BMX racing pioneer, Eric Rupe shares brief comments from his first time on the road during the 1978 NBA National tour. Featuring tons of BMX race photos from the 78-79 NBA tours from across the U.S. Hope these images bring back some great memories to those first-decade (OS) bicycle motocross racers... So sit back, turn up the volume, and enjoy a few minutes of America's finest homegrown classic BMX battles of yesteryear!
In june 1986 my dad and I visited the 'European Challenge Cup', a major BMX race here in Holland. It was at an amusement park called 'Ponypark Slagharen'. Nearby the track, Ron Wilkerson [Haro] and Martin Apparijo [GT] did some freestyle demo's. There were also a few riders from France.
Westminster Big Pumpkin & La Mirada BMX mockmotorsports
2 hours of BMX racing from the early days at the Orange Y. Grab a coffee and enjoy.
Really neat Schwinn BMX bike commercial from 1981. I've never seen this one before and found it to be pretty cool. Enjoy!
Vintage BMX Bikes
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BMX pictures from Scottsdale & Phoenix AZ. Mother's Custom Motocrossers
In 2011, Producer and Director Todd Huffman of "The Motocross Files" acquired reels of lost footage from the 1976 motocross series shot by a young filmmaker from San Diego named Ray Baum. The footage had never been edited into anything so after transferring thousands of feet of film into a digital format, hidden in all the wonderful motocross footage was six minutes from this BMX race.
BMX is a Bicycle Motocross Racing documentary I made in 1977 while attending film school at San Francisco State University. My father was a bicycle racer in the 1940's, and opened a bicycle shop in Pleasant Hill, CA in the 1960's. He promoted any kind of bicycle racing and in the 1970's, sponsored a BMX team. Most of the film was shot at Merritt College in Oakland. The music track is original music, performed by myself and some friends. Monument Cyclery was a great, creative environment, encouraging and producing some great artisans in varied creative careers...and Me? Still producing films!
From one-pedal starts to high-lows. Open face helmets to flat pedals. Gate start foot mechanism to Finish flag waving. Bicycle Motocross at its best from the '70 in Florida. Enjoy.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.