BMX Men -- Stuart King

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BMX Action--August 1983

This issue has to be one of those issues that stands out the most to me. And it all has to do with The Pit and a certain Hutch Pro Star test. You will see that in a minute.

Given their normally epic race coverage, it is a good thing to have a pictorial to cover a race every once on a while. Seeing as how good of a photographer Bob Osborn is, this is a welcome site.

Brent Paterson getting stylish over one of the double sets in the Pro Cruiser class.

Concrete jumps and berms must have been a must have for track in Florida. That and carpets on the top of jumps at the trails. Or is that everywhere now?

I know a lot of people have the "tuck" associated with Greg Hill, and I somewhat agree. But this picture of RL blasting one out of The Pit is by far one of the best ever captured. And still, to this day, on of my favorite tings to do on a bike.

Another great shot of Buff proving he has hops. And Toby Henderson sliding sideways "goin' wide open."

Pro gate starts always attracted a large crowd. Bid time speed of the line here. Damn! these shots make me want to go to the track .

(*update 9-4-2013* That is not Gary Ellis, It's Troy Daniels. Sorry.) This issue had a lot of great cruiser coverage. Does anyone know what forks Gary Ellis is running on his bike? Was it some kind of Kastan design dropout or a Kuwahara thing?

Mike Dominquez letting it fly over the Vans Plexi half pipe. What were they thinking not having decks on that thing?

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BMX Action--August 1983 Ads

Classic ACS Buff ad. The Vector BMX jumping over a Ferrari ad. And the Scott's ad with RL doing his best porn star impersonation. Nice STASH there RL.

DVD - Grounded - BMX by Etnies + Exclusive 48 Page Book
Park Tool BBB-2 The Big Blue Book of Bicycle Repair - 2nd Edition
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Great Doctor Who Art

Some new really cool Doctor Who art has popped up over the last few days. I really like the Newton comic. Classic Forth Doctor!

The Doctor Meets Newton by Whosname.

From The Pirate Planet.  


Romana: Newton? Who's Newton?
The Doctor: Old Isaac. Friend of mine on Earth. Discovered gravity. Well, I say he discovered gravity, I had to give him a bit of a prod.
Romana: What did you do?
The Doctor: Climbed up a tree.
Romana: And?
The Doctor: Dropped an apple on his head.
Romana: Ah, and so he discovered gravity?
The Doctor: No, no. He told me to clear off out of his tree. I explained it to him afterwards at dinner.

Cyberman by Paul Gerrard.

Thanks to http://lifetheuniverseandcombom.blogspot.com/  and http://tardisnewsroom.blogspot.com/  for the links.

Chicago Nothing

Former Hoffman Bikes welder and all around Bad Ass, Paul Murray sent me this picture on Facebook the other day. Just a whole lot of nothing. Thanks Paul!

Poorboy--BMX-Men

1996 called, it wants it's ponytail back. I still have the fork and headset lock that I was using in some of these video clips.


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BMX Action--December 1981 - - Part 2

Part two of the BMX Action December 1981 post from Monday. East to do considering this issue had 132 pages in it. I need to try and track down a copy of it. 

ABA Devonshire race coverage opened with this great shot of Harry Leary leading the Pro main while Greg Hill looks to can control out of a sketchy situation.

The track layout looked like a fun one. Action was always good at giving the younger guys coverage, like the 11 expert class.

RL Osborn giving the Diamond Back Pro Kit a burn slide for good measure.

Wasn't a lot of side hack coverage at the time. In fact, I can hardly recall any of it. Good to finally see some it of in these scans.

Mystery Science Theater 3000: Sidehackers [VHS]
Norman Osborn -- Spider-Man Series 1 Action Figure
Diamondback Skin Dog BMX Bike (20-Inch Wheels)