BMX Action January 1986

Had to take a second look at this cover when it first came out. Yep, RL and Eddy are riding 24" cruisers on the Wizard Pubs halfpipe. Looks like Fiola might have liked riding the cruiser a little more than RL. He has him by at least 3 feet. He was the King of the Skateparks, he should have alley oped over RL.

This is a great shot of the pro class at the NBL Grands will Greg Hill out in the lead. I wonder what the heck happened? He just needed to make the main to have the number one spot wrapped up. Turns out he didn't and Pete Loncarevich took the top spot that year. Aaron Ross needs to see that set up Greg Hill is riding. He would be stoked on the color set up.

There are so many rad things about this picture of RL blasting a berm slide. Although the thing that stands out the most is the set up he came up with to hold his "Walkman". Someone needs to one this set up with their I-Pod.

Had to post this just because of how rad that air Fiola is doing. Text book perfect table on a 24" cruiser.

About this time was when RAD the movie was going to be released. This issue had some really cool coverage of the making of the movie. If I remember correctly RAD was up for Best Picture that year at the Oscars right? Take a look for yourself. RAD in HD.

Magazine Monday

Gotta' say, I really like the site http://oldschoolmags.com/index.html. So many good scans of old magazines there. Always good to look at some of these older photos and articles that helped shape our little BMX world into what it is today. And of course it is also good to see some of the more fruitier things that came out of BMX from these times. What we need now-a-days is more three way jumps over cheesy bands with full crotch shots. And of course more robots. We could always use more robots. Aaron Ross would be stoked. 

Super BMX  February 1984. I wonder if The King of the Skateparks thought this was a good idea? The guys in the band looked happy to be there. "Hey guys, we have a big photo shoot today. Make sure and wear your tightest shorts."

How much cool stuff could they cram into one issue of Super BMX? As much as they wanted to apparently. I would have been more stoked to win the robot. Mongoose always seem to have some kind of weird promotion in this magazine. I recall something with CHiPs from around the same time. Larry Wilcox was big into BMX back then.

Dyno add from Freestylin' January 1986. I wasn't to picky when I was a kid so noticing little things in ads was never my thing. One would hope that the companies would work with the ad agencies and make sure they got some kind of accurate ad out for their product. Who would want to buy a fork with no threads on the steerer tube? Where did the rest of the steer tube go?  And does Bob Morales really think we would believe him that he rode into that trick? Come on Bob. Front brake down? Bars behind seat? Beyond Basics is what they missed.  Who cares though? I want that green Dyno Compe frame.

Freestylin' July 1985. I think at one point it was mandatory to have the "Camarillo" style roll in on your ramp. I recall at least 6 ramps in San Antonio that had one of these on it. Love the black and white shot of this ramp. Many a days was spent in someone's backyard fooling around on one of these ramps. good times.