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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: motomagII on November 22, 2005, 06:38 PM

Title: freestyle comps
Post by: motomagII on November 22, 2005, 06:38 PM

can anyone remember regular freestyle and vert comps in leeds in late 80s .think they were gipton seacroft area .anyone got footage or anything from them .i know its a mega slim chance but hey you never know .

Title: Re: freestyle comps
Post by: weston on November 22, 2005, 07:25 PM

no chance of getting any footage, i could beat 99% of those guys with my eyes shut back in the day. dont remember anyone having a video camera back then. i entered a few of those but didnt like those bumboy fearnville flyers. set of rich bullyboy  :Aresehole:'s

Title: Re: freestyle comps
Post by: ligbee on November 22, 2005, 09:35 PM

Fearnville flyers...

Forgot about them (until now). I went to watch a couple of comps they set up about 86 time, they were held outside a sports centre that way. The quaterpipe was about 3 foot wide.

Keep it Yorkshire.


ligbee.

Title: Re: freestyle comps
Post by: weston on November 22, 2005, 10:12 PM

it was one of the plastic kelloggs quater pipe & kick turn ramps. they only started to get into freestyle comps as bmx ended. never liked them rich gay boys

Title: Re: freestyle comps
Post by: motomagII on November 23, 2005, 05:25 PM

thats the one fearnville sports centre

Title: Re: freestyle comps
Post by: Freeman Freestyler on January 31, 2013, 01:29 PM

Me my and mate used to cycle over from Hunslet on Sunday mornings to compete in those freestyle competitions... Not everyone who attended was rich!!
I do have some photo's from that period.