Birthplace : Malaga, Espagne.
Ruben, etniesbmx.com, february 2008 : Everything started in a hospital in Carlos De Haya which is in Malaga, Spain, where I was born on September 13, of 1974.
My first sponsor was a spanish distribution shop called Freestyle Promotions.
Jay Miron, www.macneilbmx.com, 2004 : Not many people know this but I actually rode with Ruben when he was completely unknown in Spain. I was over there with Dave Osato filming for the Schwinn video with a few of my Spanish friends and Ruben was also hanging out. It's going to sound kind of funny now but Dave and I actually thought he was a bit of a click. It seemed like every time we did something Ruben would do it right after us. It felt like he was trying to show us up at all of his spots. So I asked one of the guys, "What's up with him always doing our shit right after us?" He then told me that Ruben was from a town eight hundred kilometers from there and he'd never seen half of our tricks before. He was so stoked to see all this new stuff that he was learning our tricks as he saw them in parks he wasn't local to. He was doing some of our hardest stuff in only one or two tries most of the time!!! I couldn't believe it. After seeing that I knew Ruben was going to be a great rider. A few years later he showed up in America and proved me right.
2nd place pro dirt @ 1997 Worlds.
Ruben Alcantara n'est pas loin de rentrer double tailwhips et 360 tailwhip.
Ruben Alcantara "Pollo" pulled double tailwhips over the box and in the finals he came so close to pulling a 360 double tailwhip you can consider it done.
December 1998, Ruben Alcantara is riding for Huffy.
Taj Mihelich, Ride BMX US #100 : I was just freaked out by seeing Ruben doing an Indian air in a pool on the cover of Ride 38. Pool riding was just beginning to make a comeback and here was Ruben blasting an air out of one, doing a fully-stretched Indian air, no less! That was just after I had gotten to know Ruben, so I was excited for him to get a cover, and it was a great photo.
Ruben Alcantara at home in Malaga on the cover of Cream february 2000. Photo by Manu Sanz.
6th place stuntmen street @ CFB round 1, FL.
Ruben Alcantara, who bunnyhopped up a 2 foot high handrail (3 inch wide) and tailwhip bunnyhopped off of the top of it, along with simple bump jumps that show how much control Ruben actually has over his bike. Ruben is control, plain and simple.
Covers :
DIG #12 september 2000
Video Frame Trilogy
Interviews :
Soul magazine #8 april 2000
Soul video #14 summer 2000.
Pro street world champion @ Cologne, Germany.
Fast, unpredictable and original. World champ in street.
10th place pro street @ X-Games 2000
Ruben Alcantara (Mongoose-1) had no major problems making the cut. Ruben even qualified in 2nd behind Dave Mirra. His "really" wall-ride (Ride BMX US jan01 cover) was so cool. It makes you think why no one else has thought of that trick before. Picture a bank to wall, do a 180 turn, land with both wheels on the wall, pull off the wall and land back in the ramp.
Mongoose pro model : the Importan.
Jay Miron, www.macneilbmx.com, 2004 : Signing Ruben to the team was a big decision for us. He was such a good rider but he was also used to riding for big companies like Huffy and Mongoose and held out for a lot of money. Then when the SoBe deal was signed we knew we could afford him. I'm really glad we did. It was great getting to ride with him so much and even just hang out with him. Ruben left the team in October of 2003 but I'll never forget the good times we had and the incredible sessions.
Won Palavas FISE 2001, Bike 2001, La Revolution (Toronto).
Covers :
Ride BMX US #56 january 2001
Freedom #40
Videos Etnies Forward & Fox Expendable 3.
2002 Worlds, Koln, Germany.
Ruben Alcantara from Spain ended up in the crowd face first when his incredible transfer attempt went wrong.
Ruben Alcantara part in Etnies Forward.
Cover : Cream september 2003.
November. Ruben Alcantara is now officially on T-1. He has just recently left his sponsor MacNeil, and he also quit riding for TIP Plus to start riding Fly Bikes components and parts.
Ruben Alcantara on the cover of Dig september 2004.
Cover of Props #54, winter 2004.
