Author Topic: Fifteen from the vault.. more added. (Read 185524 times)

hotdog · « **Reply #50 on:** June 17, 2018, 11:09 PM »

From last years trip to Rainer's near Stuttgart,Germany.
The first thing we saw when we looked in the shop window!
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hotdog · « **Reply #51 on:** June 17, 2018, 11:13 PM »

Messin' around '84..
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hotdog · « **Reply #52 on:** June 18, 2018, 07:25 AM »

Somehow I persuaded the parents to replace the greenhouse with this..
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McQUEEN · « **Reply #53 on:** June 18, 2018, 07:44 AM »

Awesome photos.....seeing the pipeline photos, you forget how brave these guys were....

stuntmaster · « **Reply #54 on:** June 28, 2018, 06:28 AM »

great pics

MartyC · « **Reply #55 on:** June 28, 2018, 01:01 PM »

Hey Tim, is Pike Mardon still living in Perth, Australia?

oldschoolace · « **Reply #56 on:** June 28, 2018, 01:06 PM »

Quote from: hotdog on June 18, 2018, 07:25 AM

Somehow I persuaded the parents to replace the greenhouse with this..

Wow, judging from the steels, that looks purpose built rather than ghetto! where did they get it from Tim?

hotdog · « **Reply #57 on:** June 28, 2018, 10:31 PM »

Quote from: MartyC on June 28, 2018, 01:01 PM

Hey Tim, is Pike Mardon still living in Perth, Australia?

He's been up in Geraldton for the last 4 years.

hotdog · « **Reply #58 on:** June 28, 2018, 10:46 PM »

Quote from: oldschoolace on June 28, 2018, 01:06 PM

Quote from: hotdog on June 18, 2018, 07:25 AM
Somehow I persuaded the parents to replace the greenhouse with this..

Wow, judging from the steels, that looks purpose built rather than ghetto! where did they get it from Tim?

That half-pipe originally came from Southport skatepark (late seventies) then made it's way to the top of the start hill at Chorley BMX track and eventually to mine around 1983 for the grand sum of £50. It came surfaced in knackered fibreglass panels so I ripped that off and bolted timber across the width followed by a layer of ply and added a vert extension one side and a platform on the other. Happy days!
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hotdog · « **Reply #59 on:** August 31, 2018, 11:16 PM »

Neil Ruffell. Sobell Centre. '85 I think..
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factory pilot · « **Reply #60 on:** September 01, 2018, 10:10 AM »

Tim, this surely has to be one of the greatest RAD threads of all time! Thanks so much for posting these up!
As Clint said before ( Oldschoolace) I hope you’d be interested in allowing us to use some of your amazing U.K. pics in our “We Were Rad” Book?
Thanks for posting again Tim... just awesome

hotdog · « **Reply #61 on:** September 03, 2018, 08:49 AM »

Quote from: factory pilot on September 01, 2018, 10:10 AM

Tim, this surely has to be one of the greatest RAD threads of all time! Thanks so much for posting these up!
As Clint said before ( Oldschoolace) I hope you’d be interested in allowing us to use some of your amazing U.K. pics in our “We Were Rad” Book?
Thanks for posting again Tim... just awesome

Easy Tiger,you're making me blush!

Seriously though,I appreciate all the great comments on this thread.

I've spoken to Clint and he's good to go regarding using these photos. Doing a book's a great idea. Can't wait to see it published.

griff · « **Reply #62 on:** September 03, 2018, 04:01 PM »

Agreed this is one of my favourite threads on here - easy to miss it by the unassuming thread title though

Should probably rename it to 'Tim's fooking awesome pics from BITD' or something

Fantastic

factory pilot · « **Reply #63 on:** September 03, 2018, 05:10 PM »

Quote from: hotdog on September 03, 2018, 08:49 AM

Quote from: factory pilot on September 01, 2018, 10:10 AM
Tim, this surely has to be one of the greatest RAD threads of all time! Thanks so much for posting these up!
As Clint said before ( Oldschoolace) I hope you’d be interested in allowing us to use some of your amazing U.K. pics in our “We Were Rad” Book?
Thanks for posting again Tim... just awesome
Easy Tiger,you're making me blush! Seriously though,I appreciate all the great comments on this thread.
I've spoken to Clint and he's good to go regarding using these photos. Doing a book's a great idea. Can't wait to see it published.

Nice one Tim and thanks again bro .. seriously RAD thread

MartyC · « **Reply #64 on:** September 11, 2018, 01:53 PM »

Quote from: factory pilot on September 03, 2018, 05:10 PM

Quote from: hotdog on September 03, 2018, 08:49 AM
Quote from: factory pilot on September 01, 2018, 10:10 AM
Tim, this surely has to be one of the greatest RAD threads of all time! Thanks so much for posting these up!
As Clint said before ( Oldschoolace) I hope you’d be interested in allowing us to use some of your amazing U.K. pics in our “We Were Rad” Book?
Thanks for posting again Tim... just awesome
Easy Tiger,you're making me blush! Seriously though,I appreciate all the great comments on this thread.
I've spoken to Clint and he's good to go regarding using these photos. Doing a book's a great idea. Can't wait to see it published.

Nice one Tim and thanks again bro .. seriously RAD thread

It certainly is!

hotdog · « **Reply #65 on:** September 12, 2018, 05:48 PM »

Wilkerson...
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hotdog · « **Reply #66 on:** October 12, 2018, 03:18 PM »

This has to be one of my favourite photos I've ever taken. First visit to Uplands Pipeline skatepark,Brian Blyther shows up,smooth as silk.... what a day!
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hotdog · « **Reply #67 on:** October 12, 2018, 03:25 PM »

More backyard trick-ramp fun...
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hotdog · « **Reply #68 on:** October 12, 2018, 03:35 PM »

Tube socks 'n Vans Style 36 in '84 on the Pro Performer...

hotdog · « **Reply #69 on:** October 12, 2018, 03:49 PM »

Eventually something had to give. Snapped Renthals. 1983.
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hotdog · « **Reply #70 on:** October 12, 2018, 03:54 PM »

First bike. Frame Stand on the Sentinel Scorpion. 1981/2.
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donnydresser · « **Reply #71 on:** October 18, 2018, 10:27 AM »

back to the top bump

MartyC · « **Reply #72 on:** October 20, 2018, 05:07 AM »

Quote from: hotdog on October 12, 2018, 03:54 PM

First bike. Frame Stand on the Sentinel Scorpion. 1981.

I had a red one of those Tim...

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hotdog · « **Reply #73 on:** October 20, 2018, 07:07 AM »

You're 'stylin' in the Vans 95's too! I always knew you were a man of good taste,Marty.

hotdog · « **Reply #74 on:** November 12, 2018, 09:07 PM »

So the year is 1981,I'm sixteen & still heavily into skateboarding and only aware of the upcoming phenomenon that is BMX through reading Trials & Motocross News....
Until I bump into a neighbourhood kid riding a red Sentinel Scorpion TX with yellow Skyways. I COULD NOT believe my eyes. fat/skinny tyres,mag wheels,Kashimax MX seat,Tange TX1200 forks and a mangalloy frame. I had to have one.
Two weeks later and I get a phone call from my older brother that worked on Deansgate in Manchester,where all the motobike dealers were. In the window of ACE Motocycles was a blue & yellow Scorpion SX complete with a Suntour Holeshot derailleur,
on sale for £99. I had to have it! I had £100 in premium bonds and to my total surprise my parents agreed to let me cash 'em in.
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What's the first thing you do when the bike's taken out of the van? You stick your brother's Bell Moto 3 on and see how she handles!
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