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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: macmark on October 01, 2007, 10:02 AM
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I had to get everything out of my mum's loft over the weekend and as much as I was dreading it there was a little thought at the back of my mind that I might strike gold up there.
Did I find my old graphite z's or Haro lightning bolt plates? No. My boxes of R/C stuff? No. My old casual gear? No.
All I found was my old school reports, some Commodore 64 stuff, some very dodgy clothes and these photos. Somewhere in a loft in the S.E. of England has got to be a fair few grands worth of my past. :-\
Anyway these were taken at a Capital Radio event over in Docklands, East London around late 84/ early 85 I think.
Not sure who all the riders are but I see Neil Ruffell, I guess that's CC in the ProLite top and possibly Glyn Lewis on the DP?
I think there was some kind of record attempt at the most drop-ins or something and it looks like there's a big old tv camera on the top of one of the vans so there must be film footage of it somewhere.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e334/macmarkosx/os_bmx/capital_bmx_01_800.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e334/macmarkosx/os_bmx/capital_bmx_02_800.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e334/macmarkosx/os_bmx/capital_bmx_03_800.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e334/macmarkosx/os_bmx/capital_bmx_04_800.jpg)
And a pic of my old 'Beat the day I got it home from Faze 7. :'(
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/e334/macmarkosx/my_bikes/my_beat_800.jpg)
Sorry about the poo pics, I think I took them on one of those dodgy disc film cameras.
Mark
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Great pics mate. ;)
I love that old blokes blue Skyway jacket. He must have been a trendy fooker!
All of those lovely white alloyed hubbed tuffs too , aaah :smitten:
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Blinding pics Mark, the guy in the skyway jacket is Dave Young who passed away last month, dad of Chris Young :-\
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mass drop in.
thats got to be tried at the next meet up lol.
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I remember going to that :LolLolLolLol:
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also looks like andy ruffell talking to craig in that 2nd pic.
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I can see Andy Ruffell talking to CC and Peter Hawkins in the grey jacket .
I popped over there that day with a couple of my mates, non bmx, and it was a after I`d stopped riding so it would be 85 for sure, I had a chat with Craig and Neal and that was the last time I spoke to either of them :(
Hopefully I`ll get a chance to speak to Craig before too long :daumenhoch:
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dad of Chris Young who passed away last month
Am I missing summat here, not another one gone surely not?
Please tell me I'm wrong?
Daz. :shocked:
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dad of Chris Young who passed away last month
Am I missing summat here, not another one gone surely not?
Please tell me I'm wrong?
Daz. :shocked:
Sorry, to clarify Dave Young passed away, Chris's dad :'(
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Cheers mate, still very sad though as I know he was very highly thought of. :(
It just reads as though it was Chris who had passed.......
Daz.
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I see what you ment Daz, I just edited it :daumenhoch:
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Sorry to hear that he died. I honestly didnt know.
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This is a big shame, he used to drive us around the country in an old ambulance towing a 1/4 pipe & ramp doing demo's.
I think he also made the first set of pegs that Chris used.
He done a lot of good for BMX BITD, thats a big loss :(
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There is a memorial race at Dagenham track this month
(http://www.badbmx.com/forum/blahdocs/uploads/daveyoungflyer_6289.jpg)
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Nice one Ratty :daumenhoch: