20.Jessica Reveal shares -Harry Leary- The Mentor-Teacher-Guide. What was it like to learn from him?

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2026-02-22

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20. What was it really like to grow up learning from a legend?

In this powerful clip from the Fireside BMX Chat Podcast, host Kyle A. Huffman sits down with Jessica Reveal — niece of BMX icon Harry Leary — to talk about what it was like to learn from him not as a legend… but as “just Uncle Harry.”

Jessica shares heartfelt memories about:
• Calling him “Mount Baldy” and “Mr. King”
• Not realizing who he truly was growing up
• The life lessons he taught her that she still uses every day
• Carrying his wisdom into motherhood and life beyond BMX

This is a rare, personal look at the man behind the fame — mentor, teacher, uncle.

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I'm a little curious. So, in this regards about Harry the mentor, Harry
regards about Harry the mentor, Harry the teacher, Harry the guide, Harry the
the teacher, Harry the guide, Harry the uncle who cared enough as he taught you
uncle who cared enough as he taught you new things, what was it like to learn
new things, what was it like to learn from him?
from him? >> Well, honestly, sometimes it was hard to
>> Well, honestly, sometimes it was hard to take him seriously.
take him seriously. >> Okay. Sure.
>> Okay. Sure. But being who he was and growing up I
But being who he was and growing up I didn't really realize
didn't really realize who he was.
who he was. Um to me he was just he was my uncle. He
Um to me he was just he was my uncle. He was
was Mount Baldi. He was Mr. King. Um
Mount Baldi. He was Mr. King. Um >> and those were the nicknames I gave him.
>> and those were the nicknames I gave him. >> Yeah. I just to me he was just my uncle
>> Yeah. I just to me he was just my uncle and I looked up to him and
and I looked up to him and um not really knowing who he truly was.
um not really knowing who he truly was. And so at times it was hard to take him
And so at times it was hard to take him serious but
serious but >> you know now looking back into the
>> you know now looking back into the things that he taught me and the and the
things that he taught me and the and the life lessons that
life lessons that >> I learned from him um and with him not
>> I learned from him um and with him not being here anymore. I I take those to
being here anymore. I I take those to heart and I hold them close to me cuz I
heart and I hold them close to me cuz I mean they're they're pretty big life
mean they're they're pretty big life lessons that I use every day.
lessons that I use every day. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> And in my world um not the BMX world but
>> And in my world um not the BMX world but you know as far as even being a mom too.
you know as far as even being a mom too. So I don't know if that answers your
So I don't know if that answers your question.
question. >> I think it does. It's actually okay. It
>> I think it does. It's actually okay. It was that was a great response.

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