BMX Plus October 1985

 

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

Windy Osborn BMX Prints

Stumbled onto this link for Windy Osborn's Fine Art American site over on Facebook. Give it a look and buy some sick old school prints.


 

Freestylin'--March 1985

Nice cover shot of Rich Sigur airing at the Upland Pipeline.There is always so much to Bob Osborn photos that just make them the best. Even with all of the large cover fonts and colors they hardly distract to how great of a photo this is. And there in nothing that can take away from Rich's pink socks.

I remember seeing the opening photo to this article and thinking what the hell? Who are these yahoos? Little did I know how much influence Dizz and Gork would have on our little recreational hobby of bike riding. These guys were something else, and a much needed blast to a somewhat stale industry.

Eddie Fiola blasting on the narrow GT quarter pipe. I like that little comment in the corner that said Dave and Eddie "afflicted" over 10,000 people with their shows. Don't you think that is an under estimate? Had to have been way more that that. I remember those two being on the road for what seemed like for ever.

What could SE do to make the Quadangle frame anymore radical at the time of Freestyle "do-dads" and "add-ons"? Not much, that is for sure. Other than adding the chainstay loops to the frame, it still looks like a classic Quadangle. The forks did get their "standing" tops, but  still have the Landing Gear look to them even if those platforms were useless. Still a great lookimg bike. That stem needs to go though.

There is a thing beauty with how smooth and high Brian Blyther would air at these contest. Perfect X-Up out of the deep end of the Pipeline. Another thing from this time frame was how many people had their bikes and uniforms set up just like Eddie Fiola.

This is the "TRICK" from the King of The Skateparks Final. Hugo Gonzales doing a fence ride way before any of use knew what a fence ride or wall ride was on a bike. Way ahead of his time and crazy to boot. What a great combination. I remember learning fence rides way later on and getting my back peg stuck in the fence. That was real fun.

Freestyle Men's FS75401 Hammerhead Polyurethane Watch
BMX Freestyle
Bmx Freestyle
Motion Activated Light Saber with Star Wars Sounds - with Free Blinkee Light

Wham-O Snowball Blaster 2-Pack

Martin Aparijo

J.T. over at Vintage BMX had posted up some links to some old footage of Martin Aparijo riding in a GT show. Good to see some Martin footage, there is not a lot of it out there.

Direct link. Martin Aparijo Huntington Beach Cali

Our good friend Krt Schmidt has some contest footage of Martin up over on his blog. 

And here are a few more links of some really good old school footage.

1983 MN HARO SHOW

1983 Mike Dominguez Pipeline

1985 Dennis McCoy Venice Beach contest

1985 Ceppie Maes Venice Beach Contest

1985 Maurice Meyer Venice Beach contest

1985 Dizz Hicks Venice Beach and '87 Hit and Run tour

1987 Chris Day Velodrome Contest

Kevin Jones Velodrome contest

1990 Jay Miron JTFreestyle show

  
Thanks to J.T. and Krt for the links.