RL Osborn Fullpipe Air

So many nice shots from the first Freestylin' "Book" BMX Action produced. Would love to be able to go back and ride some of those old California skateparks. RL Osborn riding a fullpipe in one of the many cement parks. Not sure which one this is, if anyone has an idea let me know. View more here: http://oldschoolmags.com/mags/Book_Freestylin_Weed.pdf

Brian Blyther Airwalk Ad

Taken from the December 1988 issue of Freestylin'.  Download it here: http://oldschoolmags.com/mags/Freestylin_8812.pdf

Jonas Surfing The Deluxe

CW Racing California Freestyle

Enough tubing went into making those standing platforms that a second Sears Tower could have been built.

Drob and The King Of Balance--Freestylin' January 1986

Brian Blyther Pipeline View Two

Update to Wednesday's post http://edwardkoenning.blogspot.com/2011/06/brian-blyther-pipline-transfer.html

Anthony Sewell No Hander

From the November 1983 issue of BMX Action.

Anthony Sewell BMX Legend

Busy! Busy! Busy!

Yeah, what the title says. Busy here at work, and well, just not much to post. I did see this on Vintage the other day. nice site with some really cool old school pictures on it. http://livewhileyouareliving.blogspot.com/ Great Hutch Trick Team post on there with some cool pictures of Woody and Rick. Hutch Trick Team Post.

Robinson photo taken from Midwest Old School BMX Show in Joliet post.

Joliet Girl - A Memoir
Joliet (IL) (Images of America)
The Blues Brothers (Widescreen 25th Anniversary Edition)

Andy Ruffell Nosepick

Spotted this in the 1985 issue of BMX Action. First version of a nose pick? Possible so. Andy Ruffell doing it with plenty of hopping.

BMX Bandits [Blu-ray]
BMX action bike book
BMX Bandits

Gary First Rad San Marcos, Texas Local

Good to see Gary First still riding and kicking ass. Found this over on the Old Guys Who Ride Facebook page. Head over there to check out more, or go over to their website and give them a visit.  http://www.plussizebmx.com/old-guys/

Craig Campbell

I have had such a good response after posting that wall ride photo of Craig Campbell, I went and tracked(borrowed) down some more photos of him. Anyone have the AFA footage of him at the Austin Masters Comp? I wouldn't mind getting that posted.

1982 JAG BMX World Championships

This was posted on Vintage BMX earlier. The audio is kinda messed up but the footage is still really good. The opening race where that guy blows up in a wheelie is priceless. 




1982 JAG BMX World Championships VEGAS-Part 2 from JAG BMX on Vimeo.


1982 JAG BMX World Championships VEGAS - Part 1 from JAG BMX on Vimeo.

Bicycle Motocross Action--October 1979

Tim Judge on the cover of Bicycle Motocross Action. The "on the cover" description read "doing the one-footer that he made famous...or made him famous, one or the other." Not sure about all of that, I was always under the impression it was more for the "Leary" he had done. Either way, there must be a reason for Tim Judge to have gotten so much coverage in his time. He is a ruler for sure.

I actually started to post this for that sick picture of Bob Haro airing the crap out of that 26" beach cruiser. Then the more I looked at the Webco add on the other page, the more I liked it. Clean, simple and to the point.

A gooseneck shootout was a common thing back in these days. Cool to see the changing styles and the evolution of the stem design. And of course there is Schwinn bringing up the rear and sticking with the single clamp design. And not to forget the clean look of those Tuff Neck stems. No wonder they were so popular. And I am not going to touch that Speedo fork ad. Too easy.

Some big time pros line up in the starting gate at the ABA Summer Nationals in Amarillo. I think the ABA needs to make the one-footed gate start a rule. That would go over real well with the racers.

Nice to look at some of the really old flat tracks these guys used to race on. Looking at that crash picture will Greg Hill taking the digger, it looks like they are racing in a gravel pit. Man I bet those were fun times.

Say what you will about BMX from this time period. A sport once trying to be so much like motocross, with the uniforms, the racing battles, and all the hype. It still just boiled down to riding a silly little kids bike on a track and having fun. Thanks to all of these guys for laying the ground work for what we have now.

Bicycle Motocross Action January 1981

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