Quick Questions with Dany Moran

Name: Dany Moran  
Socials: @Danymoranbmx 
Age: 25 
Hometown: Medellin – Colombia 
Sponsors: None

What is your BMX origin story – How did you get into BMX? Once I went to a town near my city and I made new friends, they did BMX and they invited me to watch riding. It was amazing for me. That day I borrowed a bike from them and did some rides that I really liked, from that day I knew I needed a BMX. I went back to my city, went to visit some BMX parks and made more friends. I wanted a bike but my mom couldn’t give it to me so I started selling candy at my school and skateparks to raise money for a bike, little by little I bought some BMX parts and with the help of my mom and friends I built my first bike.

What languages do you speak? Español 

Your top three parks: 

1. Armenia Dirt Jumps – Colombia 
2. OB skatepark – California
3. Vans Huntington – California

Top three songs to get you pumped

1. Elbow Pain by Glue Trip
2. Tararea by Alcolirycoz 
3. Portugal.The Man by All Your Light 

Three people who inspire you and why:

1. @AndresShapol: He inspires me because he has taught me that money or lack of opportunities mean nothing when you love what you do.
2. @Anahí_BMX: She is a friend of many years now, she is unstoppable, no matter what or how she finds a way so that the magic in BMX does not stop
3. Nina Buitrago: I saw her for the first time on the internet riding a bike, it was so incredible for me because I only ride with men, after some time she commented on some of my videos and that made me feel so excited and happy.

What is a trend in BMX you want to stop seeing? I don’t know, I like everything about BMX a lot

How do you spend your days off your bike? When I lived in Colombia I went to a dirt park to build jumps, I spent whole days there shovelling creating and improving the stage so that when I could ride it would feel more fun, I also like to make t-shirts, I create them and then I sell them

Favourite person, to ride with? @AndresShapol

Favourite shoes to ride in? Vans 

Most inspirational quote: Everything is mental 

Best advice given: What you are doing today gets you closer to where you want to be tomorrow.

Your biggest fear? Not trying one more time

Your proudest accomplishment? The first Pan-American games for BMX freestyle Lima 2019 

Three guilty pleasures:

1. Ice Cream 
2. Chocolate
3. Cookies

Your worst habit? Spending a lot of time on social media

If you could hire someone to help you in some sort of aspect of your life, what would it be?  Sports Nutritionist

Your top three future goals you want to achieve: 

1. Participate in more competitions
2. Learn more tricks
3. Discover a new park every day