Photo by  Rebecca-Adam Pergentile (Mum session, thats her bike in the background).

This is parenting done right on all levels. After getting married, getting a real job and finally having a few kids. It’s time to get them their first bike. As with all BMXers past and present you don’t get them just any bike, it has to be a BMX, no questions asked.

The kids are hooked up and you dust down the Angel of Death. It’s time to get them down the park and teach them how to hit the place properly and not like some scooter mum who thinks a skatepark is a play area/creche.

Before you know it you’re on a personal mission. Peg the quarter, peg the big quarter, hit the spine. Within a fortnight you’re telling the missus you’re going down the park and asking if she can look after the kids, because they’re not going. This is a Dad session…