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Hopefully you checked out Team Young and Veteran BMX for more pix and info on the Kzoo comp. I simply didn't have a chance to post any more about it. I want to give a shout out to all the sponsors again, because the prizes were off the charts
DK bikes, Terrible One, Albes, Dan's Comp, Empire BMX, Vclub Clothing, Etnies, FBM, Animal and Dave Davenport really hooked it up. Here's another shot of the White Lotus, Luke McGarry, who is the captain of the style council
Also thanks to Chris Hatfield, who took a lot of the photos in the slideshow (I took this one, though). I forgot to mention that Jason Suchen
won the best trick with a 360-whip over the Pizza Hut box and the $200 Division Tattoo gift certificate that went with it. Rich from Division was the head judge even (he qualified as "head judge" because he added up the scores and told me who the winners were).
Since my last post I've driven over a thousand miles, but I did get to ride the Louisville park three times, which was awesome. One late-night session was with Ernesto from Dan's Comp, which was super fun. I also rode the cement park in Florence early one morning, which was great as well. I don't know if I'm just getting up earlier in my old age or what, but the morning session at Louisville and most of my time at the Florence park, I was the only person in the whole place. It's weird to see the giant Louisville park with no one else there. Of course it was fun but it's kind of scary being there by yourself, you know? I'm back on the road later this morning again, so hopefully I'll get some more time in the saddle.
I've recently discovered Vital BMX and created a Deliverance profile. It's like the Myspace of BMX minus the creepiness (so far). Check out my cool friends. Ha ha.
I kind of blindly paid for these DVDs that this guy I don't know said he was going to put tother on Vintage BMX He listed a whole bunch of 80s videos that he was going to transfer from VHS to DVD and I sent him the money for copies of them, hoping they would show up and be legit. It was a couple months ago and I had pretty much forgotten about it, but they were here when I got home from the road. The first one I watched was the 1988 2-Hip series. Ron Wilkerson was the man in charge of 2-Hip and developed the first half-pipe vert contests and the very first "street" contests for BMX. Before Ron it was the American Freestyle Association and their flatland/quarterpipe contests and a few concrete skatepark contests earlier on (when there were still concrete skateparks in the early 80s). I was at most of the 2-Hip contests and it was funny to see myself standing on the decks, shooting photos and such. Much like now, I usually had some kooky get up going. In the very first shot I had a jean jacket and a head band holding back my long skater-bangs. That wasn't so bad, but later in the video it is revealed that I have that upper torso steez going with a pair of above-the-knee shorts. So horrible.
Then we got to the Meet The Street event. This was the very first street contest, almost comperable to the FBM Ghetto Comps of a couple years ago. It was launch ramps and an old car and a dirt bank to wall-ride. It was one of the most fun BMX events of my life and I am proud to say I took second in the "Good" (expert) class with moves like
It's crazy to think that was almost twenty years ago....
The really embarrassing video is called "Freestylin' USA". I've seen it before, but my wife was
absolutely amazed that I appeared in this "music video" for the Metal MCs.
It was this wanna-be beastie boys band and they filmed a video at this event
in Huntington Beach in a parking lot near the beach. The GT "stonehenge" box jump was
there, which was a McGoo creation that rivals the best box jumps at parks
today. I remember it well, Not-that-hot bikini clad babes and these
absolute kooks, lip-synching and rolling around playing unplugged guitars to
their never-gonna-be-a-hit song "Born to Party" (which was a weak attempt at the Beasties "Fight for your right to party"). I appear with
badly-bleached surfer hair and a couple tricks (that I'm honestly not
embarrassed by) 2/3s of the way through the video. I actually saw this video
on TV one time after I had moved back to Michigan. It is so punishing to watch and it makes me thankful that the 80s are long over with.
Updated: Sunday, 27 August 2006 1:39 AM EDT
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