The Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement - casual (BMX) Wednesday at Vans HB
Join us at the Vans Off the Wall skatepark in Huntington Beach, California, on the evening of Wednesday June 5th for a casual event to celebrate the release of the 2nd Edition of the Birth of the BMX Freestyle Movement book. Wednesday’s are BMX (riding) night at HB. Ride, socialize, hang out. 5-8 PM. See you there.
7471 Center Ave
Huntington Beach
CA 92647
USA
Lee Sultemeier // Homeless 3 // Highway To Hell // 1992 by Snakebite BMX
Lee's "Highway To Hell" part Is a real nice mix of San Diego & Texas riding mixed all up into one. I really love the pool clips in this part like the little rock fakie's in the corner and that Rubenesque carve maybe 20 years before Ruben started making them popular! Lee's Riding was always raw and that is what always got me stoked!
BMX | Carlo Griggs | Mike Canning | No.73 | 1987 by The Stuntabiker
No 73, later re-titled 7T3, was a British 1980s children's TV show produced by Television South (TVS) for the ITV network. It was broadcast live on Saturday mornings and ran from 1982 to 1988.
BMX | Rich Hutchins | The Amazing Hutch Bicycle | 1980's | by The Stuntabiker
Founder and owner of Hutch Bicycles. Rich Hutchins was a huge innovator for the sport of BMX. The quality and craftsmanship were second to none.
(1988) Vision Street Wear: Freestyling Fanatics BMX by OldSchoolBMXTV
Unreel Productions & Vision Street Wear present: Freestyling Fanatics BMX. Released in 1988.
The bike! 80's old school BMX freestyle Movie Carlo Griggs (& Jason Davies) by TRIDERMO
The bike! 80's old school BMX freestyle Movie Carlo Griggs (& Jason Davies) by TRIDERMO
BMX in the 80's. This was our first attempt and building a 1/4 pipe and leaning to freestyle ahh the good old days.
Transworld Sports's High5 focusing on BMX legend Mat Hoffman with Dennis McCoy. A look at how Mat 'Condor' Hoffman and his Sprocket Jockeys took the sport to new levels back in the 90's. Recorded from Channel4 around 1993. Ripped from VHS.
In the early '80-s everyone in The Netherlands rode a BMX bike. People in their 40-s-50-s remember that time well as everyone has stories of bombing frontyards, breaking bike parts or winning their first trophy. The magazines were the bible, it was all you had and they were read over and over again. It was how we learnt English in fact with every word that we did not understand looked up in the dictionary. New products were drooled over but impossible to get our hands on for multiple reasons.
Oldschool BMX Parts opened up shop in Heesch for a day to bring the BMX pioneers and oldschool fans together. Collectors displayed their bikes, brought products they wanted to sell and the Oldschool BMX Parts man-cave sold plenty of old parts. It was just cool to go back in memory lane because some of the
Kevin Jones, 19 & Over Expert, AFA Masters, Austin, TX (May 2, 1987) by Mick O'Grady
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.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.