then and now

[58 delray]

places we rode then and how they look now

 from 80 to 86 i rode with many others in my local park (Beckenham Place Park) in a spot in between a river and a kiddies play park.
so here are some pics of back then, i made lips on the slopes and you could get BIG air off them.


and how it looks now, totaly over grown 



ps
not me in the pics, it's Lee Allen (spillers)

next one i've done is Rom, first pic is me

next is spillers

and lastly Andy Young (chris's brother)


and how it looks now






next up is Eastway
pic is me jumping Andy Youngs legs with Chris Young with his back to the camera. the start hill is top left of the picture
ignore the top pic its knebworth

and how the place looked a couple of years ago, i think it has now been bulldozed for the olympics



next is Buckmore Park
me over the tabletop

how it is now, the track has gone completley and been replaced by the go cart track extension


where the start hill was

[SaMAlex]

This fits right in here.

The small photo is me at a small bmx track in 1991. A friend took the main pic at the same place yesterday.
I still ride there all the time, its real close to where I work.

[beard1973]

Mentioned tis on Facebook... THAT PIC IS AWESOME ALEX...  very cool piece of photo-art.

[58 delray]

nice pic Alex,
 anyone else got any then and nows?

[58 delray]

next up is the Blackheath dips where me, billy and loads of others rode in the very early 80s

first pic is billy on his race inc



next is how the jump he is coming off of is today, over grown and worn down



and whats left of the run up hill you can see in the background of the first pic, also totaly overgrown

[pickle]

Great pics Andy 

[58 delray]

Great pics Andy 

cheers Rob,
 i've got a few more places to add to this aswell but it would be great if others add to this thread like Alex has done 

[xGoose]

Cool pics! 

And its nice to know Harrow is still going strong 

[58 delray]

Cool pics! 

And its nice to know Harrow is still going strong 

it's romford mate 

[pickle]

used to ride all the way to Knebworth to ride the park.....that track used to knacker me out though!!

[58 delray]

used to ride all the way to Knebworth to ride the park.....that track used to knacker me out though!!

my avatar pic is knebworth table top, your right about the track being knackering though, i think it was because it was always thick mud 

[SaMAlex]

And its nice to know Harrow is still going strong  

it's romford mate  

But Harrow is still going strong. Infact its more rideable now than it was in the 90s. Now there's just one bowl left to unearth

[58 delray]

And its nice to know Harrow is still going strong  

it's romford mate  

But Harrow is still going strong. Infact its more rideable now than it was in the 90s. Now there's just one bowl left to unearth

guess we need some then and now pics then, i have some of chris young there, who has some of now?

[pickle]

I do Andy, will post some up later although mine don't have the new mini set up.

i might be able to grab some on my way home 

[58 delray]

I do Andy, will post some up later although mine don't have the new mini set up.

i might be able to grab some on my way home 

nice one mate 

[MartyC]

Once again, great pics Andy, that one of you on your ACE is just ACE 

[Spen69]

When Hootski got his original Chromo Burner rebuilt, we took it to my dad's with a Mongose Cali I had at the time and suprised him. Needless to say, we hopped straight on them and went for a spin to our old local tack and ramp site in Halesowen.......

Like this, it's totally overgrown now. We had a pump-track in a bowl that we found evidence of only one or two bumps left, but most upsetting was the "bomb-hole" where we spent all our days digging out quarterpipes and jumping the big doubles at the bottom with the water in the middle..... totally gone and overgrown..... I now know that it was a balancing pond for the new housing estate that got built, hence the name we gave it as you had to literally drop-into it and ride like fook to get back out, but alas now it's just a gentle path throught the wild weeds where dog-walkers frequent

Got a pic of it now somewhere, but back then we didn't have many cameras between us unfortunately....

On the plus side, I have a pic of the 8' kick-turn ramp in my dad's back garden he built after I missed the ramp completely on my way back to earth from an aerial and spent my first stint in hospital with a fractured skull at 13...... and his garden is still the same now, albeit stocked with nicer plants! I'll scan them in and put them up and you can check out my Wham! highlighted hair and Hootski's Keegan perm when I get a chance

[58 delray]

nice one mate get them pics up 

[ED209]

oooo Heaven was a place on earth... Wicksteed







...and now... carpark... just GONE.

[58 delray]

next we have foxes wood where me, chris, gossa and many others rode, pics are of chris from his Torker days



and how it looks now, one of the jumps is still there and still being used  

[58 delray]

oooo Heaven was a place on earth... Wicksteed







...and now... carpark... just GONE.

real shame its gone, looks sweet 

[xGoose]

And its nice to know Harrow is still going strong  

it's romford mate  

But Harrow is still going strong. Infact its more rideable now than it was in the 90s. Now there's just one bowl left to unearth

I was recently told that Harrow now has a preservation order on it, anyone know if thats true? 

[Bob_Acid]

I went to barnhurst track about ten years ago and took some pics but they're long gone.

Great thread Andy, when you fancy a trip to Dartford  heath mate?

[pickle]

Harrow now, not got any old ones though sorry



pool

the balls of the cock

snake run

half pipe

[MartyC]

Me at Harrow just over 3 years ago...







I skated there WAY back when it first opened and then progressed to BMX and back to skateboards in the late 80's; one of the original Harrow Boys...