BMX Action--October 1983--Murray World Cup

Track layout looked so good! Great 24" cruiser class coverage also. This was definitely one of the best issues of BMX Action made.

Brent Patterson Leading At Grass Valley

Dig this shot of Brent Patterson leading Perry Kramer, Toby Henderson and Anthony Sewell at the ABA Springnationals in Grass Valley.

BMX Action--March 1984

I am not sure what is most impressive? R.L.'s air. Or all of the crazy captions on the cover. They really tried and fit as many on there as they could didn't they. Didn't really matter to me when I was younger, great cover shot and freestyle tricks I could do, I was SOLD!

At the time I had no idea about NBL racing, San Antonio had only two ABA tracks and I am not even sure where a NBL track was located in Texas, and to tell the truth, I still don't. Great Brent Patterson shot.

What was the difference between the #1f on Rod Fehd's plate and the #1 on D.D. Leone's plate? I am actually wishing they would have had one of those drawings of this tracks layout. From what they showed it looked really good.

Here is the top side view of the cover shot. I actually think I like the cover shot better. Well, minus the free prizes of course.

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Bicycle Motocross Action--September 1980

Great cover shot of Brent Patterson laying out the style for Bob Osborn's camera.


I never really knew what to think of these Moosegoose bikes. Quite the strange looking bike indeed.

The NBL St. Louis War Of The Stars had one Hell of a first jump, and this picture captures some of the problems people were having with it. Well, everyone but Stu that is. This might be the first issue that I noticed multiply Star Wars references.

This might be the second time I have posted that Brent Patterson bunnyhop photo. Such an epic photo. Now we know what issue it came from. Dig the panning in that Scott Ahart photo, "kicked into hyperdrive."

Toby Henderson doing the "Henderson." This might be the first time I have seen Toby Henderson rocking the Tuff Wheels. Does anyone know who that rider in the other shot?

This ACS Z-Rim test article and the photos that came along with it have become some of the most iconic BMX photos ever. Trash Can Morgan(Bob Morgan) letting is loose to test out the Z-Wheels.

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Bicycle Motocross Action--August 1980

Harry Leary doing a classic style X-up on this cover of Bicycle Motocross Action. I think to me that picture took second seat to what they had up in the right side of the cover. Jim Pratt cleared four cars? What? I was floored when I read that for the first time when I was young. I never jumped over a car, but I sure rode off the hood of my mom's huge Chevy Impala.

I think this might have been our first look at "Jumpin' Jim Pratt." He joined the BMX Action Trick team for a while jumping over cars at some of their shows.

There is so much that is right about this picture. The use of 40 gallon drums as your landing ramps supports. The lack of final section at the end of said landing ramp. Pratt clearing four cars in 1980. Pratt ruled!

I will just leave this description up to the photo caption. "Hey, mam, this is poly-unsaturated boogie at its wildest. The Pros; buns out...full tilt bozo...haulin' bananas. In the premiere position. Brent Patterson."

At this time having a Kuwahara was a must. Such awesome bikes with great color combos and great logos. The black with the gold parts is such a good set up. Wonder why Kuwahara kinda died out? Oh yeah. GODZILLA!

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Brent Patterson--Hurdle Racer

Kim Boyle had posted this picture over on his Blog. Another classic shot of Brent Patterson. This makes me even more bummed that I could barely get over hurdles when I ran track.