Back in October 2017, he made a $1000 bet with his co-host that he could DUNK within 1 year. Brady had never dunked before, and being in his 40's, winning this bet was going to be tough to say the least.
Throughout his journey, Brady recorded several "BG Dunks 2018" podcasts. On August 31st, Brady recorded with Andy Nicholson (a.k.a. "Over The Hill Dunker"). Andy was one of the only 40+ dunkers that I had found when I was first trying to dunk again... and has taken his dunking journey to the next level in 2017-2018 by creating a documentary, and launching The Dunk Camp (https://www.thedunkcamp.com/).
I'm connected to Andy on several social media platforms (Instagram/Twitter/Youtube), and Brady found my profile via that connection. Brady found a lot of similarities between my dunk journey and his own... and asked me to join him on his BGDunks2018 podcast. I had never done a podcast before, but it sounded like a cool thing to do - and really, when else would I ever get to chat about my dunking???
Anyway - we recorded the podcast episode back in September. You can find it on iTunes etc., or at this link:
https://997thepoint.radio.com/media/audio-channel/bgdunks2018-ep-18-bruce-cavers-beecee-40-and-dunking-midlife-vertical-mp3
Thanks again to Brady for reaching out... he ultimately lost the bet (October 2nd was the dunk day - and he didn't manage to get one down), but vowed to continue his journey.
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A few other quick updates:
- I've been doing much better at working out recently... down to around 210 lbs (!!!) from 230-235 lbs earlier this year.
- I'm turning 42 in a few weeks, and based on some successful dunks in the past few months, I should be in good shape to keep dunking at age 42 (look for some footage once I get one down).
- One of my low rim dunking spots (the playground at my kids' school) was renovated... the 9'6" rims are gone, and the new court has rims that go above 10ft (10'2"-10'3") because of some sloping on the ground. I did manage to get some final dunks in on the low rim, including this one with a bounce alley-oop my daughter:
