Ride: BMX Glory, Against All the Odds

by John Buultjens, Chris Sweeney

Overview

Ride lays bare the harrowing beginnings and the tough life lessons learned by superstar John Buultjens on his rise to BMX glory. Raised by his poor family in Glasgow, he slept rough to escape his father's beatings. Placed in a children's home, he adopted by a bi-racial couple. After conquering his own racism, his life turned around, and the movie E.T. inspired a love of BMX. John's emigration to Australia saw him becoming one of BMX's biggest names. Then came the call from California to lead the most famous BMX brand, Haro. Now their global brand manager, he backs and sponsors riders across the globe. Hollywood has turned his unbelievable journey into a movie. Here, John reveals inner secrets including 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:	431,703
Product dimensions:	5.40(w) x 8.40(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

John Buultjens has collaborated with journalist Chris Sweeney to tell his life story.

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