Trick Teams

[ED209]

Sorry Mr Stupple... The Skyway Team doesn't count 

Who out there had their own trick teams with their mates BITD? show us some pictures.

I've got some cuttings I need to scan from local papers in East Anglia... we were the Junction Cycles Trick Team aka The Fresh Freestyle Crew and we did fetes and shows for a couple of summers. Good times 

I remeber dropping my steel framed quarter pipe on my dads toe and him hopping around with me saying 'are you alright Dad!' - I built wheels for it so we could tow it around - my welding wasn't the best and I remember one of the wheels dropping off on the way home once.

Crowds loved stupid stuff like framestands or putting one foot on the seat and the other in the air.. dumb... they lapped it up... or anything synchronized. And falling off was always loved 

And the good old 'will he drop in.. dare he... COME ON MAKE SOME NOISE'

we used to always ask for tightly mown grass.. yeah right! football pitches mostly... 

[harris]

i was in a team in east anglia,we travelled wide and far..we did fetes ,shows and allsorts..school demos on saturdays plus teaching tricks.
we did all the halfords stores when new ones opened as they where new in the uk..so we got goodies.
we never had a name as such  but later i think they got called the wildstylers but that got dropped.
originally the scorpion demo team in this area  then we rode all sorts.
manager barrie scott webb ,riders me ,jay scott webb,jono usa lad ,mate  usa lad .mason smith on the odd trip and others.
when the boys went back to the states,

[ED209]

yeah! thats what I'm sayin... you got any pictures?

[harris]

me no but barrie has them all stuck in about 10 large albums..from the very begining of bmx in the uk
skyway team from the start of the uk,i will oneday get these posted up and youll be seing some rare pics.
barrie was the skyway team manager with our billy stup so plenty of him  .

[jeff spicoli]

I was in a few teams and did a ton of shows all over the UK , good times.

[Faze7-Ade]

Our trick team started in around 1981/82. We called it TRT (totally rad team), and did a few summer fate's. Just a bunch of local riders, one very small trick ramp, and a hand full of very basic tricks. Sadly, I've not got any pictures of anything we did together, but we had some great times all the same.

A little while later we were approached by a rider (Gary) who asked us if we'd like to ride with him for Faze 7. We thought he was taking the p*ss, until he brought us a Faze 7 jersey each. It all took off from there......

Here's a link to a few photos of the team -

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=71717.0

[CD17]

I rode with the Haro Skyliners for a while doing a few shows etc, a few others on here rode with Chris Young & the Skyliners too when they were with Skyway, Billy Stupple & Rob Steel. I rode with Chris Young & Rob Bell while they rode for Haro 

& I have a few photo's that still need scanning 

[QUADROPHENIA]

I rode with the Haro Skyliners for a while doing a few shows etc, a few others on here rode with Chris Young & the Skyliners too when they were with Skyway, Billy Stupple & Rob Steel. I rode with Chris Young & Rob Bell while they rode for Haro 

& I have a few photo's that still need scanning 

ffs give em here and i will do it

[CD17]

 

When you over my way 

[nicklambo]

We started the "Twist" trick team..Me.....Lee Reynolds...Greg Guilotte...we had some small sponsorship that I got from 2000AD...WE wore their T shirts which I painted a clock on the back with the time showing 5.40..I think I've got some pics somewhere..!

[ED209]

We started the "Twist" trick team..Me.....Lee Reynolds...Greg Guilotte...we had some small sponsorship that I got from 2000AD...WE wore their T shirts which I painted a clock on the back with the time showing 5.40..I think I've got some pics somewhere..!

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I remember the article you had in RAD when you were busking in Leicester Sq ( or somewhere ) - hamming up the cherrypickers 

[58 delray]

i was part of that also 

I rode with the Haro Skyliners for a while doing a few shows etc, a few others on here rode with Chris Young & the Skyliners too when they were with Skyway, Billy Stupple & Rob Steel. I rode with Chris Young & Rob Bell while they rode for Haro 

& I have a few photo's that still need scanning 

[20to26]

Freestyle wasn't big where I grew up, just me and maybe a couple of other guys, but they didn't like doing shows - as you can see below some of the spots weren't ideal but it was really great fun and the spectators always got wowed - which of course was great. I used to lug around this wooden quarterpipe that my brother and I built - it was about 6' tall and about 5' wide - it moved around a lot (especially on dirt LOL) so I seldom had the confidence to get bigger air at shows, just enough to do some tricks and the folks were happy. Often a mate of mine would come along and do the announcing - that made it a bit of a laugh - he was real funny. People were so easy to please back then...













...and yes I used my race bike with bolt-ons for freestyle - like my GT Pro above - freestyle bikes were uber rare in africa
 

[nicklambo]

Found a scan of us in Leicester square...There is Greg and I doing cherrypickers...Frazer and Jason looking on...Frazer was great at getting money from the crowds!!..You can see us wearing the t-shirts I made..!

[bmxer4ever]

Me & Michael Reilly - Dales Cycles

[vincentframes]

Vincent Frames Trick Team - check out the album & join!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21851&id=115989468415407

[ED209]

Nice!

[bmxer4ever]

Vincent Frames Trick Team - check out the album & join!
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=21851&id=115989468415407

Nice one! I'm in....!