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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: bmxer4ever on April 19, 2008, 01:33 PM
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I was going through some old pics lookin' for a pic of a pedal picker drop in and found these....
1988, sponsored by Gotcha and sent all these pics to the guy that sponsored me.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha012.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha022.jpg)
Top Gun...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha032.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha042.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha052.jpg)
Undertaker...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha062.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha082.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha092.jpg)
Backwards roparoni...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha102.jpg)
Anyone remember what these are called?
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha112.jpg)
What's with the skinny leg...?!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha07.jpg)
Glasgow Garden Festival - me and Marcus Cent ended up doing demos in this wee square...
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha122.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha132.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha142.jpg)
UKBFA Pro comp, Jack Kane Centre, Edinburgh, 1988....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/master043.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/master053.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/master033.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/master073.jpg)
Pro ramp practice - nice crash after this pic was taken!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Gotcha%20Bmx%201988/Gotcha152.jpg)
G!
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more cool pics gary, i loved gotcha bitd had loadsa there tee's.
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Great pics there dude. :daumenhoch:
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Great pics...the pic of the Jack Kane centre captures the atmosphere there very well :LolLolLolLol:
I still have that stripey Gotcha Polo at my mums house in Dunfermline.
CHeers
Fraser
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more cool pics gary, i loved gotcha bitd had loadsa there tee's.
Yeah - they sent me a load of gear - no idea where it all went, think I gave some of the T's to my mum! Cool Jacket too! I've still got some of those triangular stickers....
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Awesome pics Gary.
Love the Top Guns. I'm trying to think back here, but I think the Top Gun was the only flatland trick that appeared on any of the BMX Beats which I couldn't do. I'm sure I'll think of a few more in a minute.
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pedal picker drop in. f**ck that. balls indeed.
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Awesome pics Gary.
Love the Top Guns. I'm trying to think back here, but I think the Top Gun was the only flatland trick that appeared on any of the BMX Beats which I couldn't do. I'm sure I'll think of a few more in a minute.
I have no idea why they were so much harder than a regular backwards bar press, but they were!
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pedal picker drop in. f**ck that. balls indeed.
And that's exactly what you rattled when it all went wrong...!!
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Awesome pics Gary.
Love the Top Guns. I'm trying to think back here, but I think the Top Gun was the only flatland trick that appeared on any of the BMX Beats which I couldn't do. I'm sure I'll think of a few more in a minute.
I have no idea why they were so much harder than a regular backwards bar press, but they were!
with the bar press / gut lever you'd be leaning on your elbows. with a top gun you needed a lot of strength in your forearms and shoudlers. as well as balance.
i could do gut levers, forwards and backwards but could never do top guns. i guess with gut levers as well you could learn them with your legs low to start with and work on getting them higher. with top guns i guess you had to get your feet up high straightaway.
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Fook me Gary...you liked them short didn't you...did you ever take them off? :LolLolLolLol:
Pedal picker drop in = balls of steel!
Much respect mate, something I've never had the bottle to do!
Daz. :daumenhoch:
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Fook me Gary...you liked them short didn't you...did you ever take them off? :LolLolLolLol:
Pedal picker drop in = balls of steel!
Much respect mate, something I've never had the bottle to do!
Daz. :daumenhoch:
I was sponsored to wear them....... Hence the name of the thread Daz!! Heehee! I used to like to show a bit of leg you know.....!
Only ever dropped in like that on a pipe twice - both times at comps - adrenaline high - Pro ramp practice - Jack Kane Centre and Alfreton UKBFA. Crashed both!
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I was sponsored to wear them....... Hence the name of the thread Daz!! Heehee! I used to like to show a bit of leg you know.....!
Point taken Gary :LolLolLolLol:
You'd have thought they'd have given more than one design though.
I think I remember the one at Alfreton.....if you saw me slam pretty heavy on a 540 then it was the same year if not it was another time but I seam to remember it now. :-\
Daz.
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I was sponsored to wear them....... Hence the name of the thread Daz!! Heehee! I used to like to show a bit of leg you know.....!
Point taken Gary :LolLolLolLol:
You'd have thought they'd have given more than one design though.
I think I remember the one at Alfreton.....if you saw me slam pretty heavy on a 540 then it was the same year if not it was another time but I seam to remember it now. :-\
Daz.
I was wearing full red, black and white Mode3 gear at that comp - slammed the pp dropin, twisted my ankle and that was me out of Pro Ramps. Pity 'cos i was gettin' good airs that day - liked that pipe.
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Old%20School%20Gear/haropants06.jpg)
That was the comp I got all stroppy during my flat run, 'cos ramp practice was on and distracting me! Stopped my run and got them to stop the practice - Numpty! What a bawbag! I guess the slam was Karma tellin' me to shut the f@ck up and get on with it!
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cool pics m8 :daumenhoch:
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Elbow glide was the trick that you'd forgot what it was called dude ....
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Some great pic's there !! :daumenhoch:
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Elbow glide was the trick that you'd forgot what it was called dude ....
Elbow glide would be with the foot on the other peg - this was called something else - you do a tailwhip then coast it backwards....
I'm havin' a real hard time remembering old trick names these days!