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Title: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: trixr4kidz on November 10, 2005, 07:11 PM: (http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d103/trixr4kidz70/KOTS1.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/d103/trixr4kidz70/KOTS2.jpg)

I found this old program from one of the King of the Skatepark competitions at Rom. A few of the riders have obviously signed the front cover too.... (a bit sad I know but give me a break, I was only about 13!) :-[

Billy I see you signed the top left hand corner. Do you remember this comp and what year it was?
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: Moose on November 10, 2005, 07:25 PM: Quote
Billy Stupple Skyway #1

Did he sign that last week ;D ;D
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: JAY on November 10, 2005, 07:27 PM: Sept 84 wasn't it .......................
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: billstup on November 10, 2005, 07:32 PM: It was in 84, I thought it was August though ???

That was my autograph back then, as I was on the team first before Craig Campbell and Paul Hudson, I did think of changing it when Craig won that comp, but he said not to bother, as if I needed telling twice ;D
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: Moose on November 10, 2005, 07:37 PM: ;D ;D
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: ORB on November 10, 2005, 08:04 PM: Anyone know the results?

What you get Billy?
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: billstup on November 10, 2005, 10:20 PM: 2nd for me :(
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Post by: TwoBobRob on November 10, 2005, 11:16 PM: So Bill, is this the comp you reckon I judged? :-\
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: billstup on November 10, 2005, 11:28 PM: Yep, fook knows why I thought that, was you there that day Rob?
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: billstup on November 10, 2005, 11:31 PM: Would I have known Neil Stevens, the name sounds familier, fook my brain is fooked I can`t remember nothing ???
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: TwoBobRob on November 10, 2005, 11:45 PM: I have no clue.....

I'm also a little confused as to why I wasn't riding; Glyn was there so, so should I have been.. Unless my knee was blown out - it was pretty regular back then. :(

And where was Chris Young?

Maybe I did judge, a last-minute thing perhaps?
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: billstup on November 11, 2005, 12:03 AM: I remember someone saying "I had something to do with that" meaning Craig coming first in every element then " don`t get mad get even" meaning I was pissed at coming second, and I thought it was you Rob, but I seem to remember the name `Neil Stevens` from somewhere, perhaps it was him ???
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: theRuler on November 11, 2005, 02:03 AM: Neil Stevens was an MRD rider
few years old than all the others!!!
he must be mid 40's by now. bit of a "groundwork" man

he's in the action bike book!
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: tricknuts on November 11, 2005, 02:42 AM: Ruler. Are you suggesting Neil Stevens was crap at freestyle?

admittedly, he didn't pull 10 ft lookbacks out of any bowl... yeah, and he was about 45 years old, even then!
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: theRuler on November 11, 2005, 03:12 AM: no by "groundwork" i mean that was what it was called before it was known as flatland
he was there in the early days with the ground moves

one of the original flatland riders in the UK!!!
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: stuntmaster on November 11, 2005, 12:17 PM: neal stevens had a lot of hair as well .blowing in the wind ;D
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: retrorider.u.k on November 11, 2005, 03:29 PM: a top event and it didn't rain although it looked like it was going to all day.never knew anything about neil ruffell until that day but WOW and marco lara was also nuts...
Title: Re: King of the Skatepark - Rom 198?
Post by: Stodgy on November 11, 2005, 05:44 PM: Yep - definately 84...here's a couple of pics of Bill from the event (I've posted them before) - I've got some more at home, I'll scan 'em in and post them for ya:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b292/stodgy1/billy_rom_1_72dpi.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b292/stodgy1/billy_rom_2_72dpi.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/b292/stodgy1/billy_rom_3_72dpi.jpg)