billstup is used to living on the edge

[SaMAlex]

Just over a year ago, when I first found radbmx and read that Billy Stupple was involved, it wasn’t pictures of massive hip hanging airs or skyway shows that sprang to my mind, it was this pic. Last week I was flicking through a magazine and found it so I thought Id post it. Oh the irony of the caption. I don’t think there is anyone else who got a photo in that magazine that is still riding!!!

[bmxmatt1974]

cool, what year that then?

[Ramp Rat]

Love the old Rom t-shirt - they were the dogs go nadds.

[SaMAlex]

cool, what year that then?

"ABMX August 83 page 9"

[Trev]

cool, what year that then?

"ABMX August 83 page 9"

   taxi for matt!!!

[bmxmatt1974]

oh yeah just seen it 

[Sean 2000]

Classic, i was there that day.
It was in the car park a few doors down from Schofield Cycles (Craig and Gary's shop) Well, outside ABBA signs in fact. Hence there sticker on the QP.

I spent a lot of time in that shop after school and saturdays, as it was only a 5min ride from my house.

I can remember it like it was yesterday........not 25 years ago 

sean. 

[CD17]

Cool pic, looks like Chris Youngs quarter pipe, where was Schofield Cycles 

[oberonspacefruit]

lol "even stupple stumbles"

you wanna see him after a couple of bacardi breezers....

[QUADROPHENIA]

was only talking to bill about that last sunday, one of my favourite photos, pity he let himself go really   

[Sean 2000]

Cool pic, looks like Chris Youngs quarter pipe, where was Schofield Cycles 

Southend-on-Sea mate, well Westcliff really! A few doors down from the Bell pub on the A127.

Sean. 

[billstup]

That pic was taken in the warm up to a demo that me and Chris did at the opening of Schofield Cycles, it was before I could get my hands on a coaster tuff, hense the reason for a rear `z` rim which I laced a coaster into.

The thing was they took loads of pics of the demo when I had full protection on, and then printed that one from the warm up    Mind you I was still well pleased 

That mag came out whilst we were doing the 83 European tour, and the then Skyway MD Dean Ellison wasn`t that pleased when he saw it 

[SaMAlex]

Bill, you make it sound like a paparazzi snap. Like a shot of a football player getting pi55ed the night before a big game.

I loved that you had a front tuff and rear spoked. I just thought it was a style thing. You were busting out 90s bike fashion in the early 80s!

[billstup]

The thing was Alex that after Bob Haro had blown us all away at the NEC everybody wanted a rear coaster tuff, where as a week before nobody wanted one, but that ment they were in short supply untill they were shipped over from the States 

[SaMAlex]

after Bob Haro had blown us all away

Haha, what a thing to be able to say. I dont recon there are many people riding today who rode with Haro. That rad!