things I would have never seen or knew about if I was just chilling in NYC.

How often do you ride?
Nigel: Whenever it feels right.

Who are some of your friends you like to ride with?
Nigel: Well on a normal day, you can catch me with Ralphy R., Bob S., Edwin D., Tyrone S., Vinnie S., Jerry aka The Baby, Big James, Ralph, Skinny, Marlon, Rah and a whole other bunch of people from NYC’s streets. (laughing)

Do you get hassled a lot when you ride street in New York City?
Nigel: Yea sometimes from security guards and NYPD.

What’s your solution to the security guards and illegal spots?
Nigel: Well usually they just try to kick us out and we don’t listen. Then they start yelling and threatening to call the cops so we just leave. Then on other days we just give them a hard time, no homo (laughing).

Why brakeless?
Nigel: I love riding brakeless cause there’s no better feeling than flying down NYC’s busy streets full speed dipping in-n-out of cars and running street lights. I just love to ride fast and when im doing it without breaks it’s more fun, it’s like I can’t stop and why would I want to.

Last words/shout outs/thanks?
Nigel: …..This is how I’m doing All Day, like the video feeeeel meeeee (laughing). I want to thank God, my family, everyone who I ride with, Ralph at animal, Jerry B. at Vans, Dave M. and Jim F. at Mirraco, Enos at Base Brooklyn, Glenn PP, Tip Plus and all my peoples over there, team HB, NYC best city ever, RIP Huges, everyone who has helped me along the way and anyone I forgot. Feeeeel Meeeee

Photo by Matt BrownÂ