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Woody Itson - September 1988 - BMX Freestyle - Columbus, Ohio

Welcome to the All Things BMX Show! We are bringing you episode 172 “The Flying Banana” with Eddie Fiola. Eddie is an American professional freestyle BMX rider, and a film stuntman. He's a 5 time American Freestyle Association Champion, along with 4 freestyle Nora (Number One Rider Award) cups including the first one ever to be awarded in 1985, and USA BMX Hall of Famer.

About 13 years ago Vic hit me up and asked if I would be interested in buying his Dirt Bros frame from the iconic Brad McDonald photo. You know the one. The flat 1 foot table off the curb cut in San Diego. After years of tracking down parts and talking to him and Brad Blanchard on how the bike was built It was finally finished. Vic hit me up in Late Aug 2023 and how to swing by my shop to get his brakes dialed in so we made an impromptu vid talking about the bike. Sorry about the traffic noise this vid was off the cuff.

In the mid to late 80s in the UK the small town of Retford near Sheffield was one the main hubs of BMX riding in the UK. It got known as the Trumpton scene. And featured a long side London's Meanwhile and Chingford as the new hot spots of that era.

USA BMX has the ultimate weekend planned, with a wide array of BMX festivities going on over three days. October 6, 7 & 8th will be one incredibly fun, action-packed weekend you won't want to miss!

SKYWAY's 60th ANNIVERSARY
Skyway is celebrating their 60 year Anniversary - and wants everyone to join in on the celebration! Throughout the weekend, Skyway will be a featured sponsor of this year's festivities!

FRIDAY EVENING - Oct 6
HALL of FAME RECEPTION. Much like last year, the BMX Hall of Fame & Museum will host an 80's themed pre-Induction Reception at the National Hall of Fame & Museum. Check-in / Doors Open @ 6pm. Drinks and appetizers provided. This is a ticketed event. HoF Museum open to public 9am to 3pm.

SATURDAY DAY - Oct 7

Do you know Mike Miranda? You know the OTHER star of the movie Rad - The one who goes by "Hollywood" the original Dirty Knob? Well we got him to drop by the Supercross BMX Warehouse and sit down and talk a little bit of BMX Racing History, the Dirtyfest and his Dirty Knobs podcast.

Peter Adam takes his video production in a whole other direction with the release of LIFERS, a film focused on a select group of riders in DIG's birthplace of Belfast, Northern Ireland who all started riding around 1980 at the height of 'The Troubles' in their hometown. Riding against the backdrop of violent sectarian, state, and terrorist conflict, made BMX in Belfast let's say, 'a little more challenging', than it was for most riders growing up in the eighties elsewhere.

Some months ago, RBK started the process of developing a mold for the Flyte Tech Seat. This was of course a product that was specified on the RL 20 II Prostyler, among many other Freestyle bikes from the mid-1980s era including Kuwahara, Peregrine, etc. RBK receive regular communication requesting this product, and it's now offered in three classic colors - Black, White, and Blue. Because the Flyte Tech seat is a non-Redline product that falls outside our RBK manufacturing plan, this product is offered on the shortest lead time possible and produced in a mold that has already been developed, refined, reviewed, and readied for its first shot of resin. The first order has a quantity cap to meet the desirable delivery timeframe and as RBK have no insight into demand.

Tim March was the other big name in 80's BMX to Andy Ruffell these guys were legitimate super stars for a couple of years in the BMX boom of
the 80s, Tim goes back to the very start of UK BMX. He scored endless magazine covers, features and TV appearances. Tim moved rapidly through some of the early BMX race teams, then went on to expand his brand MRD from making handlebars, race plates, stickers and brake guards and with the help of Tran Am moved on to making UK made MRD frames with a huge team and a double decker bus to ferry 'em all around. Tim has lived it.