When someone says influencer, today many think of social media and the individuals that promote products, lifestyles, and health and fitness. However there are other influencers, the ones that helped your growth, ones that have helped you become the person that you are today.
A documentary telling the history and the plight of the African American BMX Racer.
Never Seen Before footage of Fred Blood SE Freestyle BMX in Taipei Taiwan from May of 1985 by Fred Blood
I traveled to Taipei with Mike Devitt of SE Racing to get ready for the Taiwan Bicycle Show and this video was produced by the Dodson Factory to show what Freestyle BMX was to the factories.
American BMX Company (ABC) is busy developing a ling of modern BMX components that will features the legendary Cook Bros. racing name. ABC recently acquired the rights to the brand name. The company announced earlier this year that it bought Race Inc. Quality BMX Products and acquired the rights to Bottema Forks, two more legendary BMX brands. Cook Bros. Racing, founded by brothers Gary and Craig in 1972, was an early player in the high-end world of BMX racing, making chromoly frames and forks and a range of CNC-machined components. Among the company’s innovations is the Uni stem, a predecessor to the threadless stems found on most bikes today. The brothers also produced mountain bike frames and components through the 1980s and into the 1990s. They sold Cook Bros. Racing in 1984.
“We are very excited about acquiring the rights to the Cook Bros. Racing brand. We already have a full line of Neo Retro and retro-mod components in development. We’ll offer handlebars, stems, seatclamps and other parts suitable for the retro crowd or even BMX racers looking for something unique for their modern race bikes,” said Marc Côté, the owner of Montreal-based ABC.
Among the products in development are Neo Retro products such as handlebars and stems in 22.2 and 31.8 diameters, seatclamps, headsets and cranks. ABC also plans to sell brake sets and hubs co-
A retrospective mix of my riding over the last 50 years
Josh White's part from GT Demo Tape.
Name: Dom Phipps
Occupation: Owner On Record - A Brand history marketing agency.
BMX History Projects done: Haro Bikes - 30 Years of Freestyle. Haro First Generation Innovation.
Books - The Rise of BMX Freestyle Volume 1 & 2. The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement - 1st and 2nd Edition.
Current BMX history project: Redline BMX Foundations.
First of all, how can you explain your interest in the early days of BMX?
Dom Phipps: I was just a neighborhood rider growing up in the south of England. BMX came along in a period of my childhood, where I think many of us needed to set off in a direction. BMX became the catalyst for a lot of young people to become free-thinking, creative, and independent. I loved everything about it, including the social aspect and friendships with other like-minded kids. It was a magical time to be young.
At the annual old school BMX reunion on 3/14/15 we did a Nor Cal theme and honored our own Hugo Gonzalez. This was the intro video that played before we toasted him.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.