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Story by Holtzy. Pics by Bushy, Craig Chiswell, Pauly Doyle, Philip Lycholit, Simon Makker & Holtzy
Josh “Sheeny” Sheehan is the best FMX rider West Australia has ever produced and he is fast making his name as one of the best FMX riders in Australia.

Haley Rivers the 19yr old Law Student from Adelaide is just about every dirt bike riders dream woman. She's smart, digs tattoo's, isn't scared of hucking ramps on her dirt bike and dreams of one day nailing the back flip. A true Homegrown Honey theres a good chance you will be seeing a lot more of Haley on Homegrown Maniacs tv in the future.

It's been a while since we've had a new Homegrown Honey so the crew at HGM thought we'd introduce you to 19yr old promotions model and keen MX fan Justine Cheverton.

The driving force behind Homegrown Maniacs is Leith "Holtzy" Holtzman. His passion for action sports and his commitment to capturing the essence of the action is what makes HGMtv unique. He’s the guy hanging out of a chopper shooting Alfy getting smashed at Xbox or slogging sand dunes to get the best angles of Bushy and some moto boys as they cut loose. The hidden FMX compound the backyard skate park the big swell he’ll drive all night, shoot all day and cut the story in the motel room that night. When Holtzy turns up with the HGM crew everyone knows it’s on.

If theres a one man template that Homegrown Maniacs is based on then it’s got to be Justin “Bushy” Bush. He surfs, skates, rides FMX, races motocross and minibikes, snowboards, wakeboards, rides pigs, tongue kisses fish and big lizards and participates in just about every other idiotic hobby that you could name.

Anyone who actively chases 40ft waves for fun isn’t all there in most peoples opinion. Funnily enough most of these type of people are usually quiet, highly intelligent individuals and that’s Alex “Alfy” Cater in a nutshell although feed him enough beers and the “quiet” tag disappears and a larrikan to match Bushy appears.
Alfy is right up there among the big wave legends around the globe. He’s taken out some big wave awards and finished highly in others along with an award for the heaviest tube for a nuts wave he caught at “Cyclops” a few years back.

Krystal “Meth” Johnson is the surprise packet of the HGMtv crew. She loves her fast cars, doing burnouts and riding her dirtbike. Emerging from a diesel mechanic greasepit in Kalgoorlie to step in front of a camera with a microphone I didn’t expect much from the petite blonde. We threw her to the lions while making the 2007 Narrogin Rev Heads DVD and she killed it, talking turkey with V8 addicts and totally upstaging a bunch of bikini girls.

Tim Wood is a true Aussie legend. 34 years young and he’s still one of the finest BMX Vert riders Australia has produced and still untill this day is one of the few people in the world who can pull off a 900 air. His home near Brisbane is truly a BMX riders paradise with an 11 foot halfpipe, a 14 foot halfpipe with 11 foot roll in plus a full indoor street course. All of which he built himself with a little help from friends.

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24yr old Valyside team rider Steve Sommerfeld from Tiaro in Queensland is the Mr Nice Guy of Australian FMX. Steve is a very good FMX rider with a big bag of tricks and thanks to plenty of time on the dirt jumps at home and at Matt “Schuie” Schubring’s place he’s a good natural terrain rider as well. The proof being a recent first place at the 2008 New Zealand Farm Jam natural terrain event.

Story by Holtzy Photos by Bushy & Holtzy

20yr old Rob Adelberg from Benalla in Victoria is arguably the first of the new age FMX riders. At a baby faced 14yrs of age he got his first photos in Freerider MX mag busting out killer grab tricks on a CR80 and from that time on he has steadily progressed to be one of the finest riders in Australia.