Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 > Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!)
More from Kellogg's 1985
Retrodan72:
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--- Quote from: Retrodan72 on December 30, 2015, 04:35 PM ---Brilliant pics matey.
Ant and Andy will be straight on to eBay looking for some of those Oakley braces.
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may have been Ron Wilkerson, was he at the event?? certainly getting air and styling like him! It's hard to see what bike he is on!
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He won it I think, Neil Ruff coming 2nd.
absinthe_boy:
Ron won the freestyle final. It's definitely his helmet but why would he be in Raleigh gear?
I remember well that Neil did a lot of aerial tricks which were edited out of the TV broadcast.
On the day, the crowd were....umm...less than appreciative of the victor. We were instructed by the TV presenter (Anthony Pirrie???) to cheer again for the cameras and to "really freak out". We declined and they actually cut in applause from the semi final for the broadcast. I think on the day we all felt Neil had won it but we might just have been a partisan audience.
deeman:
--- Quote from: absinthe_boy on December 30, 2015, 05:52 PM ---Ron won the freestyle final. It's definitely his helmet but why would he be in Raleigh gear?
I remember well that Neil did a lot of aerial tricks which were edited out of the TV broadcast.
On the day, the crowd were....umm...less than appreciative of the victor. We were instructed by the TV presenter (Anthony Pirrie???) to cheer again for the cameras and to "really freak out". We declined and they actually cut in applause from the semi final for the broadcast. I think on the day we all felt Neil had won it but we might just have been a partisan audience.
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Amazing!! nothing you ever see on TV is how it actually was....even back then !
Ron W must of nicked a shirt of Andy Ruff for practice!
absinthe_boy:
Ron borrowing a shirt from Andy Ruffell makes sense.
I know the crowd wanted Neil to win and it's 30 years ago...but my recollection is that Neil was a good deal more spectacular than the edited version that was broadcast....I remember thinking "where are all the aerials?" I don't think it was as clear cut as it looks on the TV show (it's on Youtube) but maybe we just wanted Neil to win because we were partisan.
I do distinctly remember a bit of a shockwave going through the crowd as the judges revealed their scores, we clearly expected Neil to win or perhaps a tie.
hotdog:
I'm guessing Jason Lunn borrowing Ron's helmet. Also Ron Wilkerson airs to the right.
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