Tapping back into the February 1983 issue of BMX Plus (see last post). This time for a couple of those great advertisements that graced the pages at the time. First is the Haro BMX ad for number plates, and then the second is the Shimano ad for their DX line of products. These are both gold!
There have been so many memorable magazine covers from the likes of BMX Plus and BMX Action, but there was always one from BMX Plus that stood out to me. And remembering the first time seeing this as a twelve-year-old at my friend Adam's house. WOW! Bob Haro, playing peek-a-boo on that chrome Haro Master, riding in some futuristic world, this cover was it! And at the time when Star Wars Return of The Jedi were coming out with other 1983 classics like War Games and Krull, this was the perfect cover for the time. And forget about all of us needing those Graphite Skyway Tuff Wheels after seeing those gold hubs!
It was always nice to see a little more freestyle making it to the pages of magazines during this time. I can still remember trying these bar hops in our gravel driveway out in the country. Hahaha! And I'm still looking through a few old boxes of stuff hoping to find my copy of Bob Haro's Freestyle Moves book. But it looks like that might be lost along with all of those copies of that Atari Video games.
Pulled from the April 1986 issue of BMX Plus. A RAD Gallery that featured Haro Bikes Team Riders, Brian Blyther and Tony Murray. The second page might have had Ron Wilkerson also, but I will need to add that one later. The picture of Tony Murray blasting over that blue Haro Team quarter is bonkers. Looks like he is still rocking the Vector bars also.
Distant memories of when this issue of BMX Plus came out. It is actually the "October" 1985 issue, but the coverage in it, seems to be from a bunch of summer comps and races. The pictures from that Venice Beach contest are amazing, case in point, that cover picture of Dizz Hicks is BONKERS! Download here if you want to see more: BMX Plus October 1985
A small section from the March 1984 issue of BMX Plus, two pages of your favorite Freestyle action. Zoot Scooting Boogie, or something like that it how BMX Plus would describe it.
Taken from the April 1988 issue of BMX Plus. Part of a Mongoose Decade Pro test article. The two page intro to that test is below.
At some point in the history of BMX Plus magazine their full-page pictures and the majority of their bike test articles where shot at Ron Wilkerson's Enchanted Ramp. The location was a hot bed of talent and always produced prime photos. Attached is a picture of Ron from a Haro Team Master test article from an issue that the date of its release escapes me.
