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not 4x4, but old school BMX
davidlandy:
Boss , was doin all that 25 years ago m8! used to go the Harrow skate park which i beleive is still there, cant be many original skate parks left.
I had a set of skyway tuff IIs for messing around on and a set of mongoose proclass rims (the ones with holes in) with shimano sealed bearing hubs for racing.
Never knew anyone who did the freezer trick!
Jake:
I was a full on street urchin back in the 80's
I got bored of racing because it all semed a bit *uniformed* so freestyle it was
Cherry pickers, high speed rolling tail whips (on the front wheel) and funky chickens were the flatland tricks of choice
Then we got into ramps and street riding and used to session hard
I used to session South Bank (London) all the time, Busking around Leicester square with Jason Lunn and Fraser Campbell (Craigs little brother)
There was a pub just up from Waterloo with bank to walls around and we used to see how high we could ride up he walls
about 6ft was the most we managed but looking back that was pretty mental
I've borrowed Carlo Griggs helmet at a competition once and have pictures of Matt Hoffman at Holeshot in 1985
We used to ride Harrow, Southsea and Romford skateparks and were doing Boomerang airs back then
I remember trying tail whips in 1986 and spending most of my time riding around on the front wheel only
I've got hundreds of pictures, one day i'll start scanning them into the pc...but i'd need a few weeks spare :lol:
I gave up about 1991 and started Skateboarding and still have a go now and again
I did buy a brand new Haro Mirra Pro a few years ago and started sessioning the local skate park but after a bit of confidence building and some lairy jumps i realised i was a bit scared of it now
I did managed to learn some new tricks before i stopped again though
Peg stalls on a 6ft 1/4 pipe and some grind's down the small hand rail (front wheel on the rail, back peg grinding..Feeble maybe?)
These days i watch from the side lines while my kids get better and better
Advising others is so much safer
Happy days
:dance:
davidlandy:
forgot about romford - that was a popular place
did you ever go to apline sports in notting hill? do you remember surrey skateboards shop in woking?
also did you ever go to the westway track nr whitecity?
was Jason related to Nathan?
this is a small world
Jake:
--- Quote from: davidlandy on August 14, 2008, 22:18:08 ---do you remember surrey skateboards shop in woking?
--- End quote ---
Dude...I used to work there :D :D
Gavin (son of John the owner) still has the contents of the shop in a unit down here in Barnstaple
I always like to work with my hobbies
Jason (or was it Nick, i cant remember) Lunn was a Hutch sponsored rider, i dont know if he had a brother
He used to be on BMX Beat (was it called that??) a lot with Craig Campbell and Pepe Wilder (i think that was his name)
:D
davidlandy:
work there! :shock: WOW My first Kuwahara KZ1 came from there ! it cost either £229 or £329 cant remember now and year would had been either 81 or 82. It was a red one with gold anodised bits on it. Also I think I got my first pair of Vans from there a red and black pair - wore those out then a green and black pair. I also had some chequered ones that I got from my hols in the states.
I always remember moaning (unlike me :lol:) cos the rims where different shades of gold front and rear - I think they were Ukai, or Arayas.
I remember the name Craig Campbell.
Did your ever know Paul Roberts ?
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