how could i forgot
how old were you then? Those skate references would have been from like maybe 86 or 87? You look about the same size you are now.
post your glory days
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how old were you then? Those skate references would have been from like maybe 86 or 87? You look about the same size you are now.
Fogerson
Former Resident Nerd
Strange, I was thinking the same.
balls
in '87 i would have been 14
THATmanMANNY
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i logged in just to see boobies 😱
exactly what i was hoping for him lined up with the mx big boys and he was also how i got to those mount snow nationals back in the '90's...
RNG1
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I have some old Caper-on-a-bike photos somewhere...but in the mean time, this will have to do:
Omg I didn't realize they had dancing with stars back then
don
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'97 in the hizzy
All those pics are dope stb22 but that 270x is sick! What trails are those? No need to reply if they are still running
Same pit, different day:
jshort, PortlandRider, soundz - great vintage stuff!
njracer - Love that Robinson!- red Z's and Uni stuff was the sh!t back then. I know we call those whips today but back then it was the kickout!
don
Well-Known Member
Blew the dust off of these moldie oldies:
Leary at my Backyard Trails - '86.
Can can X, Backyard Trails - '87. Peep the IH mower in the back (used for grading/raking the practice track), the wheelbarrow (that sucker carried some dirt), and the old tires lining the berm (tried to be official 🙄). BTW, after this session we headed over to Route 5 BMX and Skate in CT for the Powell Peralta show. Ah, the days...
My homies and me "training" for the MA State Championship race. Notice the practice starting gate in the background.
15-16 Cruiser Moto at Wakefield, MA BMX. Notice the homemade "the Exploited" sticker and the water jump - 80's RADness!
15X moto at Northampton, MA indoor. Yes, I'm throwing horns - took that from the fast as sh1t and Nat'l #1 Mike Crehan that I never could beat.
Me trying to be like Bob Haro (who was the incredible rider and artist and product designer that eventual became Haro bikes). I sweated Timmy Judge back then - thought it was awesome how he could style it up but still be quick on the track. It still bums me out how I messed up the helmet and goggles. I think I was 14 when I drew that.
I have some mid-school pics some place when I was riding XC stuff but riding BMX in the 80's for me were the glory days - just being a kid and having a good time riding bikes. I try to get that same feeling everyime I am on the pedals and hands on the bars and usually I get pretty close 😀
Leary at my Backyard Trails - '86.
Can can X, Backyard Trails - '87. Peep the IH mower in the back (used for grading/raking the practice track), the wheelbarrow (that sucker carried some dirt), and the old tires lining the berm (tried to be official 🙄). BTW, after this session we headed over to Route 5 BMX and Skate in CT for the Powell Peralta show. Ah, the days...
My homies and me "training" for the MA State Championship race. Notice the practice starting gate in the background.
15-16 Cruiser Moto at Wakefield, MA BMX. Notice the homemade "the Exploited" sticker and the water jump - 80's RADness!
15X moto at Northampton, MA indoor. Yes, I'm throwing horns - took that from the fast as sh1t and Nat'l #1 Mike Crehan that I never could beat.
Me trying to be like Bob Haro (who was the incredible rider and artist and product designer that eventual became Haro bikes). I sweated Timmy Judge back then - thought it was awesome how he could style it up but still be quick on the track. It still bums me out how I messed up the helmet and goggles. I think I was 14 when I drew that.
I have some mid-school pics some place when I was riding XC stuff but riding BMX in the 80's for me were the glory days - just being a kid and having a good time riding bikes. I try to get that same feeling everyime I am on the pedals and hands on the bars and usually I get pretty close 😀
You just got injured too long ago 🙂 you missed out on the 6 million dollar man stuff.
also motocross
All fixed...no cast. They would eventually take the screws out and they let me keep them. Nice stuff, I mean way better quality than the stuff I get at mcmaster
Robin
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You're lucky Joe! I also broke both shin bones...I was 8...growing up in Sussex County, I got to enjoy the "tar and chip" paving...I was flying down my road, on my banana seat/coaster brakes when I flew off of the bike.
Spent a week in the hospital and 11 weeks in casts (6 weeks toe-to-hip and 5 weeks knee-to-toe).
And I still went back for more!
Spent a week in the hospital and 11 weeks in casts (6 weeks toe-to-hip and 5 weeks knee-to-toe).
And I still went back for more!
Fogerson
Former Resident Nerd
Oddly enough, in all my MX'in and dirt biking, I never broke a bone. I ripped the crap out of cartilage, tendons, ligaments, and the like though...
Unusually dense/strong bone isn't necessarily a good thing...if I'd broken a few more bones and had a little less soft tissue damage back in the day, I wouldn't creak 'n pop and just plain hurt as much as I do now...
BiknBen
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I had the same procedure done in '98. Screws came out later but the long rode remains.