EXTREME SPORTS to CARS… enthusiasts tend to have A LOT in common
Annotations will appear as you listen
0:00
23:03
Car
Honda NSX
The Honda NSX is a luxury sports car known for being fast and well-designed. It has a unique engine layout that helps it handle really well on the road.
Car
Acura Nsxs
Car
Mazda Rx7S
The Mazda RX-7 is a type of sports car that uses a special kind of engine called a rotary engine. It's popular among car fans because it's lightweight and fun to drive.
Concept
Fast and Furious
The 'Fast and Furious' movies are popular films about street racing and car culture. They have made many people interested in cars who might not have been before.
Car
Eclipse
The Mitsubishi Eclipse is a small car that many people liked for its sporty look and speed. It was made for many years and is often modified by car enthusiasts.
Car
Eagle Talon
The Eagle Talon TSI is a sporty car from the early '90s that had a turbocharged engine, which means it could go faster than many other cars of its time. It was also known for its good handling and all-wheel drive, which helped it grip the road better.
LIVE
So I was, I was checking out this video the other night and it was, um, it was the Nappy
Boy Automotive.
Have you heard of that before?
Yeah.
Yeah.
Yeah.
And it's so interesting because, you know, T-Pain is like this, you know, it's kind of a
superstar, right?
In terms of the music world and then for him to have such an interesting cars, so much
so that he's like, I'm going to start something, you know, completely fresh and, and obviously
joining forces with someone that's well-known, I've heard it is a smart move and I think
they're really, really good friends before all this started, but it's just interesting
to see someone from that level come into our world and he's just like fully immersed
in it.
And, um, you know, I, I'm not a, I'm not, you know, I don't listen to his music a lot
or anything, but I just find it very, very interesting because typically that's not the
case, right?
You don't have such a high profile person jumping in.
We've seen, uh, including the little, little bits and pieces.
I know like Travis Scott featured some, some full cars and some of his videos and stuff
like RX7s and NSXs and stuff like that, but in this case, like he's put in, he's kind
of all in, right?
Like this is a business.
He needs to make money.
He needs to, um, generate capital, keep this thing going and, and it seems like he's really,
really invested in it.
It's pretty cool.
I, you know, it's one of those things where it's like, you have to differentiate, especially
for like content creators, differentiating culture and mastering a craft or whatever
you're interested in.
Right.
So I think that the reason why T-Pain is kind of cool to see him come into, uh, the automotive
world is because he already has a platform when it comes to, right, culture, right?
Or, or, uh, influence, whatever it is.
So having someone like that come, someone cool who creates music and all that come into,
uh, the car world, it's a nice blend because you know, you're kind of already like a lot
of people already do this.
It's the same thing with me.
Like I'm a B-Boy and I dance and I'm in hip hop and I also can kind of clash with the
car culture because of my backman with Konig and it just makes sense because a lot of the
people within the culture are very similar to, towards each other because of the time
I would say probably, right?
Hip hop is such a big thing, uh, around the world globally.
So when you kind of blend both, it just makes sense, you know, especially for the younger
generation, you know?
Yeah.
And I think for, for me, I was very skeptical when I first heard about it and I was like,
what is this guy?
He's, I mean, it's more rapper than singer, like singer rapper guy, like he's going to
come into car all of a sudden and start this thing.
But then if you see his involvement and you see how passionate he is about it, like you
see the expression on his face, like he's into it, into it.
It's not, it's not just like a little bit of a hobby off the side.
Like he loves what he's, you know, what he's getting into.
And that's cool to see.
It's not the first time that we've seen people cross over, right?
Like, uh, you know, somebody like a, like a YouTuber, like Jim Yokes or, um, I mean,
there's a ton of Adam LZ.
There's a ton of them that come from like the, like the action sports background.
Right.
And they sort of be the way into cars and then that's what they're living and breathing
now.
And I think they probably still hold on to that, uh, the past, but I think right now
in terms of content, you know, cars are kind of killing it.
And if you're, uh, if you're one of the front runners, like someone like Adam LZ
and give me a nice little living, right?
Doing that.
I think it's also interesting, especially for content creators like these guys where,
for example, like Adam LZ, you kind of seen him become the, the, the, the like master
of the craft through his YouTube channel, right?
Like from the beginning till now, it's like, it's a totally different person.
I'm talking about, he's been YouTube being doing this for definitely over 10 plus
years, you know what I mean?
So it's nice to see, especially for someone like myself who like, let's say,
you know, I wouldn't call myself a quintessential car guy.
Let's say if I decided to start a YouTube channel, but I already have the background
of culture and you see, so that interest already from, let's say the breaking
community is already there.
Yeah.
And I'm like, Hey guys, I'm going to start working on cars, which is like someone
like Travis, Travis Pastrana, which I saw, he's, you know, he's doing the rally
stuff and all that.
You kind of see his progression from like, Hey, I'm starting to do this to now
going on track and doing all this things.
I think that's what we're all interested in, right?
Because people who do extreme things always want to look for the next thing to
do, right?
Like it's just the way that we function, you know, it's, I'm the same way myself.
Like I do b-boying, but I like to do the next project and kind of do something
really cool with it.
I've already talked about doing, you know, starting a project car.
And the reason why is because it's like, I don't know, man, there's just this innate
feeling of, I want to try it out and see how I do with it.
You know what I mean?
Because I've had success in this area.
Uh, and I like to see those guys, I'm a personally, I love to see Travis Pastrana
doing that, you know, doing his thing with rally and all that.
And it's just, it's the next step towards whatever he's doing in life, you know?
Yeah.
And I think, you know, like, like you mentioned, some of these guys have been
doing it for so long.
And I think that's part of the draw.
If you're a YouTube fan, is you're seeing the journey, right?
You're starting from ground zero almost.
Maybe they have like, you know, a hundred people subscribed.
And then now, you know, like millions, you know, you're kind of going along for
the ride the whole way.
Yep.
It's like having like some crazy Netflix show that that's like a huge hit, but
it just keeps going, right?
It keeps going on and on and on.
Yeah.
And when you see your friends that also follow that, you talk about, Hey,
do you see what Adam did on this or, you know, that car or whatever.
Um, there, there's certainly something there, right?
Like the latch onto you.
And, uh, it's crazy now because we don't even know where it's going to end.
Right?
Like it's so new to be like a YouTube, uh, front runner.
We don't know how far it's going to go.
Like what happens next?
Do they eventually do like a Mr.
Beast thing where they cross over and they start doing TV stuff.
Like is that in the future?
Does that even make sense now?
Because TV is like kind of, kind of dead compared to, you know, what we're
seeing online, but, um, I'm always curious to see what will happen next
because some of these guys are so big now, like they're so huge.
They have such a following and they can do no wrong, whatever they do.
Like that's, that's law, you know, so that part is interesting.
I think probably in, in the people that you're around, like other, other
B boys, there's got to be some of them that have crossed over into cars or
maybe even came from cars, like vice versa.
Yeah.
I, you know, I, that's, that's a very interesting thing to kind of look
at, like influencers and in that direction, right?
Like there's obviously something that you're interested in and gets you
to a specific point.
And then you're like, and I think that that's what happens with a lot
of these type of people, like Jimmy Oaks and all that.
It's like you've gotten, you've gotten to a point where you're like, okay,
I've, I've done what I can with this discipline, you know, where, where can I
go next, you know, and I think that T pain, you know, he's a, he's a,
he's a jack of all trades.
He's a Renaissance man.
And that's why once he decided to do motor sports, it was like for, he
brought his own audience with him, right?
To the eyeballs of motor sports that probably haven't really been, uh, like
they haven't really experienced it in the, the way that people who have
been to motor sports their whole lives, right?
So I think it's very interesting to see a whole new crowd of people that, uh,
are interested in Nappy just all of a sudden be part of the car culture.
You know, it's like a, it's like a smaller version of what happened.
And I, I know I hate being in this film up, but when the Fast and Furious came
out, and I'm sorry, I know there's a lot of people that love those films.
I despise them, I despise them, but when, when that, when that film,
when that movie came out, it was like, you had a bunch of people that because
of the movie and the hype and all the interest in it, it brought out a ton
of people that were not, and it probably, yeah, it was like,
yeah, it was a gateway, right?
Yeah.
So then you had people that turned into car people and now they're
like lifelong car people, right?
Yeah.
Maybe they were, you know, 15 years old when that movie came out and then
they were like, damn, I love this stuff.
I'm going to get into it.
And then, you know, here we are, you know, decades later and they're still,
they're still doing it, which is, which is a cool thing at the time.
I didn't like it, but, um, but I, you know, I completely understand it.
So it's funny that you say that because, and, and I'm hoping that you're
around the age to understand this, Matt.
So in the break, you know, in the breaking community, they still live
behind this movie called Beat Street, you know, which is, yeah.
So in the 80s, it was like this big, like when Beat Street, Beat Street
came out onto movies, uh, the silver screen, whatever, uh, it just
generated a whole new generation of breakers that it went outside of New
York City and went everywhere all of a sudden.
So now you're seeing breakers in California and Germany and, you know,
even further other countries, you know, whatever, because of this movie Beat
Street.
And I think that that's what's interesting when someone like T-Pain
comes to the car community.
It opens up that same door.
Someone who probably wouldn't have, uh, been privy to car culture now sees it
and says, okay, you know what, I want to try to make a drift build.
You know what I mean?
And that's what's interesting about seeing people with this giant type of
audience kind of do that.
And it's the same with skateboarding.
You know, that's why skateboarding BMX translates so well to I think motor
sports, because it's kind of like the next step.
Like, right?
They're on wheels, right?
So you're like, okay, what can I do after I do, you know, this type of thing?
And most of the time it makes sense.
Let me try it on a car.
Let me try what I did with my bike on a car.
You know?
Yeah.
So the whole point to that and what you're saying makes complete sense because a
lot of the reason that there's the crossover from skateboarding or BMX or
dancing or all these other things in the cars, it's because it's the natural
state of progression you want to progress as an individual with cars.
It's not necessarily a team sport.
And I think that draws a lot of the more rebellious type to it.
It can be a team sport.
If you've got a crew and like, you know, maybe you have like a race team or you
have a show car crew or whatever it is.
And it can be very, very involved, you know, friend wise.
I know Scott has talked before about how he always enjoyed working on cars in his garage.
He'd have seven or eight friends come over and they spend the whole night just
working on cars and hanging out.
There's that.
There's that.
And there's also people like myself that don't really like that.
I like to just do it by myself, you know, in the garage alone.
But the fact is when you're progressing and skateboarding, your whole thing is
you want to, you want to do the next big trick.
You want to learn the next trick, whether it's something you're trying to come
up with yourself or you saw it on a video and you want to try to, try to emulate that.
BMX same thing with cars.
It's the next thing.
Like what, what mods am I going to get?
How much faster can I make it?
How much more can I dino, you know, how much better can I make it look?
It's all about progression and it just carries over.
So it's funny that you say that because it's the same thing in breaking, right?
So when you first start to break, you know what I mean?
You, the first thing you do is like you break him by yourself and then you're
like, all right, let me do it with a crew, you know?
And then, but then there's other people who would not wait, let me, let me not
skip a step.
So then when you're with your crew, you're either doing it in the garage or in
the basement for the first time or, you know, out on a practice spot.
And it's just some people live in that.
That's what they want to do.
You know what I mean?
Like it's not like they want to go any further because they love that, that
that's the lifestyle part, right?
That we all talk about.
But then there's other dancers who now as breaking has become part of the
Olympics and stuff like that.
And it's become, you know, now you can get, you know, movie parts and stuff
like that.
You can be an influencer and Nike can sponsor you, all these type of things.
There's other people who have higher aspirations, you know what I mean?
So they want to do that, you know, so they end up having their own route.
And then, but then there's so many directions that you can go with it.
And I think that when it comes to this, the reason why it's so relative to each
other, because it's like that, like I came from nothing, but I'm making
something type of feeling, you know what I mean?
So that's why a lot of the times we gravitate towards these people like
YouTubers, like an Adam LZ, because a lot of people see Adam LZ's journey and
they're like, I could do that too.
You know, so same thing with skateboarders and all that.
And then being able to, you know, do it with a car, it just makes sense.
The progression makes sense.
Just like you were saying, it just makes sense that this is where this is the
direction you would go.
And these are people who are extreme, you know, who like to do things and kind
of push the limits.
And that's the reason why I relate with car people so much, just because I
could see them like being like, okay, I want to try to figure this out.
How can I get to the other side of this?
And they're like freaking technicians.
They're just like figuring it out.
And it's the same thing with breaking.
It's the same thing with anything that kind of has like no limits.
There we go.
That's what I'm looking for.
Yeah, that's a good point.
And I think, and I think you, from, from your background, you realize too,
that a lot of how much you can progress comes down to what you can do.
So if you want to learn some kind of a new move, and let's say it's something
kind of dangerous, right?
Something on your head.
I don't, you got to do some crazy stuff, right?
Flip some stuff.
You have to consider, you have to weigh the consequences, right?
Like you have to consider, hey, I can get really, really hurt here or go
with the mentality of like, I don't care.
I'm going to make this happen.
Right.
It's the same thing for an athlete.
If you're playing football or basketball, you can get hurt, right?
Doing anything with cars.
The risk is usually more monetary, right?
You can, you can probably order those parts and put them in your credit car,
but you're going to have to pay it back someday, right?
So you have to get kind of way, way to the options there.
So there's still that same, that same feeling of that, that same bit of
drama that goes into action sports or dancing goes into cars too.
It's just on a different wavelength, but it's still the same idea.
You know, for me, like my origin story, like I came from originally when I was a
kid, I enjoyed playing soccer.
That was my passion, right?
And then when I got a little bit older, like, you know, around 11 or 12,
then I discovered skateboarding and it felt like that was what I wanted to do
because it was not a team sport.
It was something individual and I got really, really into it.
And that's what I did for, I don't know, maybe six or seven years.
That's all I wanted to do.
And then I kind of naturally fell into cars that came next.
And it was the same idea for each of them just applied to different platforms.
And I think one of the reasons that I got into cars is because one of the guys
that we used to skateboard with, he was very young and he went professional
life, very, very young, right?
His brother was like the guy in San Diego when it came to cars.
He was the guy and he had this incredibly fast eclipse.
If Scott was here, his eyes wide open eclipse, what?
But again, that's incredibly fast eclipse and he needed a part time job.
I worked at a fast food place.
He started working there one night.
You knew each other because of his brother.
Like, hey, you know, if you need to ride home, I'll give you a ride home
because we were closing.
It was super late and he gave me a ride home.
And he's like, you ever been in a fast car before?
I think not.
And he, he, he got on it and it was very, very fast.
Get the crap out of me.
But I was fascinated from that point on.
And then that sort of lit the, lit the fire, right?
And then I got into cars.
So my, my story is like everyone else that I, that I deal with, it started
from somewhere, usually sports or action sports.
And then it kind of just snowballed into cars.
And then that kind of took over their lives, you know?
Yeah.
Yeah.
It's similar, similar.
I would say specifically to New York, it's very, like a, that's a very common story.
And I say that because like, for example, when I was younger, you know, and I've
said this before too, like, um, my boys used to, all, you know, Dominicans in
New York, you know, they, they love working on their cars.
So I used to hang out with them.
They have boxing gloves hanging from the rear view mirror?
Definitely.
All right, go ahead.
I want to get your gear legit.
I don't know.
But what we used to do is the same thing.
We'd have a garage.
My, I would bring, I used to have, uh, uh, when I was younger, my, one of my
first cars was a 92 Eagle Talon TSI.
Again, Scott's eyes.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
So what I used to do was I would bring it to the garage.
I would, I would literally bring my floor to the garage.
And then my boys, all my other boys will be boys too.
While my boys would work on the car for me, because the thing is, it's, I have
ADHD, I don't have the patience for it, but there would be like, what do you need?
We need to fix this.
This can, do you mind if I play with it?
I'm like, yeah, go ahead, man.
And then I'd be like playing music and breaking at the same time while they're
working on the car and they have their cars there.
And then all of a sudden it becomes like a thing where everybody's just hanging
out.
And I say that because it's similar culture.
It's all culture, you know what I mean?
It's all like, you know, there's something about these type of, uh, groups.
That ends up, I don't know.
It just feels the same.
It's weird to say that.
It's no different.
It's no different than like we talked about earlier with like Scott having a
bunch of his friends in his garage, his wrenching on cars all night.
It's the same thing.
It's like the camaraderie, right?
Like it's, uh, getting away from the house and just kind of like getting
together with your friends and just, and just doing that and just focusing on
that for a while and just having, having fun.
But I think I question now because I've been, I've become so accustomed to
people crossing over from these different, different, uh, you know,
aspects of life, like, you know, the sport sports and action sports and stuff.
I wonder now for the future though, if it's going to be the same because kids
now at the end of the stones, like I'm harping on, on electronics and all that,
but a lot of the kids now are so focused on, you know, video games and electronics
and stuff like that.
Their attention span is super short.
So I don't know if it's going to be the same way where they're, they're
thinking in terms of, I need to find something that I can do on my own, that
I can progress in, you know, over time.
I don't know if it's going to be the same.
And, you know, I have kids and, and I, I, I watch and I see, you know, my,
my young, especially is like very, very athletic and he's very focused on,
on improving.
So I'm, I'm assuming I'm hoping he gets that for me, but I don't know,
like of some of my friends, kids, they just have zero interest in, in any
type of sports at all.
And I always feel like that's like the springboard when you're young, it's
what kind of like sets the tone for, for everything.
So I don't know, I question that.
It's tough for me to say too, because I don't have kids, you know, and I,
I don't see the full, you know, like I see my little cousins and stuff like
that.
And they're, you know, again, I say this with like a lot of my little
cousins are much older now, like saying like they're teenagers.
So, but in the future moving forward, how, how they would catch interests
and things, I don't know, man.
I mean, they, they're literally glued to their phones and devices and stuff
like that.
So, but that's why I think that YouTubers like the ones that we were
talking about, it's a, it's, they're vital because they create those interests.
So that's, that's, so that's the one hope that we got, right?
It's like, Oh, you know what?
I want to try to do what he's doing or she's doing, you know?
Um, and that, that's the only way that I think that the next generation
of car people are going to be created, right?
It's through these YouTubers.
That's, that's a really good point.
Cause yeah, without that, I don't know if there is any sort of connection.
Because you're not seen on, you're not seen on TV, right?
Like on Saturday mornings, there's no magazines.
There's no, like, yeah, there's no, like, like back in the days, it was like,
that's how you got interested into things was word of mouth.
But word of mouth is not, is that still a thing?
Like, you know, I don't know.
Yeah.
Yeah.
You had like, uh, you know, like magazines to kind of go from and you
have grocery store or something.
You see a super street or, or something or import, you pick it up and start
flipping through it, that stuff's all gone now.
So my thing is, it's just like, I hope that there is a new growth of, of the
car guys that is it so cheesy, you know what I mean?
Like I've, I've, from working here for this long, the amount of cheeseballs
that I see out there.
And I think it's just because of the lack of, you know, a lot of cool media
out there and stuff like that.
Like, uh, you know, I hope that it gets better.
You know, right?
Right.
Yeah.
I mean, maybe, maybe the, the new gateway is YouTube and that's it.
Yeah.
Because every, every kid I see is glued to that sucker.
So YouTube is a new, like even me, I'm sure even you, I don't know about you,
but even me, like, I don't go turn on my TV and put on channel five.
I don't even know what that is anymore.
Like it's so far that it feels like a memory.
What I do is if I have, if I want to watch something, I either go to one of my
apps or mainly I go to YouTube, you know, and that's where my interests are.
So YouTube is the new cable.
That's what it is.
It really is.
Yeah.
You're, you're right about that because, uh, you know, TV is certainly dead.
It's dead.
And it seems like that's, that's not coming back.
MTV only plays ridiculousness.
Think about that.
Well, even that's, that's gone.
Oh, it's gone too.
So what do they, what do they have now?
I think it's done.
I think that's all there is.
There's no more MTV.
That's it.
Geez.
What a, what a, that's so sad, bro.
I grew up with TR.
I grew up with TRL and all that.
Now it's like MTV was what I watched.
Right.
Right.
Now you're old, you're old as dirt.
So that's it.
I am old.
That's it.
That's it.
So, you know, I'd like to get an idea of what, of what people, people that are
watching, like what, what their thoughts on it.
Cause I know there's a lot of people that, um, that follow us, um, that probably
started from one of the things we were talking about, action sports or, you know,
skateboarding, BMX, maybe dancing, um, certainly sports, they probably crossed
over at some point and I'd be interested to see, like, you know, read some of those
stories.
So feel free to post below, let us know.
And, uh, that's all there is to it, man.
It's good talking to you.
We've never done one of these together.
You and I, it's always gotten Nick or yeah, yeah.
It's gotten Nick or Scott and I.
So, uh, so yeah, it's cool to catch up for a minute.
I'm a jets phone, unfortunately.
All right.
I apologize folks.
All right, guys, we'll see you.
About this episode
The conversation explores the intriguing crossover between extreme sports and car culture, highlighting T-Pain's venture into the automotive world. The hosts discuss how high-profile figures from music and sports can bring new audiences to car culture, similar to the influence of movies like Fast and Furious. They reflect on their own journeys from action sports to cars, emphasizing the shared passion for progression and creativity. The episode also raises questions about the future of car enthusiasm among younger generations, given the rise of digital media and changing interests.
Original notes
In this episode of the Konig “Behind the Wheel” Podcast, we dive into the crossover between the car community and action sports culture. From BMX to skateboarding to drifting to garage-built projects, we explore why so many car enthusiasts share the same roots, attitudes, and creative drive found in extreme sports. Youtube personalities like Adam LZ, Jimmy Oakes, Tommy F Yeah, and even stars like T-Pain all have things in common. Let’s break it down.
We talk about the mindset behind building, breaking, and pushing limits, how early exposure to BMX and skateboarding shapes the way people approach cars, and why these subcultures naturally blend into each other. This episode breaks down the shared lifestyle, the garage culture connection, and the progression from riding and skating with friends to wrenching on cars and going to meets.
Whether you’re into modified cars, drifting, stance, JDM builds, BMX, skating, or any mix of these, this conversation highlights why these communities feel so familiar—and why so many enthusiasts follow the same path.
This episode is perfect for listeners interested in:
Car culture, automotive lifestyle, JDM tuning, drifting culture, car meets, modified cars, garage life, automotive creativity, BMX culture, skateboarding culture, action sports crossover, motorsports influence, car community origins, car enthusiast psychology, Konig Wheels podcast, Behind the Wheel Podcast, automotive storytelling, enthusiast interviews, car scene history.
If you love cars, action sports, or simply understanding why these worlds overlap so naturally, this episode is for you.
Don’t forget to LIKE, COMMENT, and SUBSCRIBE for more car culture talks, industry insights, and all things wheels.
2025 Behind the Wheel Podcast | All Rights Reserved
Thank you for tuning in, and if you enjoy our podcast, please SUBSCRIBE! We’re on Spotify, Apple Podcast, and iHeartRadio, and we always upload our full video interviews on our YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/konigwheels (we’d love for you to subscribe there as well!) Thank you for listening!
FOLLOW:
Konig’s Instagram: @konigwheelsusa
https://www.instagram.com/konigwheelsusa/
More on the Konig Behind The Wheel Podcast and to SUBSCRIBE:
podcast.konigwheels.com
The post EXTREME SPORTS to CARS… enthusiasts tend to have A LOT in common appeared first on Konig Wheels Behind The Wheel Podcast.
Konig - Behind The Wheel Podcast
Konig - Behind The Wheel Podcast
0:00
23:03