Author Topic: Biggest jumps back in the day (Read 7272 times)

mr.magoo · « **Reply #25 on:** October 25, 2008, 06:18 PM »

yep, thats what i love about BMX, if i go to a track where everythings toooooo big to jump, don't enjoy it, has to be something to get air off

fouronethreeoh! · « **Reply #26 on:** October 25, 2008, 06:22 PM »

Yep, loved dirt jumping more than racing, unfortunately the bottle and ability has deserted me

mr.magoo · « **Reply #27 on:** October 25, 2008, 06:32 PM »

yeah, if its more than two bike lengths apart and the lip too knarly its a manual for me

martin1970 · « **Reply #28 on:** October 25, 2008, 08:08 PM »

Same jump different day.
Mad Mart

mr.magoo · « **Reply #29 on:** October 25, 2008, 08:21 PM »

Martin, is that jump practically identical to the big one on the second straight at the old hayes track, cos from memory looks just like it, and thats basically how i took it, running in front of Simon Hayes, landed a bit back heavy and was using 1 1/8 rims at the time and it just exploded on landing.

martin1970 · « **Reply #30 on:** October 25, 2008, 08:42 PM »

I was also in Simon Hayes age group BITD, jump was sort of the same but bigger.

mr.magoo · « **Reply #31 on:** October 25, 2008, 09:25 PM »

cool, our paths must have crossed bitd too. you've just kept more skills than me

Mattdub · « **Reply #32 on:** October 25, 2008, 10:16 PM »

Cool pics Martin

, first one looks like the Pro Star ? .

The Pleasurewood Hills last pic , Scorpion rider is Lee Alexander .

I was in yours & Mr Magoo's age group too !

kdw712 · « **Reply #33 on:** October 25, 2008, 10:44 PM »

some great pics

R Al · « **Reply #34 on:** October 26, 2008, 12:52 AM »

The only one I have airing out over Kong at Wigan, tbh it wasnt that big but you had to pedal like f00k to get up to the hill to the take off

mr.magoo · « **Reply #35 on:** October 26, 2008, 02:58 AM »

would that be simon hayes riding kong behind you (Hutch factory Simon) if so, another from out age group

Nosnod · « **Reply #36 on:** October 26, 2008, 10:44 AM »

1st straight doubles at Harrogate (Y&H Regional track) were pretty big, wide and fast

Me and the legendary Neal Wood:

mr.magoo · « **Reply #37 on:** October 26, 2008, 05:04 PM »

thats more how i like 'em wide and fast, like the doubles on the second straight at wigan, spot on

priv · « **Reply #38 on:** October 27, 2008, 09:30 AM »

not a bad hight off a jump so small.

Nosnod · « **Reply #39 on:** October 27, 2008, 06:01 PM »

Priv,

Is that down at the old Hedleys?

Who else is in the pic?

baldbmxer · « **Reply #40 on:** October 27, 2008, 06:32 PM »

Quote from: Nosnod on October 26, 2008, 10:44 AM

1st straight doubles at Harrogate (Y&H Regional track) were pretty big, wide and fast

Me and the legendary Neal Wood:

Good ole' John Walker No. 4 on the inside at Harrogate

A useless bit of knowledge is that I printed that top that Neals racing in

......................... see I told you is was useless!

priv · « **Reply #41 on:** October 27, 2008, 06:44 PM »

Quote from: Nosnod on October 27, 2008, 06:01 PM

Priv,

Is that down at the old Hedleys?

Who else is in the pic?

yes that's the place scott,
from left to right it's neil javens,mathew lydon,me,lydons cousin and dave leonard and woody jumping,the actual pic is a lot clearer i've have to get it scanned at put on here.

woody was the best high jumper ive seen,he could clear some right heights,we once had a comp at the tarmac with some lads from rothwell and he cleared an oil barrel and a couple of car tyres off a tiny jump.

Dennis Dain · « **Reply #42 on:** November 03, 2008, 06:25 AM »

When I raced in the 70s (yes, I know that is a long time ago

) we did not have 'doubles'. We had a different version of big jumps.

If you look in the background of the black & white photo you will see the face of the jump we are going off in the color photo.

kdubbmx · « **Reply #43 on:** November 03, 2008, 08:41 AM »

Is that Bakersfield Dennis?

Dennis Dain · « **Reply #44 on:** November 03, 2008, 02:38 PM »

Those pictures are from Saddleback, Orange County, Calif. The black & white is from 75, the color is 76.

kdubbmx · « **Reply #45 on:** November 03, 2008, 03:03 PM »

Awesome piece of history Dennis! I'd love to see all the shots you have from that era. I wasnt involved quite that far back (i started riding bmx as we know it in 78) but i love all that early early stuff.

The colour shot looks just like the sequence in 'on any sunday' about motocross where the riders all come over a drop just like that (maybe its the same place??)

A few years back i rode mtb dh at Mt Wilson with a guy from Burbank called George Pondella who would've been racing bmx around there back in the mid 70's (he'd be around 50 now) maybe you knew him?

sweetbeats · « **Reply #46 on:** November 03, 2008, 03:14 PM »

Come on Mr Dain more pics please

Dennis Dain · « **Reply #47 on:** November 04, 2008, 03:40 AM »

I do have A LOT of picture of my time and rather than start posting them all over again, I will bring my old thread up front again.

I spent a lot of time posting over a hundred photos on this other thread.

Look for, "Dennis Dain AKA Red Baron has joined us"

priv · « **Reply #48 on:** November 04, 2008, 07:00 AM »

In the black & white photo how do you get air after climbing that huge hill?

priv

kdubbmx · « **Reply #49 on:** November 05, 2008, 05:59 PM »

Dennis, i guess you'd left Redline by the time i rode for them, the picked me up in late 81 & i left at the end of the 82 season, i did come over & raced in the US in the summer of 82, the guys on the team there then were Stu, Jon Anderson, Greg Grubbs, Denny Davidow (i think), might 've been more but my memory is failing me now!

What years did you ride for them??