welcome to the dan lacey interview! the video came out a little funny but i always wanted to do an interview with a voice generator hahaha! enjoy! and if you hate the video there is the written version with some dope photos HERE. yo. video and interview by dominik w. please click the SD/HD button when the video looks squeezed. thanks!

written interview and photos….

Hey how are you?
yea im pretty good thanks….. pretty cold but sweet!

Where are you at right now?
at home cookin a steak, seshin Blackberry Chat with my other half…..

The year is almost done - i always feel like “What is it over already!?” and wish the summer could go on forever… Hows that for you? Any plans/need to escape the winter?
yea too true, the winter sucks so bad! Especially in the UK, rain upon upon rain. cold shitty weather drives me insane. i couldve probably done with goin to california or somethin like that to escape these harsh winters…..but nope stuck chillin waitin for the weather to jib on…….

Can you nail it down to one trip in 2009 that was your favourite one? And why?
I’m pretty sure the trip i went on to Barcelona with Ty Morrow and Baz Keep was the best trip for me. As ive always wanted to go there since i was a kid, and its everything i couldve imagined it to be. I’d go back there in a heartbeat. If not im certain that goin to South Africa to that Red Bull contest was sick!!

What was your favourite event of 2009?
Red Bull Sowetto Sessions, DUB BMX/P5 Jam in London or Simpel Session.

Whats was the worst event of 2009 you went to?
no comment haha

Whats your most favourite web-video of 2009?
David grants October Albe’s edit!! that kid is a fuckin killer.

Whats the worst web video of 2009?
there’s been far too many to name one……… sorry

What was the worst thing that happened to you in 2009?
Baz Keep robbed me at Sowetto sessions hahahaha

What was the best thing that happened to you in 2009?
i won my 1st contest hahaha, got myself sorted out, started riding better, stopped being a livid faggot, found an amazing girl……. 2009’s been epic

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The year in numbers for you personally:

Estimated amount of water consumed in 2009?
WTF?? easily in the regions of 400 litres

Estimated amount of beer consumed in 2009?
urm ive only jus got back into drinking, so….not alot but enough haha

Estimated amount of smith grinds done in 2009?
few hundred

Estimated amount of girl dates in 2009?
hahahahaha 1

Estimated amount of miles driven in 2009?
maybe about 30-40k

Estimated amount of miles flown in 2009?
i dont have a fuckin clue

Estimated amount of emails written in 2009?
300-400?

Estimated amount of tweets twittered in 2009?
5 or 6 twitters shit

Estimated amount of facebook status updates in 2009?
oh my god i dread to think…….. way too many

Estimated hours spent riding your bike in 2009?
are you being serious??? if i could tell you i would……

Estimated amount of time spent riding your bike being filmed or photographed while doing so in 2009?
same again you cant be serious…. hahahahahaha

Estimated amount of webvideos watched in 2009?
couple hundred at least…

Estimated hours spent reading BMX print magazines in 2009?
4 or 5

Estimated number of bmx DVDs/VHS Tapes watched in 2009?
20 or so

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Are you happy? I mean people seem to never be really satisfied with what they have - they always set another goal for the next year or want do better with anything. Hows that for you personally?

I’m really happy with what i have right now, being happy with what you have and trying to better yourself as a rider or a person are two completely different things i reckon. of course, dont get me wrong i got goals and stuff for next year the same as everyone else. I just wanna ride my bike as much as i can do what ive always done, travel around, move into my own place, just enjoy life. take shit as it comes.

Cool. Finally whats your plan for 2010 - anything special planned?
I dont wanna spoil anything but i cant wait for my frame to come out, that’s a really big deal for me, im goin to paris for new year with my girl, urm aside from that i wanna go south africa again with the whole Federal team, go to Barca again but with the DUB BMX crew, and get some more filmin done for the upcomin DUB video.

Thanks for this quick interview! Any thanks or anything you would like to add?
I’d like to firstly thank Stu and all the crew at @ seventies and Federal, Rich Hirsch, Baz Keep, My Family, Mrs Lacey for not jarrin my head, Mad Jon, Emma @ A4 distro, Robbie @ Redbull, Pete King……… anyone thats helped me out through this year thanks very much my minds gone blank so sorry if i forgot…….
easy star

photo by H MAN - www.streetphire.co.uk