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skywayman

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neil ruffell
« on: September 14, 2006, 03:20 PM »
I have just read that Neil Ruffell passed away...........
Is this true?
What happened to him?
Please tell me it is a different guy, he was my hero back in 1985 when he beat Eddie Fiola in the Kellogs freestyle..On that memorable orange Skyway.

Regards
Tom

piper

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #1 on: September 14, 2006, 03:36 PM »

Nah its true i`m afraid,nearly two years ago to the day i think,he was awesome :'(

skywayman

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #2 on: September 14, 2006, 03:42 PM »
How di it happen?

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #3 on: September 14, 2006, 03:50 PM »
i fink it involved a big building and jumping
could be wrong tho
deffo jumped tho

skywayman

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #4 on: September 14, 2006, 03:52 PM »
Bloody hell...
Was he still involved with bmx when it happened?
Do you now what made him do it?

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #5 on: September 14, 2006, 03:54 PM »
dunno to the both i sure some one on here enliten us
with the true reason .as i cant remember

rom_kid_04

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #6 on: September 14, 2006, 04:04 PM »
i think he lost the plot after being attacked with some sort of weaponary but not sure?

skywayman

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #7 on: September 14, 2006, 04:05 PM »
I am shocked by that,
wonder what he was doing as a career after he finished with BMX

FuNMoNsTeR

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #8 on: September 14, 2006, 04:28 PM »
Wow.... I did not know this. Poor Neil  :'(
Rest in Peace Radlad... you are fondly remembered and truly missed  :-\

skywayman

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #9 on: September 14, 2006, 08:35 PM »
Yes, RIP Neil....Never to be forgotten.

Does anyone know if he had a family?

I am gutted, knew the guy pretty well back in the good old days

WizardWeb

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #10 on: September 14, 2006, 09:01 PM »
Check out the tribute on his brothers page.

http://andyruffell.com/for_neil/index_2.htm

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #11 on: September 14, 2006, 09:05 PM »
well, he had a brother. You may have heard of him. ;)
check out andyruffell.com

Seriously, I don't know if he had a wife or kids.

see an earlier thread on Nieil. What a legend.

http://www.radbmx.co.uk/forum/index.php'topic=2262.15
"I've never stopped riding badly....and I never will"

theRuler

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #12 on: September 14, 2006, 09:05 PM »
Check out the tribute on his brothers page.

http://andyruffell.com/for_neil/index_2.htm

props



i have ridden in that bowl and it is scary. getting that much height in 85 or 2006 requires balls of steel

Radracer

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #13 on: September 14, 2006, 09:07 PM »
So what exactly happened to him after his Freestyle days?

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #14 on: September 15, 2006, 11:02 AM »
Check out the tribute on his brothers page.

http://andyruffell.com/for_neil/index_2.htm

props



i have ridden in that bowl and it is scary. getting that much height in 85 or 2006 requires balls of steel

Awesome pic that. Rad as fook.

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #15 on: September 15, 2006, 08:25 PM »
 :'(man he was good , that is one cool pic  :Great_Britain:
British race frames and race clothing wanted

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #16 on: September 16, 2006, 12:39 AM »
RIp bud :'(
A long time ago, in a land far away!

Trev

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #17 on: September 16, 2006, 08:51 PM »

Neil was the reason I got into BMX.  :4_17_5:   Kelloggs 85.

I think I only ever got to see him ride a couple of times.

Trev

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #18 on: September 16, 2006, 10:41 PM »

How rad was Neil Ruffell?  Check this out!


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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #19 on: September 16, 2006, 11:06 PM »
That is so sad.  Why do all the good people die young?

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« Reply #20 on: September 16, 2006, 11:25 PM »
That is so sad.  Why do all the good people die young?
I hope theres a halfpipe in heaven :'(
A long time ago, in a land far away!

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skywayman

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #22 on: September 23, 2006, 02:11 PM »
Did he have any family?

jeff spicoli

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #23 on: September 23, 2006, 02:22 PM »
If he was around today he would have been one of the few riders that could mix it with todays big guns. I was in awe of that bloke when I saw him ride.

Radracer

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Re: neil ruffell
« Reply #24 on: September 23, 2006, 02:25 PM »
WHAT DID HE MOVE ON TO AFTER BMX?

TOP BLOKE RIP

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