Aaah mate.................
Late 1993 and I've got the bug again. I've secured the barn and plans are afoot to start work on the vert ramp. My mate and I go into Superbike in Ilford (our only local bike shop back then) and there it is; Headfirst. Which meant fook all to me except for the name Mat Hoffman...
My mate and I are both on the dole, both skint. Mortgages, bills etc, and the girlfriends have both buggered off leaving us with nowt. And I do mean nowt.
The video is £30.
We look at each other and drag £15 each out of our pockets and the deal is done. Race home to watch it, and watch it, and watch it.
I still watch it now to learn stuff from and I maintain that if anyone could copy the final run in Headfirst today, they'd place in every comp they ever rode in.
I love the man, I love the film