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- [Phin] In some places, dirt is gold.
In others, dirt simply covers the gold.
Our job in life is to dig deep
and find it.
Finally, my one shot at proving to haters
that I have what it takes.
I've been trying to become a top pro
for over ten years and this is my first major contest.
Heroes of Dirt is an underground BMX jumping series
that puts top amateurs, like me,
against the best pros in the world for a chance to win,
not just a pile of money, but more importantly
fame and respect.
For some of these guys this is just another
opportunity to pocket some cash
in the middle of their on-going world travels
where their sponsors pick up all their tabs.
But for me this is the biggest event of my life.
Nothing matters more to me right now than
my last qualifier run and getting into finals.
- Hey Blue, it's Jimmy.
- Put Phin on the phone.
Tell him it's an emergency, Blue's in trouble.
- Hey Phin, it's Blue, he's in trouble.
- I'm in the middle of something important right now.
- Well then you better get out of it.
- Who is this?
- Who do you think this is?
Do be stupid with me.
We got Blue.
- What?
- You and Blue took something of value
from us and we want it back.
You got a problem on your hands, buddy,
and you need to fix it right now.
- I don't hang with the kid anymore.
- Blue is going to get hurt, really bad,
and believe me if you don't bring back that
package you're going to be in a lot worse shape.
- Are you threatening me?
- Just call it some friendly advice, huh.
Now drop what you're doing,
get over here, and Blue won't get hurt.
- Why should I trust a word that
comes out of your mouth?
- Fine.
- No, come on man, no. - Yeah!
- Ah, Phin!
- How's that feel?!
- Phin!
- How could I give up everything
I've worked so hard for, to help somebody
who screwed me over?
I grew up in the shadow of a roller coaster
in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Watching that thing everyday did something to me.
It made me want to live everyday on a thrill ride.
Riding BMX gave me an even bigger high.
It has ups, it has downs,
and it has a heck of a lot of turns
that give you wicked adrenaline rushes.
Each new scene has the potential to become an adventure
to all who have the courage to tame the terrain.
The difference between the two is that
a roller coaster begins and ends at the same place.
But with BMX, you can fly off the tracks.
It takes focus and determination
to push through the obstacles.
Some say it takes faith.
Faith in themselves, faith in a higher power,
and it's also about control and mastery of that territory.
For me, I was always in control.
Even when the unexpected, but delightful,
challenges popped up.
Oh, my!
- [Police officer] Phineas Cooper,
I haven't had my coffee yet
and already you are pissing me off!
- Evasion number six.
- What are you doing?
- Uh, you know.
- C'mon Phin, you know if anybody
saw us right now I'd have to write you a citation?
You're already on probation.
Do you want to go back to court?
- No.
- Take your bike and go in the woods
and perform your stunts in there.
Not out here where I can see them.
- Anything you say, Gray.
- OK, and I don't want to see anymore today.
Do me a favor, when you see your dad,
tell him I need that hammer drill back.
I got some work around the house.
Alright, behave yourself alright?
- [Mom] Dinner's almost ready,
but maybe you'd like a little dessert first?
Oh god, I thought you were your dad.
- Oh I just, uhm, left some boxes.
- [Mom] Do you have to go home already?
- I do.
- Ms. Osborne.
To what do we owe this visit?
- Oh, she's just checking up on shoplifters,
junkies, and your friendly neighborhood
bicycle riders.
- Phin.
- Like myself.
- That's enough.
- Oh no, he's right.
I do have real clients, with real problems,
who deserve a lot more than a little attitude adjustment.
Blue, get back to the other side!
Blue!
- Is that your kid?
- No, that's my client.
- Oh, with the real problems?
- That's right, real problems.
- Why are you here, I don't have any real problems.
- [Mom] Yeah, OK then.
Ms. Osborne, I'm going to excuse myself,
I have something in the oven.
- Phin, you were getting multiple citations
every week, but in the past couple of weeks
you have gotten zero.
- Why yes, I have been fully rehabilitated, ma'am.
- Hmm, congratulations.
Blue.
You're Officer Gray's neighbor.
- Hey, give me back my bike, you thief.
- How am I a thief?
It was sitting right there, that's not stealing.
- Yeah, cause it's mine.
That's where I put it.
- Alright, sorry.
So then show me a trick.
- Ha ha, get out of here kid.
- Show me something, naw you ain't got nothing.
- Get out of here.
He's a jokster, isn't he?
- Get back in the car please.
- [Dad] Are we pitching for green peace today, or what?
- [Mrs. Osborne] Probation department.
I'm just here checking up on your son's progress.
- Well he's actually doing fantastic, I think, never better.
I think he's actually turned over a new leaf.
- Oh my gosh.
Send in your new address, tomorrow.
- Look at this kid, he's a G.
- Are you staying clean?
Hey, did you check out any of those
job adds that I gave you?
- I've told you this a million times, I have a job.
- You're a man doing a boy's job.
If you worked down at the plant you could
double your salary.
Solid benefits, free beer.
- Tim, he needs to go to college.
- That's an option.
Did I mention free beer?
- Phin we only want what's best for you,
honey, OK?
- Drop that in the can on your way out, champ.
- Aye aye, captain.
Love life.
Hey, next time you try to hide something from me,
maybe you should make sure I don't find out about it.
- Honey.
- What, get away from me.
What, you think you can touch me?
You just hand me a couple bills
and I'm going to forget about everything?
I'm going to suddenly change my life?
- Have you ever made one dollar from riding?
Is it good for anybody?
I really - I don't know.
- Yeah, yeah, it is good and I'm going to win it.
One week from today.
- Phin.
- As much as I hated to admit it,
a part of me knew that they were right.
In all the years that I had been at this,
I never made any money, I never won a contest,
never got my picture in a magazine.
I could't even afford a manly mode of transportation.
I didn't realize it then, but the thing that had been
driving me deep down in my gut
was this sense that all my sacrifices
up to that point were meaningless.
Like settling for a job well below my potential.
Yo Clarence, what's up?
- [Clarence] What's up Phin?
- Not much.
- Pay day.
Don't spend it all in one place, alright.
- Yo, is this a typo?
- No, those are your hours.
- Minus the cranks, pedals, and that Animal seat
you needed.
- Hey Clarence, how about you give me a raise?
- How about you get back to work?
- You got it.
Make me a hero, Jimmy.
- What do you mean by that?
- I mean, you're going to film me
for the HOD site, for promotion.
- Hey you got in there man.
- Yeah.
- Awesome, congratulations.
But you realize that what you're asking
me to do is work for you, and you haven't
even given me rent yet.
- You know what, I'll pay you half now
and then half in a couple of weeks.
When I get the money and I'll supply
the toilet paper until then.
- Is it the soft kind?
- Oh yeah, really soft.
I thought that HOD was the only thing
that could redeem me.
For a while I felt like I was my own worst enemy
and that if I just worked a little harder,
pushed myself that much more
and didn't make any more stupid mistakes
or give in to distractions, I'd reach my goal.
I was 26 and time was running out.
For years, I watched kids surpass me
and it got to the point where they had
started doing stuff that had only been
possible in video games.
Last year, I finally had my first opportunity to become pro.
I'm in the contest.
But I blew it before I even had my shot.
At least I tried to keep positive
and not let it get to me to much.
Being good for an over achiever,
it's worse than being a failure.
Because when you're a failure,
at least you can walk away from it
and acknowledge you were bad
at it in the first place and then you think
that maybe there's something else
for you to do in life, but when you're
more than good, and you know that you actually
have a fighting chance, it's the most
frustrating thing in the world, and it's the same
thing that keeps people in go-nowhere bands
trying to score their first hit song
when they're way past their prime.
Working nine to five, staring at the stars
but they've never seen the sky.
They've never seen the sky, the sky.
They've never seen the sky, oh no.
I was at least wise enough to realize a long time ago
that I'd never be on American Idol.
Yeah!
Yo, did you see my 360?
- Yeah I saw it and it was...
- It was pretty good but
- Pretty bad.
- Really? One of these?
- No it's one of these.
- Yo, he's fronting you, man.
- What's going on boys?
I got the new T-shirt design, what do you think?
- [Phin] Yo, that's sweet.
- Yeah.
- You ain't have to go all coporate
and make the woods a business, now.
- What are you talking about man?
This is BMX at it's core, it's selling shirts dude.
- Maybe sell enough of these things to save this place.
- [Jimmy] Yeah, we got a lease dude.
- [Spanky] It's alright, the motivation behind it is lame.
- Wait, so you're saying that keeping
the trails from being plowed is lame?
- The corporate attitude is lame.
- Coming from the mouth of a child, man.
- [Spanky] Well, you're a sell-out.
- Oh, I'm a sell-out, oh really?
Can you please explain to me why I'm a sell-out?
- HOD contest? You're in it?
- Yeah, you know what, there's a lot of other pros
in the HOD contest too, does that make them a sell-out?
They all ride for money, you look up to them.
Huh? I didn't hear your answer.
Why don't you grow up and ride like a man
instead of being a whiny little weenie.
- Shut up, Spanky.
- Try doing a 720 next time.
- [Phin] Yeah, I will, you know.
Give me tomorrow.
- Why you don't you do it yesterday?
- Do it now. - Do it.
- [Phin] Why don't you guys get off the bench.
- C'mon, all talk, all talk.
- Boo.
- When your family doesn't support you
and your friends think that you're not pro material,
you have to convince yourself otherwise.
I felt like if I could muster up the courage to go for it,
and pulled it successfully, then it'd boost
my confidence to fully kill it at the HOD contest.
But if I hesitated, I could crash
and tear up my flesh on the barbed wired fence
and break my ankles in the flat landing.
I just needed an adrenaline boost to get my psyched
to do it and I couldn't think of anything
that has more motivational power
than getting chased by the cops.
Aw, are you serious?
You think with all the tickets you give
to kids on bikes, you'd actually be able
to afford a real jail.
- Yeah, well the main facility's full
so this is where we put people for overflow.
- It's a booming business.
Inside Phin.
- Not even a real pillow, huh?
I was expecting candy or something.
I could really use a mint right now.
- You'd best be grateful you're in here alone,
or you might be somebody else's candy and mint tonight.
Now you think about that.
- Whoa, you know what, on that note I believe
I deserve my phone call.
My parents will be coming to pick me up,
unless you guys still use Morse code and
pigeons for communication.
- Phin, listen to me, you're like a son to me
and I bent over backwards for you many times
and you know I have. And I got some bad news for you.
Mom and dad are not giving you
a "get out of jail free" card.
- I really don't understand what the problem is, here.
It's not like I was slinging drugs to kids
or handing out razors.
- [Ms. Osborne] Your Honor, this defendant has
15 documented citations for trespassing,
fleeing and eluding police, destruction of city property
and defiant trespassing.
And Your Honor, these are just the documented citations.
- [Judge] And all in conjunction with a bike?
- Yes, Your Honor, with a bike.
- Why did you not pay your violations, Mr. Cooper?
- I forgot.
- You support anyone else?
- No, sir.
- Then why'd you violate your probation?
- I guess I forgot.
- Ms. Osborne, what are your recommendations?
- Your Honor, are you familiar
with the Calvary Youth Center?
They could use a strong back and strong
medicine sometimes cures the patient,
sometimes kills him, either way works for me.
- [Judge] Is Armstrong still there?
- Yes, Your Honor.
- [Judge] I see. Officer Gray.
- Your Honor, I've known Mr. Cooper
since he's been a young boy.
He's a good kid, generally.
- [Judge] Mr. Cooper, I hereby order
you to perform 300 hours of service
at the Calvary Youth Center every afternoon
for 45 days.
Your sentence commences tomorrow.
Next case, please.
- Hey, what's up guys?
- [Jimmy] Yo gangsta, get any prison tats?
- [Spanky] Become someone's girl?
- I don't even want to know about the contest.
- [Spanky] Doyle won.
- [Jimmy] 25 grand, baby.
- Ugh.
I should have cleared that fence.
- Yo, look at this.
I hope you said goodbye to that thing.
- What?
- I could pick that lock with a ball point pen.
Yo, who is this kid?
- I don't know, but that's a nice bike.
I know, that's a nice bike.
Watch, I'm about to take it the second he leaves.
It's mine, it's gone.
Hey, Silver Spoon, you look a little lost.
- Hey, you know where Mr. Armstrong is?
- Hey.
- OK.
- So what do you prefer, labs or poodles?
- I am a big fan of the labradoodle.
- I'm sorry, I thought you were someone else.
May I help you?
- Yeah, I'm looking for Mr. Armstong.
- For?
- I have community service hours.
- Ah, the next victim.
- Is he really that bad?
- What did the judge tell you?
- He made it sound like he's a real ball buster.
- Well, depends on what Armstrong's had for breakfast.
Name? Your name please.
- Oh, it's Phineas, Phin Cooper.
- Hmmm.
- What?
- He's left very specific instructions for you.
Looks like you get the royal treatment.
Lucky you, follow me.
- [Phin] The royal treatmeant, huh?
- Yeah, you might not be man enough to handle the work.
Personally, I've got my money on that guy down there.
- Keep betting on your buddy down there
because I am not going to mop these floors,
I'm not going to clean that mirror, that's for sure,
and I'm not going to take any orders from you.
So I suggest you take me to the man.
- Ms. Jordan Armstrong at your service.
If and when this place is clean enough to eat off of
you can call me Jordan.
- Hey, can't you see I'm trying to clean in here?
- Hey, I remember you.
- Oh yeah?
- You're not much of a janitor, you know that?
- [Jordan] Yeah, thought so.
- Well maybe if you could keep the kids out of here
for an hour I could actually get this done.
- You seem like a complainer.
- What is this?
Ugh.
Dude.
- [Blue] Yo, you owe me.
Kept some kids from taking your bike.
You owe me.
- I don't owe you squat.
- Alright, see where that gets you.
You left that inside.
- So'd you miss me?
- Phil, right?
- Phin.
- [Gym Teacher] Ready.
Let's go get them. You're out.
Let's go let's go guys, you got them lost.
C'mon, over here, get'em.
You're out.
[Vince] - You're out, Blue!
- Get out of here.
- You're out.
- Get out of here.
- Yeah, ese.
- This kid call me ese.
- Yeah buddy, let's go.
What you gone do? What you want?
- Let's go, huh, what you got?
- You ain't got nothing.
You're sister got more than you.
Easy. Easy. Easy.
Chill. Chill. Chill.
What are you gonna do, huh?
You ain't do nothing, just like your sister.
- Alright, ball's to the middle, start over!
Blue, you cool?
C'mon man, you want to keep playing?
Hey janitor boy, little help?
- Why don't you tell the kid who threw it
to come get it.
- C'mon man, the balls right in front of you, just help.
- I don't want to Mr. Meathead.
- C'mon man, be a part of the team.
- OK, you win.
- C'mon man, check your attitude.
Let's go, balls in the middle.
Everybody get on your lines.
- [Gym Teacher] Ready, let's go, hustle up!
Missed a spot.
- Oh, I'll get that here in a second.
I just cleaned those.
- Nice work.
- Thanks.
- I sometimes had the tendency to be an immature jerk.
Yeah?
But I wasn't someone to gloat about someone's misfortune.
I was invited to replace an injured rider
in the next Heroes of Dirt contest, right in my own city,
with seven weeks to train.
I will be there, thank you.
He's going for his first run.
Oh, yeah.
That unexpected second chance gave me the boost
I needed to cross over to a whole new level of focus.
No more games, no more distractions,
and no more screwing up.
This was mine to own.
Who's the man? I am.
Back in the HOD baby.
Look out!
That's me.
- Ugh. Looks like we found your breaking point.
- Good to see you.
- What, are you trying to pop wheelies, homie?
- Yup, all day.
- Yeah, I got a little tip for you.
- You know how to pop wheelies?
- Yeah, but don't pedal.
- So then how am I supposed to stay up?
- Lean back, it's a manual.
It's kind of the basic 101 on a BMX bike.
- So I'm supposed to stay up there like that and not pedal?
- Yeah, just lean back, get over the back end of your bike,
and use your knees to balance.
- Knees to balance, alright.
And no pedals.
- No pedals.
- So, like this?
- You're a natural.
You got it man.
Hey, when you feel that looping back,
bend you knees, suck the bike back underneath you,
then push it back out.
You lean back,
use your knees to keep the balance,
ugh.
- You alright man?
- Yeah, this feels great, I'm just catching some sun.
Help me up.
- You good?
- Yeah, try my bike.
- You got everything.
- My bikes better.
- Oh my gosh, wow.
This has brakes on it.
- Yeah, it's got brakes.
How do you ride this?
This thing is ghetto.
- [Blue] I think that was my dads,
in the 80s.
- That's it, you'll get it.
- Got to bend my knees more, right?
- Yeah, lean back more, bend your knees.
Watch out for the cars.
- [Blue] I got this.
- Hey Jordan, have you seen the cleaning supplies?
They're not in the closet.
- Forget that, I have a new challenge for you now.
See that Blue kid?
I want you to be his mentor.
- I don't think I'm prepared.
I mean I don't have a degree...
- Your hours can count outside in the sun,
unless you have some reason to hang around here.
- Heads up!
- One on one.
- Yeah, let's do it.
Ugh. Oh yeah.
Hey man, you want a ride?
- Naw, I'm cool.
- You sure about that?
I got a bike rack.
It's not like I'm a pervert or anything.
C'mon, throw it on.
- Alright.
Yo, this is me, right here.
Just hang here, alright?
Ma.
Ma, it's Blue.
Ma, I'm going to make you a sandwich.
- Is your dad around?
- No.
- Crunchy kind, huh?
It's alright, I like the smooth stuff.
- [Blue's Mom] Blue?
- Here, I made you a sandwich.
You need to eat.
- Give me a oxy.
- Last one.
- Water.
You can't do nothing right.
You give me a pill without water.
Stupid.
- Here's your water.
- I wish you were with your father.
- What?
- Nothing, just leave me be.
- C'mon, let's go.
- What's going on, Baby Blue?
What, you don't hear me?
- Ah, you...
- Who is that guy?
- Dobbs, he's her dumb ass boyfriend.
Yo, look, if I could just get rid of him,
get my mom to rehab,
- maybe Stacy could help you - [Blue] No.
Look, if Stacy finds out, they'll take my mom to jail
and social services takes me.
I can't have that happen.
- Well, there's got to be a way
you can get rid of Dobbs.
- It's impossible, it'll never happen, yo.
- Stay alive.
- Take care.
- Yo, where we going?
- This is Catty Woods Trails, bro.
My favorite place in the world.
- Hey, did you see that?
- Clipper, local shredder.
- That's fresh, man.
[Spanky] Heads up!
- Hey you got to watch out, guys are flying everywhere.
- That was fresh.
- This here...
- Matt Trievel, what's up man?
- What's up.
- What are you doing here, you want to ride some bikes?
- I don't know if I could clear these jumps, ya know?
- Definitely not with this grill
you got going on here, man.
- You could cook a hamburger in that thing.
- Yeah, this is Dave, he thinks he's funny.
- Yeah sup, I'm just playing man.
- It's all good.
- Yeah, so looks like we're going to have
to get a bike together for Blue.
- Yeah, what do you got going on?
- Old junk, won't be able to clear any of this.
- Could probably hook you up, got two tires at home.
- I got an old frame at home you could have.
- Ghetto rig.
- Yeah, MacGyver series.
- [Phin] Yeah, I think I can the rest of the parts
from my boss, Clarence, at work.
- Alright.
- It's going to cost you, though, boy.
- What do I got to pay?
I ain't got no money.
- You have to work it off around here.
- What am I supposed to do with this?
- Alright, so what you got to do is basically this.
Pick-axe it out, scoop it and put it in the bucket.
Before you put it in the wheel barrel,
why don't you take a lick of it?
Make sure it tastes good.
- For real?
- Naw, I'm just kidding.
What are you stupid?
What you got there is some good clay.
That's good stuff right there.
Basically all we're doing is just trying to make
this lip roll smooth, you don't have to pack it to hard,
you make it look nice.
You want to make a 75 degree angle
when you're coming down that hill,
a lot of speed, you don't want to over shoot,
the steeper it is the higher you're going to go.
That's how you like it, ya know?
All you go to do is keep packing it til you
add a little water, that always does it good.
Keep smoothing it out how you want it,
take a look at it,
nice and buttery, just the way I like it.
What do you say, Blue, you want to try it out?
- I ain't got a bike, ya know.
- I got one sitting right there.
- What do you think?
- Yeah, you can do it.
- Alright.
- Half way through my community service
and it was looking like the last part
would be a piece of cake.
Blue was in my territory now.
- Alright, so what do I do?
- First off, put this guy on, you might need that stuff.
- Follow me little boy. Let's go.
- Oh God.
Man you just took a digger, you alright?
- Yeah, I'm good. - [Phin] Yeah?
- I'm going to try it again, alright?
- Yeah, Blue.
The kid showed some natural talent from the start,
and I was psyched that he'd be pretty easy to mentor.
- So you going pro?
- I've got a contest in four weeks.
Heroes of Dirt, you should come check it out.
- You think I got potential?
- Yeah, most definitely man.
You got potential.
How's living with your mom?
- Same as always.
- What's up with your dad?
- I haven't seen him in a while.
Yeah, you know that place on the corner
of Turner and Boon Street? Yeah.
- I'm sorry to bring your dad up.
- Naw, it's all good.
You want to pay him a visit?
- Nice, is this it?
- Naw, over here.
Shot in the head on his way home from work.
Wrong place, wrong time.
He taught me how to ride, tho.
I guess I can appreciate that.
I'll be back, alright?
What's up, Mason?
- How are you?
- How you doing?
- I'm alright.
- Sup Torch?
- Sup Homie?
- Alright, c'mon let's get to business here.
Alright, where's the stuff kid?
- You kidding me?
- Four, there are four in this bag.
I told you to get me a hundred, kid.
- [Blue] Yeah, I know you told me to get a hundred
but that's all I could get - [Mason] No, maybe you're not
understanding something here, we made an agreement.
Do you know what an agreement is?
- Yeah, I know what an agreement is.
- Where are my hundred?
- Look, I couldn't get it to you.
- You couldn't get it?
Well when do you think you're going to get it?
You think I'm stupid or something?
- Calm down, calm down, take it over there.
Alright, come here.
Now, I got to get my little girl to bed within an hour, OK?
- What am I getting myself into?
- And If I don't make it by then,
I'm going to be very upset.
- Hey man, this is all I could get.
- I don't care.
- Don't give me that, you hear me you little brat?
Now how could I trust you to even handle
large packages if you can't even handle small ones, huh?
I have customers, and If I don't deliver to them
that package, I'm in trouble.
And if I'm in trouble, hey, you are in trouble,
do you understand me?
- [Blue] Look, just pay me for these, alright?
- Do you hear this guy?
Are you telling me what to do?
Hey, you breached our contract, kid.
- There you go, c'mon, hit him some more.
Son of a...
- Hey! Let him go!
- Uh uh uh, my friend.
FBI standard issue.
- Dude hit me with a stick!
- Calm down.
Drop it, right now.
- Yo chill, he's just some guy - [Mason] Shut up.
- So you like, you guys like to beat up
on little kids, I see huh?
- Hey,
Boom.
- Oh you see, Blue is just an amateur.
A stupid kid who doesn't know when
to keep his mouth shut and stop
talking about my brother, huh buddy?
Hey look man, hey,
I really don't like threatening kids, c'mon.
This is a tough world and I got to do
whatever it takes so my family doesn't have
vicious rumors spread about them throughout this town.
You know what I mean right?
You get my drift, huh?
Hey, I'm good, are you good?
- I'm happy.
- I'm happy and he's happy, are you happy my friend?
- Yeah.
- You boys have a nice day today, how about that?
- Watch your back.
- We'll be seeing you, Blue.
- You alright?
- Yeah.
- Don't worry about them, just players, you know?
- How about you?
- I'm good.
- Let's get out of here.
Hey Jordan.
- What are you doing here?
- I just dropped off Blue.
What are you up to?
- Going to Starter's.
- Cool, you should let me buy you dinner.
- All I want is a milkshake.
- We've got to talk about Blue, hop on.
So up to this point, it's been great
hanging out with Blue, until about 30 minutes ago.
No offense to you, but I didn't sign up for this.
I'll be fine if you just put me back in the bathroom.
I'll clean it all day.
- OK, it's ok.
You think you'd be willing to give him another shot?
Look, I know kids like Blue are unpredictable.
Their home lives, for the most part, just stink
and then they go somewhere else
and they wind up getting in trouble.
- Yeah, I need to stay out of trouble, too, though.
- I know, you're right, but all he
really needs are some options, you know,
something positive to keep him busy.
You could really wind up giving him some hope.
- [Phin] You know, I'm not the best role model either.
- I think you're doing a pretty great job so far.
Just, uh, don't take him riding in a no bicycle zone.
- Fair enough, I think I can do that.
- OK, good.
- Never had much look with girls
because they usually made me choose
between them or my bike.
They were always a distraction, but I thought
that this one might be different.
You don't seem like trouble, Jordan.
You don't seem like trouble to me.
She's got her shoes on straight
and her head on tight and her shoes on straight
and her head on tight.
Tight.
Jordan seemed to dig my riding.
Especially because it involved a good cause like Blue.
So I gave him another chance.
The kid managed to stay out of trouble
the rest of the summer by racking up
enough hours in the woods to earn his new bike.
Alright, so we're going take your bars,
we're going to line them up to the forks, like this,
straight line, tighten it down.
Don't run them too far forward.
Kids love to run them forward.
Big no-no, you get squirrely, you get super squirrely.
I like to run mine a little bit further
forward than the forks.
Use that as a basis, you know?
- Yeah, alright.
- You see it?
- Yeah, I got ya.
- Tighten this one, this one, this one, this one, this one.
- Yeah I got you.
- And that pulls the stem together equally.
Looking out for someone else was definitely
new territory for me.
I felt like an instant big brother,
but all I really knew what to teach the kid
where riding skills and to stay away from places
that were a bust.
Even after my community service was over,
I still chose to bring him a long on my adventures,
which impressed Jordan enough to give me
a chance at a real date and eventually a few others.
Blue turned out to be more than just an obligation.
He became a friend, and an encouragement
during my training runs, and just like
any other riding buddy, it was time to
inspire him to go bigger, push it harder,
and to get his skills on.
He took my advice every step of the way
and it felt pretty good having someone look up to me.
Kind of like the little brother I never had.
Blue eventually got his chance to show off
his first big trick.
I was friends with the best BMX stunt team on the planet,
Hell on Wheels, and I thought why not
give him an experience he'll never forget?
- [Announcer] Alright Blue, you said you wanted to get out
there in front of the people and show them what to do.
We've got about 50,000 tonight,
you ready to get out there and show them what's up?
- What you mean?
- Oh, you know what I mean.
You'll get out there and show them.
- You can do this.
- Bike, helmet, you got this.
- Yes, get it done, son.
- It's all you.
- Yeah, Blue.
- I'm proud of you man.
- [Mason] Well, well, well.
If it isn't our little boy Blue.
Hold it, come here.
What is this?
- Look what I found.
- Oh, know what, I think maybe we should just
give you a little more incentive, huh Blue?
Torch, why don't we show our boy the stuff, huh?
- Alright, I'm out, peace.
- Hey, whoa, where do you think you're going?
- Give me my bike.
- No, see this is how it works, kid.
We gave you a couple of twenty spots.
And you are going to give us your little bike, there,
til you get us the rest of the stash,
you got me?
- You guys are bugging, yo.
I got you all the pills I could get.
Now you're going to take my bike?
- Hey, hey, whoa whoa, calm down here.
Oh you're a little tense here, buddy.
C'mon, hey, hey, this is how the world works, kid.
Powerful guys like us,
we get to make and bend the rules
any way we want and little punks like you, well,
you're just gonna have to suck it up.
Hey, hey, hey, don't get mad Blue.
You said you wanted to see the ropes,
well here you go.
- Hey Steve, you seen Blue?
- Naw man, he didn't show up today.
- Yo, where you been?
- I been out and about.
- Your phones been off.
- Yo, you think you could do me a favor?
I left my bike at a friends.
Think you could help me pick it up?
- Yeah, sure.
What's your bike doing here?
- I had my boy fix a flat.
I'll be back in a minute, alright?
- Alright.
- Thank you very much.
- Thank you. - [Man] Take care.
- Have a good day. - [Man] You too.
- [Mason] That's what the boss wants, thin lines.
Look, we're here to make profit.
- [Torch] I know, I'm just not thinking right now.
- [Mason] This is from Colombia, not some college crap where
you came from. - I'm sorry I'm from the suburb.
Just hurry it up, alright?
We got a lot to do here.
- [Torch] What the...
Hey, it's that Blue kid!
- [Blue] Yo, yo!
- Where's your bike at?!
What's up with the bandanna?
- Go, go, go!
- Oh, you...
- [Mason] It's my PO, let me handle this, alright?
Stacy, hey, how's it going?
- Mason, what you boys been up to?
- Oh you know, same old, we're just
taking a spin around the neighborhood, that's all.
- What the hell did you do back there?!
- A little payback, ya know?
- We just got shot at.
- And bullets can't stop us, baby.
- You realize they knew it was us, right?
- I was disguised, alright?
- Oh, you were disguised.
Yeah, you're so smart.
You know what, they've seen us on this scooter before.
I'm screwed, they're going to think...
- You're screwed? I'm screwed!
- Yeah you're screwed, get off the bike.
- C'mon man.
- Get off! Get off the bike!
- Look I'm sorry, I thought I'd get away
with it, alright?
They stole my bike and they...
- Shut up!
- I've been on the bottom for so long...
- You selling drugs?
You selling drugs?!
- I'm not selling drugs!
- Your stunt almost killed me!
- I'm sorry, what do you want?
- Listen, we can't hang anymore.
All that sorry doesn't cut it
when bullets are flying at me, man.
Just don't get killed, and don't come around.
Give me back my helmet.
- This, this?
- Oh, you have a good attitude.
- Oh, yeah...
Get out of here.
- Hey Phin, we need to talk.
- I'm glad you showed up, we do need to talk.
There's a situation...
- You know, if you're going to do drug deals, with Blue,
you might want to use a more inconspicuous scooter.
- Are you serious, really, you have the wrong idea.
I was shot at today by some thugs.
- Oh, so that was you and Blue
blazing down Walnut today.
- I didn't want to sign up for this mentor thing
in the first place, OK?
Blue's in way over his head.
- What I saw today, was Blue and his mentor
fleeing a possible crime scene.
- I didn't know he was involved with a gang.
- Phin, it looks like you took him there.
- Look, I don't have time for this.
- Hey, at best that's poor judgment.
At worst, complicity.
Phin that's a felony.
- No, no, I mean really c'mon.
Would you just give me a break here for a second, OK?
I'm the only reason this kid isn't in
the hospital right now.
- Don't leave town.
- Ma, you home?
- I can barely hold it anymore.
- Hurry up.
Oh, baby Blue, where you going baby Blue?
Some party or something?
- None of your business.
- None of your business, what you got
in the bag baby Blue?
Always trying me, Blue.
Get back.
What you got, crayons and teddy bears?
Why you all up on the bag?
- Oh. - Come on, give it back.
Don't do it now Blue. Not right now.
Nina!
- [Nina] Yeah?
- Check out what little boy Blue brought us.
- Yeah, all day.
- When did you start doing this?
- Oh, we're going to get down tonight, c'mon.
- [Jordan] Stacy filled me in.
- It's her job not to believe me.
- I want to believe you.
- Blue almost got us killed today.
I don't play that game.
I ride, that's what I do.
This contest I have...
- It means a lot to you, I know.
- I see these kids in the street
and I just look at them.
There just kids, you know?
There just hood rats and that's what they do,
they deal drugs and they do whatever the hell
they want to do. And I somehow get involved with him
and I care about him.
Whatever, I'm done with him now.
- There, you see that dumpster?
- Yeah?
- I use to pass out behind that thing and days would go by.
Between the highs and lows, there was
one good thing that I can remember.
This little yellow puppy would come and lick my face.
I'd look up and I'd see this old lady.
She'd bring me sandwiches and blankets.
One day, I followed her and her puppy
all the way to the youth center.
She worked there.
- Have I met her?
- She passed away a few years ago.
She never gave up on me.
- Some world's were never meant to collide.
I had to refocus on the most important part of mine.
At least with BMX, even if I got seriously injured
or even killed, it was a risk I was willing to take.
One good thing that came out of my involvement with Blue,
was that it made me appreciate
what I had always taken for granted.
- I am so glad you could join us.
- Oh, you know I'm not going to be able to stay too long.
I got something I need to get to,
it's kind of important that I'm there.
- Your mom and I had a heart to heart.
- Wait, you had a heart to heart with her?
- Well, she actually talked to me
and we both want you to be happy,
whatever you do.
- You guys could come to the contest, I mean.
- [Mom] Well, yeah.
- [Dad] Yeah, we can do that champ.
- Well yell loud for me so I can hear you.
Really loud, I want to hear you, yeah Phin.
You're just lucky I'm not racing you tomorrow.
Eat your lettuce, rabbit boy.
- [Mom] Oh stop that. - [Dad] Stop it, cool it.
I'll send you to the nursery.
- This next rider up is a first time competitor
at the Heroes of Dirt competition.
I need you guys nice and loud for Phineas Cooper.
- Feeling good out there?
- Oh yeah. - Very smooth bro, do it up.
- Alright.
- Keep walking.
- I don't have it anymore.
- Oh, well then you're going to show us
where it is, aren't you?
This better work.
- Alright.
See I can't go in there and get the stuff.
Maybe if y'all come in with me,
we could get it.
- Hell no man, I ain't going in there.
- Then all your stuff's going to be gone
by the end of the week.
- You didn't tell us there were shotguns in there.
- That's how Dobbs rolls.
Heavy on security.
- Listen, we don't get those drugs back by tonight,
we're going to be six feet under tomorrow.
- C'mon let's go.
- Whoa, take it easy.
C'mon you little son of a...
Now my patience is wearing very thin right now.
Now you got us into this mess,
you're going to get us out of it
you understand me?
Who's your friend?
The guy on the scooter, where is he?
- I don't know.
- He'll do it.
- No, he won't.
- Oh yes he will.
- Hey Blue, it's Jimmy.
- Put Phin on the phone.
- Um, Phin can't come right now, he's in a contest.
- Tell him it's an emergency, Blue's in trouble.
- Yo Phin, good job man.
- Hey Phin, it's Blue, he's in trouble.
- I'm in the middle of something important right now.
- Well then you better get out of it.
- Who is this?
- Who do you think this is?
Don't be stupid with me.
We got Blue.
- What?
- You and Blue took something of value from us
and we want it back.
- Yo, that kid used me.
I didn't know what he was getting into.
- Well you were there so I'm only assuming
you were part of it and you knew.
You got a problem on your hands, buddy,
and you need to fix it right now.
- [Phin] I don't hang with the kid anymore.
- [Mason] Blue is going to get hurt, really bad,
and believe me, if you don't bring back
that package you're going to be
in a lot worse shape.
- Are you threatening me?
- Just call it some friendly advice, huh?
Now drop what you're doing, get over here,
and Blue won't get hurt.
- Why should I trust a word that comes out of your mouth?
- [Mason] Fine.
- C'mon, man, no.
- Ah, Phin!
- How's that feel?!
- Phin!
- Enough.
That was our little insurance policy.
Now you don't get over here right now,
Blue's going to be losing a lot of skin, fast.
- [Jimmy] Hey Phin c'mon, you're in the line up, man.
- [Mason] Listen, I got a boss, and a deadline
tonight, and if I let him down then I'm a dead man,
but not before I finish your little friend here, first.
All we want is the package and we'll all be reunited
and live happily ever after.
Well?
Have it your way.
Again, Torch!
- No! No! Ow, Phin!
- [Torch] Scream for us, scream.
- Dude alright, OK, I'll come, you stop it.
- [Mason] Good. - [Phin] Just stop it.
- Good. Center city staircase.
- I'm going to need a couple hours.
- Do I sound like I have a couple of hours?
Be here five minutes ago.
- Yo, Phin, what's going on man?
- Shadiness is what's going on.
I can't believe this is happening right now.
- Where you going?
- Blue's in trouble with some dealers.
He went and, I don't know what he did,
but if I don't help him, he's dead.
- Why is that your problem, though?
- Because I'm on the hook here too, they think I'm...
- [Jimmy] This is crazy man.
- Yeah this is crazy and they know my face,
they know everything, I've got to go.
- Well, I'm coming too man.
- Hey, you tell the judges I'll be back by finals, OK?
I'll be back by finals.
Meet me at city center as soon as possible.
- [Announcer] Ladies and gentlemen, I've just been informed
that Phin Cooper has opted out of his third run.
He's going to have to rely on the strength of his
first two runs and hopefully make his way into the finals.
- Where's Blue?
- Hey, don't you worry about him.
He's safe for now.
But if you try anything funny, you're done.
- Yo, Phin!
- Oh, what's this, your crew?
- Relax, I just thought we might need
a little extra help.
- You made the finals, you gotta be on the
platform at eight o'clock sharp.
- Eight o'clock, you got it.
- C'mon, let's go, man.
- Pop the trunk.
- Yo, there was a slight complication.
We're still coming, it's just
he's bringing a few boys from his crew.
They say they're here to help.
- Well do you believe him?
- Yeah, I mean, we're just going to have to find out.
- Just get back here soon, OK?
- Alright.
- C'mon, suck it up tough guy, let's go. C'mon.
- [Blue] Pretty sure this is the layout,
but I've only been there once.
- Where would he hide the package?
- It's a party, it's probably on the coffee table.
- Naw man, he probably only shares with my mom.
- Then it's in the bedroom.
- How do we get in?
- Well it's a costume party, but it's not going to be easy.
Look, Dobbs, he's crazy, he's got like eyes
in the back of his head.
- It's alright, we know how to crash a party, huh?
- Fine, you both go with him.
Three of us will wait outside.
You get me that package, you get Blue, you got that?
- Alright, I'll meet you there in thirty.
Yes!
- Hey Phin, what's up?
- Listen, something big's about to go down
and I'm going to need your help.
- What'd you get yourself into now?
- I'll explain all the details later,
just arrest the guys on mountain bikes,
not on BMX bikes.
- This better be legit.
- It is. It could land you a couple of kingpins,
but it's got to look like chance.
Bust it and you'll be a hero.
If all goes well, I'll meet you here with the package.
If it doesn't go to the alley around the corner.
I stashed my bike, plus two mountain bikes there.
You guys use the mountain bikes, they're much faster.
- No, we're not using any mountain bikes.
I got my car right outside.
- OK, but if I come hauling out of there,
they'll see you in that Jesus ride.
If they don't catch you tonight,
they're going to find you later.
- Alright, we'll take the bikes.
Hurry it up! Go.
- Ready?
Oh yeah.
- Hey, what's up man? I'm with them.
- What's that?
- Sombreros for the party, bro.
- Turn around.
Alright, you're good.
- Score.
- [Jimmy] Head's up, Phin.
- Good times, good times.
I got something. You ready for this, huh?
You've been waiting and waiting and waiting...
- There's a sombrero guy,
he's staring at us.
- What the hell you doing here?
- Dude, somebody told me I could
get mad toasted in here.
- Naw, no can do amigo, get the hell out.
- Alright, no need to be angry.
Alright. You ready?
[Nina] You wanna cook something?
- Yeah, I know what you want.
I got what you want,
I got what you...
- Hurry up.
- Hurry up, where is it?
- I don't know.
- Where is it?
- I don't know.
- Sombrero, the sombrero, the guy with the sombrero.
Ugh.
You guys, I got you, I got you!
- Go Blue, go.
Here's the bag, with the drugs in it. Bye bye.
- It's all here.
- Wait, hey, hey, hey!
- Jimmy, Spanky, go that way, Blue follow me.
- Torch!
What are you doin' here? Huh?!
Hey!
Get outta here. Get outta here!
Sorry, buddy.
- [Police Scanner] Gun shots heard at 308 Shoe Street,
all units in the area respond.
- 503 I copy that, en route.
- Don't tell me that was you.
- No that wasn't me, but your suspects are right behind us.
They should have the drugs in a black backpack.
They're meeting us behind the beer plant on Eighth.
I'm going to take off from there to go back to the contest.
- I'll be there in a minute.
- No, you're going to have to put that back, you're walking.
- Look Phin, look, I'm sorry.
- Whatever man, I've got to make to the finals
in like, five minutes.
- Good luck.
- [Mason] We're getting out of here, right now.
Cops are everywhere.
- Where's Torch?
- He's out of the picture.
You're gonna carry the bag now.
C'mon, we'll split it 50/50.
Now get the bike, and let's get out of here.
- I'm not interested.
You're a liar.
- I'm not asking you, I am telling you.
Take the bag, now take the bag dammit.
- Just give it to me.
- What?
- I'll take it. I'm faster.
- Don't try anything funny.
- Let's do this.
- Phin, what the heck are you doing?
Stop where you're going, pull over now!
- Nice job.
- You take the bag now.
- As soon as we cross here.
On second thought, you'd better keep it.
- What are you, crazy?!
- Hell yeah!
- 410 to 503, do not shoot at the guy on the small bike,
he's my CI. Copy?
- Copy that.
Ah, son of a... Back back back back!
- Are you kidding me?
There's a fence up ahead.
There's no way we're going to make that jump.
- It just looks impossible.
Go really fast, hit the pallet, pull up hard,
and you'll go right over it.
- What the hell you doing? Help me here.
- Kind of in a rush right now.
- Yo, dude, don't leave me. Hey!
- Don't you move, show me your hands. Put them up!
Don't you move.
- [Announcer] Super influential rider.
Stoked to see you do so well.
Brian Foster.
The one, the only, Big Daddy- Pat Laughlin.
Awesome job, that's going to look great
hanging from the rear view mirror of your car.
[Big Daddy] I love gold!
- I want to thank everybody for coming out today,
it's been an another amazing day of riding here
at the Heroes of Dirt competition.
You guys have been awesome.
We've got Phin Cooper on the course everybody.
Check this out, we've got a rebel run!
He is throwing down.
Phin is going all out tonight. Phin Cooper!
So, I wound back up where I started
Waiting for another shot at my dream.
But this time, it's not my ultimate goal anymore.
Funny how helping a kid who screwed me over
made me realize that.
For the first time in my life, I actually feel
significant and out of control at the same time.
Like there's something greater than me out there.
[the guys] - Yeah, Jimmy!
- I thought it might be good to start over in some ways.
Like going back to school to expand my mind
and get some other skills under my belt.
Maybe I'll start up a non-profit that gets kids
off the streets and into action sports.
Blue wound up moving out of his mom's apartment,
with Stacy's help.
He took up a part time job at the shop,
and he's part of our crew now.
- [Phin] Ha ha! Yeah! - [Blue] Woo
- Didn't think the boy had it in him.
- Awesome.
- It's funny, we end up in places we never imagined
and we learn things about ourselves
we never wanted to acknowledge.
I had my own dirt to overcome. Still do.
I thought my prize was found in achieving my dream,
but it was actually in risking it all.
I found gold in the most unlikely place
and Jordin helped me realize that.
It's also great she still doesn't make me chose
between her or my bike.
Sometimes real heroes are made
in the dirtiest of places.
I think we're all given the choice,
at some point or another, to either be a hero for a day,
or to be a hero for a lifetime.