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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Trev on August 25, 2006, 01:44 AM
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Here are some pics of the great Carlo Griggs from back in 1987. Enjoy! :4_17_5:
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Fook me !!That is some serious air in that first pic. :shocked:
Some great shots there Trev.Got any more?
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carlo is the country's most naturally talented ramp rider
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Wow, I had stopped riding & never got a chance to see Carlo ride. Feck he is good :daumenhoch:
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I went to Gloucester Leisure centre at some point around that time to see Mat Hoffman and Greg Giuote (?).
That was Tizer sponsered as well. Carlo may well have been there but Greg was just out of this world.
They were giving away Tizer sweets as well which were lovely.
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Fook me, that's some air :coolsmiley:
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Fook me, that's some air :coolsmiley:
same goes for me too
what was he doing up there,
polishing the stars maybe :LolLolLolLol:
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I can't stop looking at that first air. By god that's stupidly high. How anyone can go that far up is beyond me. He really is a gifted rider.... and 1987 wasn't yesterday either.
Glad to have him on here as a member. Hats off to a legend.. upmost respect. :4_17_5:
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I can't stop looking at that first air. By god that's stupidly high. How anyone can go that far up is beyond me. He really is a gifted rider.... and 1987 wasn't yesterday either.
Glad to have him on here as a member. Hats off to a legend.. upmost respect. :4_17_5:
I think those were still 8' quarter pipes back then to, which makes that stupidly high air even that much more impressive. Carlo always was and still is an awesome rider.
Credit where credit is due, Greg G was also getting that much air back then and on an 8' quarterpipe.
Great pics Trev, more please.
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yes i agree a very good rider and on an 8ft 1/4 that is something else
hats of to carlo :4_17_5:
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Bigup to the wee man, Blyther was also getting massive air back in 85-86 and still gets 10 ft out today,
I think the radness has gone today all they want to do is tail whips etc dont know about you but that bores the sh-ite out of me
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Bigup to the wee man, Blyther was also getting massive air back in 85-86 and still gets 10 ft out today,
I think the radness has gone today all they want to do is tail whips etc dont know about you but that bores the sh-ite out of me
bit of a generalisation there mate, don't ya think?
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Bigup to the wee man, Blyther was also getting massive air back in 85-86 and still gets 10 ft out today,
I think the radness has gone today all they want to do is tail whips etc dont know about you but that bores the sh-ite out of me
bit of a generalisation there mate, don't ya think?
Nope!!!!
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I agree with MADALL ;) the height was amazing BITD and most ramps were only 6" wide. :idiot2: :daumenhoch:
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cool pics, Carlo still blows ya mind when you see him ride. so smooth and stylish, and he can tech it with the youngguns when it is needed...
Just wish i could get him out to one of the meets.
steve
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That air was about ten foot out , Only a year later Carlo was bustin airs closer to 15ft out in the comp were he 540ed about 8ft over rotated and bent his bike like a bannana , there was a pic put on hear a bit ago maybe on the old rad site , anyone?
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I still think Carlo is the most gifted rider the UK has ever produced. The thing is with people like Bestwick, Tabron, Webb etc, is that they spend a lot of time at places like Woodward where they can learn all sorts of new flips easily. Being the best on a level playing field, like Carlo was, is much more of an achievement. It is just a shame that he happened to be in the same age group at Mat Hoffman back in the day. Those two were the best ramp riders in the world and they weren't even pro class. If they entered the pro class back then, i'm sure they would have finished 1-2 everytime. i am so glad i was born when i was. if i was born 45 days earlier, i would have been in their age group and wouldn't have had half as many trophies as i do now.
It was always a pleasure watching Carlo ride. He has given me such great memories. BMX Freestyle would have been a lot duller without him.
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yeah dude, there were no foam pits etc, it was do or die and it amazes me when you look back at pics like those and it still blows your mind.
respect
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I agree. There must be something in the genes, to make someone as good as Carlo is.
Tabron and Bestwick in view are Stiock, Aitken and Waterman riders. They were nothing in Colin Keffords days.
I'd hate to think how good Carlo would be if he decided to keep up with today's competition.
here's a quote from an earlier thread on this site from Carlo on the passing of Neil Ruffell
"He was an amazing rider with a great style... If you saw him with those glasses on in the street you would never thought that he could ride how he did....
i was a 13 year old kid when we rode together and it seems like yesterday... I still remember he used to call craig campbell Camps...
Riders like neil were the ones we used to look up to and gave us all great memories.."
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Don't sgree with that ! Tabron and Bestwick well rocked in the UKBFA days , was a bit later than 87 , about 89 90 but it was still UKBFA times , and they still learnt most all of there stuff on wood and not foom and ressys till mid nintys . I do agree with how much of an awsome rider he was tho . :4_17_5:
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if carlo wanted to he could shock alot of people, give him a few months at woodward and i bet he would be up there, but with smoothness and style.
I am local to him and over the years he still pulls it out the bag when he is feeling it.
It does make you wonder where he would be if he had kept competing.
but at the end of the day he is still riding as he is passionate about it. could you say the same for all the X games types if they were not getting paid. ???
steve
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I agree, the top UK guys from BITD were the Radest and Badest dont care if there are only a few of us think so , I met Carlo at Goodwood back in 85-86 when he was doing a skyway Demo with The Campbells,Canning etc and he was getting higher air back then than Campbell, Canning and it was off one of those Bernie Vincent Pipes which were shite to say the least.The Yanks were not getting the air he was and also he was about 13 at the time so I recon if he and the other top UK guys had continued there would be no Mirra's and Bestwicks leading the x-games.
PS I recon I will get slated from the younger gen who never had the privelage of watching those guys ride
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Carlo is better than Tabron easy and could give Bestwick a run for his money.Fact
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There really is'nt an argument here, old school has miles more style which Carlo is more than demonstrating in the pics. Forget all this tail whip air nonsense, just look at that step thru.
ligbee.
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the tailwhip air was first done in 85.
new school riding has more tech, but watch any props road fools vid and you will see some proper style.
true style has always been apparent, throughout the years. the only thing that changed is the clothing and bikes
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The first tailwhip air wasn't done in 85 , it was 89 90 by Joe Johnson...
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Yup, Joe J did the first proper tailwhip air, but Dominguez did a semi successful tailwhip flyout at the Combi Pool in Upland in '85 (or '86).
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Anybody got any recent pics or footage of Carlo riding vert?
Cheers
Paul
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Anybody got any recent pics or footage of Carlo riding vert?
Cheers
Paul
Hey All..
Thank you for the great comments... I do have some pics here but i will be loading them up tp my web site... Just been looking at the posts. and there have been many good vert riders... On a level playing field you would have Mike canning and Jerry galley up there with everyone.. tabron has done real good im pretty sure he only rides foam now and then but for sure he did 900s with out it... I know for a fact that all the other riders that do these apart from maybe a couple did them is foam... yes bestwick can do no handed turndown 900s on resi... but im sure there is allot of vert riders that can do that if they lived in woodward... look at Eduardo terreros he dont need foam... he is a hard man.. Whatever we can all say such and such is the best but doing it like bestwick does is how it is.. Look at Kagy.. 10ft double whip flatspin 540... You can not learn that without foam... it takes 100s if not 1000s of times to learn that...
Whats quite funny i had all my team at my place over the weekend and Trev and marc trill where there also... i have one kid who rides for me and he can do double flip whips , flairs front flips all the big tricks but he cant air over 3ft.... he cant do rollbacks... Then we have mike miller... he looks amazing the best lookbacks in the world... For every rider i have ever seen and every other person who has seen him ride will tell you its all about style...
i will forward a picture to trev to upload.. trev i hope you liked your hockey puck burger!!!
cant wait to hear some comments...
Carlo
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Barbara was much better than Carlo :LolLolLolLol: anyone got any piccies of Barbara?
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Here's the pic Carlo was talking about.
(http://myspace-596.vo.llnwd.net/01111/69/59/1111169596_l.jpg)
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Good to have you on here Carlo, just ordered a set of your wheels from Cyclesport, hope they're good. ;)
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Good to have you on here Carlo, just ordered a set of your wheels from Cyclesport, hope they're good. ;)
Thanks for supporting Proper.. I come here time to time if its not that busy.. did you get the colored rims...
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Good to have you on here Carlo, just ordered a set of your wheels from Cyclesport, hope they're good. ;)
picked mine up from hard core hobbies yesterday graham all blue, ;) got mine built with blue primo spokes cost a little extra but what the fcuk ;D
man they are the dogs danglees ;D you'll be well happy ;D
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Gone for grey/silver rims with silver hubs and stainless spokes, not too flashy. Was tempted by the green though. And the gold. And the blue.
Haven't seen any pictures (or mentions anywhere else) of this grey/silver colour combo for the magnalites so if you have any pics Carlo that'd be great.
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this has gone from Carlo griggs the kid from BMX Beat to rims.!!!! The Lee-chi colors are cool... We have some updates on the new stuff.. we have a 242grm cassette coming with a 6t driver... Magnatitanium cranks with splined chainring so you can run 18t gearing.. saves allot of weight.
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Just out of interest Carlo, how much does the latest Houdini frame weigh and is the 2007 version out yet?
Cheers
Paul
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its 5.6lbs for the 20". It has Spanish and hidden also..
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:daumenhoch:
Cheers
Paul
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this has gone from Carlo griggs the kid from BMX Beat to rims.!!!! The Lee-chi colors are cool... We have some updates on the new stuff.. we have a 242grm cassette coming with a 6t driver... Magnatitanium cranks with splined chainring so you can run 18t gearing.. saves allot of weight.
That's because you're not just someone who used to be something in BMX, you are still very actively a part of BMX. Which is cool. I was looking at an Odyssey setup for the wheels until I looked at the Proper kit, was pretty much decided from the first look.
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Here's the pic Carlo was talking about.
(http://myspace-596.vo.llnwd.net/01111/69/59/1111169596_l.jpg)
now that is "clicked" cool style
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I've tried "looking back" that far round whilst standing on the ground and to me it's near bl**dy impossible. I was lucky enough to see that particular lookback "live". It looked amazing then and it looks amazing now in the pic. Miller is definitely one to look out for in the future.
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apparently barbara wants 2 do the double over carlo she's been practicing in a secret compound 4 the past 20 odd years pulling triple whip flairs and the like, who's radder bab's vs carlo part 2.
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I wonder if Barbara still has an interest in the sport. I bet she doesn't realise the legacy she has left behind by beating Carlo. :LolLolLolLol: She has probably gone on in life without realising she once beat one of the greatest riders in UK's history.
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I wonder if Barbara still has an interest in the sport. I bet she doesn't realise the legacy she has left behind by beating Carlo. :LolLolLolLol: She has probably gone on in life without realising she once beat one of the greatest riders in UK's history.
Barbara still is working at 4130... She is the secretary there.. For Ride and Dig...
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Ok, so we now know where she. Are we gonna get some pics??? ;)
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Barbara was much better than Carlo :LolLolLolLol: anyone got any piccies of Barbara?
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do you mean barbara thompson who beat carlo in some comp steve!.........
and didnt she end up on skyway to.....lol
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tho to be fair to barbara , she was the only female bmxer that i knew of back in the day.... or was there more
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tho to be fair to barbara , she was the only female bmxer that i knew of back in the day.... or was there more
Dont you mean barbera thomson... From southsea
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I find it strange to see the quality of bike riding here, only to discover that Carlo is still riding with stabilisers :LolLolLolLol:
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yeah right...
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tho to be fair to barbara , she was the only female bmxer that i knew of back in the day.... or was there more
Dont you mean barbera thomson... From southsea
Yep thats her :daumenhoch: