Joe Johnson - Episode 32 - The Union Tapes Podcast by The Union Tapes

Nov 22, 2024

Written by Bart de Jong

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Some highly progressive riders came through after the early 80s BMX explosion, the kids inspired by the King of the Skateparks and early Freestyle contests at the start of it all. The next wave was snapping at the heels of the big pros of the time. Joe Johnson is one of those guys, making a lot of noise on the east coast, Joe built his own quarter up against his moms house, mastered it then continued on to create many of his own moves.

Joe went on to become part of the prestigious Haro team in 86. I remember watching Joe ride at the Manchester worlds and thinking how does he stretch everything so far and land so perfectly at the top of the ramp. There was definitely a new technique being used here. We touch on a lot of Joe contributions and riding ideas as well as all the usual topics of how it started…

Bob Haro, Dennis McCoy, Eddie Fiola, Mike Buff, Craig Campbell, Tony Murray, Ron Wilkerson, John Povah ,Mat Hoffman, Mike Dominguez, Carlo Griggs, Chris Potts, Jerry Galley, Kevin Martin, Rick Moliterno , Marc Mcglyn, Rich Sigur, Dave Voelker, Dave Nourie, Dave Mirra, Kevin Robinson, Jason Ellis, Scott Carrol, Jamie Bestwick, Simon Tabron, Spike Jonez, Greg Guilliote
, Jason Hassle, Andy Brown, Lee Reynolds, Brian Blyther, Zach Shaw