Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 > Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!)
Early Christmas Present
fraz167:
I snapped a brake cable once ...LOL
Hey Carlo, would be good to hear about your early trips to the states to the AFA comps, 2 hips etc etc
Cheers
Fraser
Carlo Griggs:
--- Quote from: tricknuts on October 19, 2005, 08:15 PM ---you were pretty tough on bikes then. I think the worst damage i ever did was give my rear inner tube a puncture. Remember when Mat Hoffman came to Carlisle and did a huge Granny air and hung the rear wheel up. His tuffwheel smashed to bits. It was really funny as Peter Hawkings ran out and grabbed the bike off him away from our eyes. lol
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I think between me and mat at around that time we broke more wheels than they sold.... Peter Hawkins the team manager
Carlo Griggs:
--- Quote from: fraz167 on October 19, 2005, 08:17 PM ---I snapped a brake cable once ...LOL
Hey Carlo, would be good to hear about your early trips to the states to the AFA comps, 2 hips etc etc
Cheers
Fraser
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This going to be quite long...
In 86 dennis mccoy came to stay at my house and i asked if i could go out to the states and ride with him... what a suprise.. i thought a rode alot... he rode 6 hours flatland and a hour or two on ramps... but what was crazy was he would sleep all day and get up 9 at night and ride till 6 in the morning... Kansas city is dangerous and i would suggest if dennis ever asked any of you to ride there be carefull.... Apart from being shot at and chased with wepons basebull bats police helicoptors and police horses i cant tell you what is was like for a 13 year old kid... When i came back and my mum and dad said so what was the trip like well if i wanted to go back to the u.s id better say it was o.k...
Evereyone was real nice to me then and all the riders where cool with each other... I went to florida with Rick moliterno and Dennis.. even the plane trip nearly endid with us getting well chucked out the plane.. But i remember dennis saying they cant throw us out becouse we are in the air...
I should write a book...
Going to me first AFA contest was scary... Blyther and all the other riders i wanted to see and i was nervous to talk to them... But after i rode blyther and other asked how i was so small and it looked funny me flying on a bike... The haro team where real nice to me even though i did not ride for them they paid for me to eat and gave me stuff alot...
One funny memory i have was I was standing in reception with Hugo gonzales and Eddie fiola walked in and he had this new bike case and hugo said.. Eddie you brought your guitar with you... I cant make it sound funny but Hugo was real cool
One funny thing Hugo was after girls all the time... And he was about 24 and i was 13 and we was with all these coca cola girls and i wish i new that my tool was for more than peeing out of... There was hugo like a dog chating all the girls up and me talking about my bike....
I could go on more but you might get bored so if you want to know more i will re post again
tricknuts:
no no keep going. we all love hearing about this stuff. They are all names thatwe all know, and hearig stories is great entertainment. Hugo lives about 10 miles away from me in San Jose. I'd love to meet him.He was a right mentalist back in the day huh?
fletchy baby:
yeah yeah !!!
carry on Carlo !!!!
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