BMX Trick Show from July 1986 in Newton, NC. Trick team was sponsored by Hutch Bicycles and Extraordinary Cycles. Trick riders were Leigh Ramsdell, Eric Sanborn, Matt Sherr and Greg Bloom (may have names misspelled). Throwback Thursday.
Old school BMX 1980. By Pantswagen
RL & I heard your guys' suggestion to do commentary over old bmx videos from back in the day and we decided to do our first one with the classic from 1985, Rippin'.
As Mike Daily wrote in "Kevin Jones: The Man. The Interview." published in Aggro Rag Freestyle Mag! Plywood Hoods Zines '84-'89: The Complete Collection (Stovepiper Books Media, 2013): Skyway rushed to sponsor Kevin Jones after his second place finish in 19 & Over Expert at Round 3 of the AFA Masters series held May 2, 1987, in Austin, Texas.
Dom Phipps has finished the 2nd edition of The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement book and sent over a bunch of information on the launch party, how to order the book and what is included in the latest version. A must have for the Oldskool BMX fans we'd say.
The US Book launch for the 2nd Edition of The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement is held in San Diego at the 10 Barrel Brewing pub location in east village on May 25th. This 350-page oral history book, with 109 contributors, and hundreds of previously unseen images, tracks the metoeric rise of BMX Freestyle in the late '70s and through the 1980s. Come and join us at our event sponsors and host - 10 Barrel Brewing - to celebrate the launch of this great record of freestyle history.
Tim march on John Cravens News Round 1984. Originally known as John Craven's Newsround, it was mostly presented by John Craven between 4 April 1972 and 22 June 1989. Originally, stand-in presenters, such as Richard Whitmore, came from the main BBC News bulletins and Huw Edwards presented in 2005.
The Tizer World Freestyle Championships was a four-part BMX Beat TV special hosted by Andy Ruffell with Ron Stebbene. The series featured some of the best BMX freestyle riders in the world at that time including the amazing Matt Hoffman and UK riders Craig Campbell, Dave Young, and Jason Hassell. The shows were the highest rated of all the BMX Beat shows and were broadcast on The UK's ITV national network.
Built up this beautiful Hutch Pro Racer from the early 80's with tons of nice parts!
Fulll compilation of all the heats & final of the Kelloggs BMX freestyle comp 1985.. The Kellogg's BMX Championship was a hugely popular TV Series hosted by Mick Brown and Andy Ruffell. The show was broadcast on the UKs Channel 4 in 1984 and 1985.