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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Race (riders ready, pedals ready... GO!!) => Topic started by: reilley1 on December 09, 2005, 08:07 PM

Title: Cool pic from 75
Post by: reilley1 on December 09, 2005, 08:07 PM

Mel Stousenberger WSA track in Orange County CA

(http://images.vintagebmx.com/web_pages/sidehackguy/75TT.jpg)

Title: Re: Cool pic from 75
Post by: dordymush on December 09, 2005, 08:35 PM

lol flat or what  :santa_cool:.

what the hell is going on with his shoes  ???

Title: Re: Cool pic from 75
Post by: Flying_fox on December 09, 2005, 09:26 PM

.........But did he land it???

Now that is no clips BMX, rubber pedals. ;D

Title: Re: Cool pic from 75
Post by: Bren Gunn on December 10, 2005, 01:07 AM

I don't know how you get the pics, but keep them coming.... class ;)

Title: Re: Cool pic from 75
Post by: theRuler on December 10, 2005, 12:15 PM

you rule!
that pic is so dope
30 years ago!
love the banana seat too.
wonder if dude landed it?

Title: Re: Cool pic from 75
Post by: reilley1 on December 10, 2005, 04:48 PM

From Mike Rush who was there when the pic was taken:

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1975, Mel Stausenberger, WSA. I'm pretty sure it was Memorial Day, May 75. He did a foot plant off that jump. I was standing a few feet away from the person who took the pic. Crashed straight down like a ton of bricks, I think he tried this twice. Mel was about 6' tall or taller so he was pretty high up. It was insane, I'd NEVER had seen anything like that at that time.

And as far as the shoes, well, I don't know if he did it for the same reason, buy we used to duct-tape our shoes for cornering like the old motorcycle flat track steel plate guys.  Cheesy now, but moto back in the dayguys