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Title: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: Bigplinky on July 28, 2008, 11:06 PM

Found these in a photo album recently so thought I would share

Dave Young at the Oval in Washington October 1988. The place had 4 quarter pipes and they used to get set up under the skylights so you could get a bit of extra height (if your insane). Cute how the height markers go up the wall and then into the skylight don't yer think.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v637/bigplinky/scans/DYOval1.jpg)

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/v637/bigplinky/scans/DYOval2.jpg)

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: Flatcap on July 28, 2008, 11:20 PM

Fooking nice one!

I'd only seen a smaller version of the first pic and never realised he was up in a skylight, quality how the markings went up into the skylight.

Daz.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: SaMAlex on July 28, 2008, 11:24 PM

Great photo. That Dave was quite good, eh?

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: macky on July 29, 2008, 02:00 AM

BRILLIANT!!

How high are them airs eh!!

love the Candybar pic!!  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: christhejob on July 29, 2008, 05:11 AM

was anyone here at the oval when steff evans misjudged the skylight and fell straight to flat?  i've had 16 years of his comedy no front teeth routines because of that skylight!

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: OrgasmDonor on July 29, 2008, 10:04 AM

nice bloke Dave :daumenhoch: n great pics :daumenhoch: is it true his middle name is "notso" now?  :D

couldnt resist Dave sorry :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: magna13 on July 29, 2008, 10:05 AM

Ace Pics  :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch: :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: SaMAlex on July 29, 2008, 10:07 AM

Quote from: OrgasmDonor on July 29, 2008, 10:04 AM

nice bloke Dave n great pics, is it true his middle name is "notso" now?

I always thought his middle name was "ever",
but then he told me how old he was on his birthday the other week  :shocked:

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: Bigplinky on July 29, 2008, 03:26 PM

Aye if yer want to work it out Daves birthdays in July and he was 20 in the pics above  ;D

The skylights in the oval got more dodgy when it changed from quarter pipes to a 24' half pipe as it was easy to gauge where you were in relation to them on the quater pipes but with the halfpipe I can't remember anybody markings the transitions to show you where they were (not that that ever affected me  :LolLolLolLol:)

I seem to remember one night Rocker trying to do tail taps on the edge of the skylights on his board (kind of like upside down lean to tails).

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: ron burgundy on July 29, 2008, 07:26 PM

Cool pics Andy... 

The 24" half pipe was great, I really enjoyed riding at Washington...  good laugh and I never got hurt ;)

Do you have any picture of the run with the spine in it?

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: Bigplinky on July 29, 2008, 10:10 PM

Might have some pics with the spine in the background Bren, I'll have a look  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: stuntmaster on July 29, 2008, 10:20 PM

what he riding as look like a streetbeat and great pic`s i always loved his riding style on bmx beat 

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: Bigplinky on July 29, 2008, 10:23 PM

Yup it's a Streetbeat

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: Ramp Rat on July 30, 2008, 01:27 AM

sweet pics - Dave rocks -

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: tricknuts on July 30, 2008, 06:52 AM

 cool. great pics. 
 I was at that place once when we had a comp between Newcastle, Dumfries and Carlise riders.   

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: yoda on July 30, 2008, 08:11 AM

Bren heres one of me 360ing the spine...oh aye  and I did hit that roof more than a few times and it did hurt when I hit the fkn floor straight after hahahaha..
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/y47/young111/oval.jpg)

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: baldbmxer on July 30, 2008, 11:44 AM

FOOKING LEGEND THAT MAN  

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: lodge on July 30, 2008, 03:04 PM

Here's a random pic i have taken at the oval. Quite a few well known faces.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/hh280/macky573021/img089.jpg)

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: ron burgundy on July 30, 2008, 09:29 PM

Nice one Dave...  that spine used to scare the pants off me. I'd only got back into BMX in 1990/91, I'd never seen a one (spine) until I went to the Oval ;D

All we had in Hartlepool at the time was a mini halfpipe ;)  which was nice...

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: JAY on July 31, 2008, 09:33 AM

Great pics Andy,I've heard loads of stories form that place.........great to put some pics with them.......great ridin Dave.

Title: Re: Dave Young at the Oval, Washington 88
Post by: teamsano on August 02, 2008, 12:44 AM

awesome pics!

so high that first air, and airing into a skylight? hows EIGHTIES. ROLF!!