Search results
Jan 30, 2018 · Tue 30 Jan 2018 05.20 EST. J ohn Buultjens, a Glaswegian who made his name and fame by riding and designing BMX bikes, is standing outside his home in San Diego. The sun is shining and the...
Dec 15, 2017 · BMX star John Buultjens was taken into care when he was just seven after attacking his abusive father with a kitchen knife to protect his mother. Now he is playing his own violent dad in a...
Mar 12, 2019 · March 12, 2019, 12:03 am. John Buultjens. Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: The first time BMX star John Buultjens wrote his story down on a piece of paper, no one...
Keep an eye out for some big BMX names, too. We caught up with John to talk about what it took to tell his story in print and on screen, scroll down for the interview. John Buultjens still ripping last year. John Buultjens at age 12 with his adoptive father in Edinburgh.
Nov 16, 2017 · The movie Ride, due out in 2018, will present a glossy rags to riches tale of how Scot John went from an abused child who had a tough upbringing to a BMX superstar admired by riders all over the world. It will star John as his own father and is set in the Californian town Petaluma, rather than Glasgow.
Jan 12, 2023 · Language. English. 254 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : 22 cm. "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.
