Podcast - Dennis Ours

About this episode

Dennis Ours shares his compelling life story of resilience and the role BMX racing played in overcoming personal challenges.

Dennis’s story is a raw and compelling look at a life defined by resilience. Growing up in the San Fernando Valley and Antelope Valley with a Hells Angels father, Dennis experienced early trauma, including nearly being kidnapped at age 9 and facing a false statutory rape accusation at 13 that led him to attempt suicide. BMX racing became his unlikely lifeline after being introduced to the sport by neighbour Rich Bartlett in the early 1990s. Dennis raced through the mid to late 1990s. Life continued to throw challenges his way, including a catastrophic dirt bike crash that shattered 32 bones in his leg, years working as a tattoo artist in Utah and California, homelessness as recently as 2022, and losing his father in 2014. Through it all, BMX has continued to pull him back in. Now 48, Dennis is racing again after winning a Gold Cup and State Championship in 2022, raising two kids in the sport, enjoying the camaraderie of state racing, riding his bike, sharing his thoughts on the future, and more.

People in this episode

Guest: Dennis Ours

Topics covered

• resilience
• BMX racing
• personal trauma
• overcoming challenges
• family
• sports

Keywords

• BMX
• resilience
• trauma
• racing
• tattoo artist
• homelessness
• family

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Hells Angels

Places: San Fernando Valley, Antelope Valley

More episodes of BMX Weekly

• Podcast - What's new in BMX Racing with Dr J · May 1, 2026 · 27 min
• Podcast Scott Hultgren · April 2, 2026 · 1h 9m
• Podcast – Malcolm Jarvis and the Birth of BMX in the UK · March 18, 2026 · 52 min
• Podcast - Martin Ogden (Oggy) · March 2, 2026 · 1h 17m
• Magazines, Whistler ’85 Worlds, UGP & Remembering Ronnie Bonner, Rob Indri, and Winnie Wright · February 17, 2026 · 59 min
• From SoCal Roots to 50+ Dominance: The Scott Felt Story · February 12, 2026 · 1h 13m