SubwayTakes with Kareem Rahma
How Nigel Sylvester Became the Mr. Worldwide of BMX | Uncut
27 Mar 2025
"Queens is the KING of all Boroughs!" Kareem and Nigel continue on the train and talk about drifting his bike at 4yrs old in his grandmother's driveway, signing with the legend Dave Mirra, going viral on YouTube, how "selling out" isn't a thing, the Brooklyn Banks, riding his bike 40hrs a week, sending emails and doing zooms, Nigel's iconic subway platform jump photo, time lengths on therapy, Paris, his new Air Jordan collab, custom Rimowa cases for his bike, immigrant parents and other stuff. Host: Kareem Rahma Creators: Kareem Rahma and Andrew Kuo Camera: Anthony DiMieri and Thomas Kasem Lim Editor: Tyler Christie Mixer: Dale Eisinger Associate Producer: Ramy Shafi Artwork: Andrew Lawandus Theme Music: Tyler McCauley Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Yo, what's up guys? I'm about to go meet up with Nigel Sylvester. If you don't know who that is, he's one of the greatest BMX riders of all time. I grew up knowing his name. I don't know any other BMX rider, except for Dave Vera, of course. So we're going to go talk to Nigel. I'm interested in getting to know what he does on a daily basis.
My biggest, my most important question is how does he get the bike? from New York to Paris, Tokyo. Did you already check it out? Because I bought it in a big suitcase. I'm really curious about that. Does he ship it? He probably ships it. I bet he ships it. There's no way he doesn't ship it. But I'm really excited about this episode. I think you guys are going to love it. And here it is.
So what's your take? So... take is Queens is the king of all boroughs. 100% agree.
100%.
Yeah. But it's magical. Why is it magical? I mean, listen, it's the most diverse borough. That's number one. When it comes to hip-hop, we have legends. Who? LL. LL. Nas. Nas. Nicki. Nicki.
Run DMC. Run DMC. 50 Cent. 50 Cent. Do I have to keep going? Holy shit. No, I didn't realize that all of them were from Queens. De La Soul. De La Soul. Like, I mean, listen. The list goes on and on. Fire. I didn't know that. So we got talent. We got diversity. We got food. We got food. That is absolutely true.
Do you like Caribbean food? I love Caribbean food. There's a spot called The Door. On Baisley and Guy Brewer, you have to try it. It's fire? Life-changing.
What's the best little bites there? What am I getting? What am I picking up? So you go there, you get the run-down snapper. Oh, a little red snapper? Why is it run-down? Because it's got sauce all over it? It's the sauce. Oh, I like that name because I know what it is. Yeah, run-down snapper. It's run-down. It's ran through. And then the oxtail. And the oxtail.
That's something I know that the people love. I haven't been there yet. Listen, you need to go. I haven't gotten there. You should go. I just, I think about the idea of eating a tail. You know what I mean? And what happens? I just, it's a weird piece of body. And it might be because maybe humans don't have tails. Like, I could eat an arm. But? But the tail, we don't have tails.
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