93. Linda shares that Harry Leary was arrested for doing "stunts" on and off the stage - he rode off

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Pid0JbHuba8

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2025-11-18

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1:22

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93. As we walk towards the pathway from the London Bridge in Lake Havasu, AZ Linda Leary Taylor explains that you will see walkers, runners, and bikers 

But… There is a stage.

And you are not supposed to be on that stage.

Well, Harry Leary decided he wanted to do “stunts” off the stage. 

Linda shares the story of how two security guards on bikes told him that he needed to get off the stage. His answer to them was “fuck you.” They chased after him when he was fleeing. They radio ahead - the path is only 3 feet wide - and another security guard tackled him.

It took those three security guards to arrest him.

Kyle says, “He was just putting on a show.”

Apparently, people with laws take offense when someone says, “screw you I am going to do what I want to do.”

Just a side note about the stage at the London Bridge Memorial Walkway in Lake Havasu City, AZ.

Listen to our conversation about BMX legend Harry Leary, with his sister Linda Leary Taylor and Kyle A. Huffman while walking over the London Bridge in Lake Havasu City, AZ.

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If we go down this pathway, but you can see the how the
see the how the >> the path walkers, runners, bikers, that
>> the path walkers, runners, bikers, that stage right over there is where Harry
stage right over there is where Harry was doing some stunts and and you're not
was doing some stunts and and you're not supposed to be on that stage,
supposed to be on that stage, >> right? He was doing stunts on the stage
>> right? He was doing stunts on the stage or off the stage.
or off the stage. >> On his bike with his bike. Yeah. He was
>> On his bike with his bike. Yeah. He was jumping off and jumping on and some guys
jumping off and jumping on and some guys came up on policemen, you know, well,
came up on policemen, you know, well, security guards on their bikes. They
security guards on their bikes. They weren't real policemen.
weren't real policemen. >> They told him he needed to get off the
>> They told him he needed to get off the stage. Well, Harry's answer to that was,
stage. Well, Harry's answer to that was, "Fuck you."
"Fuck you." >> Yeah. Jesus.
>> Yeah. Jesus. >> And so he took off on his bike.
>> And so he took off on his bike. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> And there was no way those two guys were
>> And there was no way those two guys were going to catch him. There's no way in
going to catch him. There's no way in hell. And that's what Harry thought.
hell. And that's what Harry thought. >> Yeah.
>> Yeah. >> But they radioed ahead and they had
>> But they radioed ahead and they had another guy coming down
another guy coming down >> and it's only three foot wide. So the
>> and it's only three foot wide. So the one guy got him, made him fall off his
one guy got him, made him fall off his bike. Took the three guys to get him
bike. Took the three guys to get him arrested. But yeah, goodness. He was
arrested. But yeah, goodness. He was arrested that day for jumping on that
arrested that day for jumping on that stage.
stage. >> He was just putting on a show. Oh yeah.
>> He was just putting on a show. Oh yeah. He was just putting on a show. He was
He was just putting on a show. He was not hurting anybody. He was just doing
not hurting anybody. He was just doing tricks, jumping off. But they frown on
tricks, jumping off. But they frown on that and Harry pretty much said, "Well,
that and Harry pretty much said, "Well, I'm going to do whatever I want to do."
I'm going to do whatever I want to do." And well, they took offense to it and
And well, they took offense to it and decided that they weren't going to allow
decided that they weren't going to allow him to do that. So,
him to do that. So, >> wow, what a fun story.
>> wow, what a fun story. Yeah, just a side note on the little
Yeah, just a side note on the little stage there,

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