Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 > Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!)

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Jesse:
And some more...

Ramp Rat:
Cheers Jess  - Yeah - I loved that scene too, it was really raw and exiting, Nick Philips had a cool vision, anti-establishment, (burning UKBFA membership cards like the hippies did in the '60's.) It was great to get away from the sheen, slick racing uniforms, the tight rules of competition (Competiton killed the buzz for a lot of freestylers) and embrace the surf/skate attitude and clothing, BMX had already borrowed the waves/pools, ramps, and skateparks, why not borrow the clothing too. It was a natural progression that Nick saw early on, with the help from Tim (TLB) at BMXAB (who had a whole career shooting skateboarders 10 years earlier). They used BMXAB / RAD to get the word out. Preacher Man. Proper ganga.

I used to go down to Skate City at London Bridge and South Bank with my older brother back in '77, I loved it, I was 8 at the time. Then going back to South Bank on a BMX, or down to ROM on a BMX, it was so friggin beautiful and exciting. Street skating blew up in '85 and again the natural progression was to imitate, borrow from the skateboarders, backside boneless, foot plants, wall rides, the city became your new skatepark. Then the scooter appeared, a cross between a BMX and a skateboard, the two had merged, it was a little cheesey, but again, a natural eveloution of the times. I'm going on a bit here, had too much coffee.

They were great times to be alive....

I don't ride a BMX anymore, I tried it last year at my local skatepark in Santa Monica on an pld PK Ripper, but I had no-one else to ride with and I got bored. I've been getting into Surfing, Tony Mac lives down the road, so we get up at 6.30 am and go out and ride waves, feels fantastic, plus it gets me in shape. So it's a full circle.....got to have that rush somehow, 7 ft - 10 ft transition is a beautiful thing. 7 ft tranny that's moving is an insane rush to the head.

Alright back to my boring job...cheers again Jess. 

Jesse:
Good to hear from you Damon.
Looks like everyone made it out to CA huh? I know Jess is in Santa Ana, you're there, last heard Nick was working on Hollywood movies, Mule Man is running his clothing agency in LA too. What about Mr Horseye himself, Dave Currey? Is he there too?
I doubt you'd remember me but I used to ride and skate with the Fairfields crowd (Rayman etc)... as for me, 4 years in NY and now in Miami... loving life, building my rides (currently 3 GTs) and waiting upon the arrival of my first child...  :4_17_5:

Oh, here's a lil' something else...

Jesse:
And one more...

Ramp Rat:
Nice one Jess - love the piss in the corner pic, real Anachy. Yeah - Jess's in Santa Ana with his clothing company 'England Clothing', Nick's up in San Francisco last I heard, making music? clothing? Horseye's in London, we exchanged email, I think he's a web developer, Paul Wright's in OC, Ca with strife and 2 dustbin lids. Congrats on your new adition, I have a 19 month old and one on the way, it;s a beautiful thing. I remember fairfield halls with Raymond, peewee and a bunch of other crazy rippers.

Enjoy your GT's

Cheers for the memories.....damon

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