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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: DJ on March 14, 2009, 11:36 PM

Title: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: DJ on March 14, 2009, 11:36 PM

A few years back Hawkins let me have a nose thru his slides (please refrain from the usual comments) & let me get some scanned.
I have a fair few but here are some of Brain that Pete took BITD.
All the shots are owned by Peter Hawkins.
Enjoy.

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/65724707.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/fc4d5a30.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/6389dae0.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/6e86421a.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/30bc217f.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/22e270ee.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/e611a1df.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/4213b11b.jpg)

These pics of Brian are very similar to the pic of him that made me want to get a BMX bike BITD & are still my ideal image of bmx... clean concrete, clear blue skies, nice.

Theres a few more of Mike D, Craig C, Andy S & Tony M from Pipeline plus a load from the Velodrome & Rons ramp, when I get time I might post them up.

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: egg on March 14, 2009, 11:48 PM

my ideal image of bmx... clean concrete, clear blue skies, nice.


sums it up nicely :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: gossa on March 15, 2009, 12:00 AM

mmm, some nice backside pics there........ :LolLolLolLol:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: series.1.rs.turbo on March 15, 2009, 12:07 AM

Feckin awsome  :coolsmiley:


RAD  :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: Zippy on March 15, 2009, 12:28 AM

One day I will do a Blyther Replica. One day.  :smitten:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: Guillotte on March 15, 2009, 01:05 AM

Wow man, great pics...thx for sharing. Sure wish I could have ridden that sweet bowl back in the day. Ah well...I'll always have fond memories of my heroes riding there.

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: dirtbro on March 15, 2009, 01:27 AM

magic pics

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: nosepickben on March 15, 2009, 04:29 AM

Nice one, good pics. The one 2nd from last of the x-up is just fabulous,  :D  i bet that bowl was fairly rough really judging by the shape of the lip. .

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: DJ on March 15, 2009, 07:55 AM

Yeah, the bike that Brian is riding is a similar build to this one:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/c8905938.jpg)

This is the probably my 1st media image of BMX at all & is to this day my inspiration (corny maybe?). I'd seen local kids on bikes but never anything like this until I was in a store in Cosham with my Grandad & I was mesmerized!!! He bought me the magazine & even though he couldnt afford the FST in the advert he did buy me my 1st BMX not long after!

I was lucky enough to go to Shiner a few years back with Hawkins & hand pick what I wanted to build my only OS bike, it isnt a perfect replica but I like her:

(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/x260/djbmxmc/d811029d.jpg)

Brain still remains one of the greatest ramp riders ever IMO, as good as anyone today.

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: JAY on March 15, 2009, 09:42 AM

Awsome pics,thanks for posting........

Not that it is important or anything,but that FST in the pics is actually a Sport painted up as a FST,I asked Brian about the Frame as it looked a little long for a FST as i was going to build a replica some years ago.I think Brian had the frame built to his spec,but basically it was a Sport.

Hope to see the rest of those pics soon DJ....... :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: Flatcap on March 15, 2009, 01:44 PM

Quote from: JAY on March 15, 2009, 09:42 AM

Awsome pics,thanks for posting........

Not that it is important or anything,but that FST in the pics is actually a Sport painted up as a FST,I asked Brian about the Frame as it looked a little long for a FST as i was going to build a replica some years ago.I think Brian had the frame built to his spec,but basically it was a Sport.

Hope to see the rest of those pics soon DJ....... :daumenhoch:

I was just about to say the same dude, the FST was an inch shorter than the Sport and Blyther was a tall fella. If you check out the pictures you can actually see the gusset behind the BB.

Still rad pics though!!

Daz.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: Alvin Mullins ospoolrider on March 15, 2009, 05:31 PM

Here's a picture of Blyther on my bike at the Fontana skatepark last weekend
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/aa306/c21alvin/Fontana%20Skatepark/Fontana3808058.jpg)

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: Flatcap on March 15, 2009, 05:35 PM

YEAH....cool Alvin, nice one mate!

I saw the picture with Lee riding it too, quality!

Daz.  :daumenhoch:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: welsh denny on March 15, 2009, 09:22 PM

ace nostalgic pics. blyther was silky smooth and didn't half blast some air.

look forward to seeing more pics in the future.


 :4_17_5:

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: telelogic on March 16, 2009, 10:00 AM

wonderful pic's :daumenhoch:

the first two made me hurt my neck though ;)

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: DJ on March 16, 2009, 06:35 PM

Quote from: telelogic on March 16, 2009, 10:00 AM

wonderful pic's :daumenhoch:

the first two made me hurt my neck though ;)

Shoulda turned the monitor upside, woulda saved you tweaking you're old man neck!  ;)

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: Ramp Rat on March 19, 2009, 10:47 PM

These are great - Hawkins must have some right corkers - keep them coming.
Love the lookback - his bike angle looks so steep and knarly as he re-enters the bowl...killer style and he was so smooth to watch in real life, him and Camps were the smoothest riders out there.

Title: Re: Blyther @ Pipeline
Post by: double chevron on March 20, 2009, 08:27 AM

Just thanks for sharing!!
This kind of pics sums it up for me too  :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5: :4_17_5: