ESPN.com: Can you talk about the process involved for making this edit? Did you guys build these obstacles solely to shoot this edit, or did you already have the obstacles? Also, did you know the exact street spots you wanted to take the obstacles to, or did you stumble across them?
Rigal: Yeah, to get this edit done we needed two ledges, one rail, one Will Stroud, one Joey Cobb, two or three homies, six lights, one generator, two skateboards, one truck, a bunch of spots and some good times in between. We already had the ledges, but the idea for it came about a couple days before Stroud got here. As for the spots, I had to brainstorm for a couple days to come up with a solid list of fun, weekday/weekend spots that wouldn't be a bust and had potential for a setup. It wasn't easy, but I'm stoked on the spots/setups we made.

Adding pre-built obstacles to street isn't exactly something new. I remember back in the day people like Dave Voelker bringing kicker ramps to wallrides, or even people enhancing spots with some concrete. Then of course you have Mike Escamilla in "Forward," building the curved rail to help him flip into the ditch. However, what gave you the idea for the edit, and what was the inspiration behind the project?
Well, the idea behind each month's Markit edit is to make a video that's fun, a little different, and doesn't take away from the DVD we're working on, "MARKIT ZERO." With that in mind, we wanted to steer away from using our leftover street footage so we can save all that stuff for the promo. This idea was perfect because I could go ride street, film some stuff I'm psyched on, and not worry about using any of it for the DVD. The Bakery probably helped inspire me, that was too much fun!

How long did it take to shoot the entire edit?
We shot it in five days. Each day seemed to get longer and longer.

There are a lot of street purists in the BMX world who may claim that this isn't street, and adding obstacles takes away the creativity that street riding brings out in riders. What are your thoughts on these types of comments? Are these comments valid, should we take everything so serious?
Well I agree, that stuff wasn't "street," but it was never meant to be a "street" edit. I ride street everyday, and it doesn't involve taking ledges to spots. I don't see how adding obstacles could take away from your creativity. If anything, it opens up even more opportunities and new spots too look for. This was just a fun idea that's different then most videos out there, change is refreshing in my eyes.

I ride street every day, and it doesn't involve taking ledges to spots.

--Christian Rigal

Who helped you move all the obstacles to the spots and did you guys run into any problems during the filming?
Our crew kind of varied, but usually it was Will Stroud (filmer) Joey Cobbs (photographer) Dennis Enarson, Ronnie Napolitan, and Connor Lodes. But a couple of my other friends came to watch and help as well. Some how we didn't have any issues, the cops only came once and we were already done.

Now that the edit has been out for sometime, would you change anything? Do you feel this is something you would like to do again?
Nope, I knew the video was going to have mixed reactions and I'm happy with how it turned out, I wouldn't have it any other way. I'm sure we'll do something else in the future, but I'm in no hurry. I'd rather just think of something else and keep changing it up.

I often feel that riders get caught up in the repetition cycle of BMX, as if people have a hard time thinking outside of the box-jump. Your edit was a great example of a rider trying to do something different and having fun with an edit. It may not be something that has never been done but it was unique. Who inspires you, and how important is uniqueness in BMX? Do you think individuality goes farther than a bag of tricks?
Thanks man, Shoot, there's a lot of guys that come to mind. I'd say Nathan Williams, Corey Martinez, Dennis Enarson, Chad Kerley, Rob Wise and Ty Morrow. I feel like all of those dudes bring something different to the table so I just feed off of them. Uniqueness is a must. Nowadays there's so many dudes out there killin' it, you really have to be doing something different to stand out. It's awesome though, I feel like riding has really progressed because of that so It's definitely a good thing. A bag of tricks doesn't mean anything if you don't know how to use em. Creativity and originality go a long way, some people just don't get that.