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Going on the back of everyone's favourite 80's US rider, I thought I'd start a new one.Back in the early / mid eighties, there were only two disciplines in freestyle. flatland and ramps. back then most people rode both especially those on the competition circuit before you could choose to only enter one.my question is, who do you think were the best all rounders from back then...the first great all rounder has got to be Ron Wilkerson. I was blown away by both his flatland and his ramp work.probably the greatest all rounder of them all has to be Dennis McCoy.In this country the two that spring to mind are Carlo Griggs and Mark Atkins.Although Ollie Matthews was amazing on flat, then disappeared for a while and came back an awesome ramp rider.but my top four have to be Wilkerson, McCoy, Griggs & Atkins. Mark Atkins doesn't get too much press on here, but he's a guy who in the late 80's / early 90's was pulling 540's and tailwhip airs plus many superb lip tricks as well as awesome flatland tricks like hitch hikers and no handed hang 5's.
Wasnt Mark Atkins the first rider in the UK to pull tailwhip airs?
Mark Atkins and his dad (was it Roger?) came to Pagham and KOC about 5 years ago. They seemed quite disillusioned with the direction of BMX (and whatever Scott Timmins wrote in Dig). Nice lad though.
I remember crazy eric steel destroying the opposition on the ramps but still coming last cos he could only muster up a skid as his flatland routine! lol