freestyle bmx on tv

[theRuler]

do you remember the first freestyle bmx you saw on tv?

for me, it was andy preston, on white quad with red tuffs.
some saturday morning show, he was indoors on a trick ramp and qp.
i video'd and must have watched it 1000 times. he was riding to some old dire straits music.
the rollback 540 was so dope!!! this was summer 1983

anyone got that gem on tape still?

[daze]

believe it or not, andy preston and mike pardon used to do "classes" on 1/4's and kickers in moss side sports centre of all places in the early 80's. maybe it was there? never remember them being filmed tho tbh.



and i never did learn owt!!

[daz bmx it!]

Hey Ruler,I remember that well,had it on a tape that i wore out cos i watched it so much,think it was filmed in a leisure centre too,little bit of slow-mo camera work also Ah, the memories.......

[theRuler]

yeh slow mo that was it
he did this one handed kickturn that was so dope (but he dabbed on the way out)

that was 22 years ago. where's AP now? is he here?

[TwoBobRob]

As it happens, I was riding motorbikes with a mate of mine up in Wigan the other week and we got on to the subject of BMX, he used to ride very early on and is mates with Mike Pardon - still sees him regularly. I'm pretty sure he said he saw Andy P from time to time also.  Anyways, I showed him the RADBMX site and he had a browse, so they may turn up here sometime 

On a side note, the man in question is Tony Law.  Ring any bells with anyone?

[daze]

saw mike pardon in bones stockport about 7/8 months ago.   

[weston]

was he riding???

[daze]

yup. cant remember the bike but it was a new school.

if rob tsunami is lurking he might know, i was with him at the time.

[stuntmaster]

do you remember the first freestyle bmx you saw on tv?

for me, it was andy preston, on white quad with red tuffs.
some saturday morning show, he was indoors on a trick ramp and qp.
i video'd and must have watched it 1000 times. he was riding to some old dire straits music.
the rollback 540 was so dope!!! this was summer 1983

anyone got that gem on tape still?

have a freestyle bmx video and that has preston on it and skyway team could be the same one

[theRuler]

is that the one with the bristol bike show comp?

[stuntmaster]

do you know what i don`t know it`s been a while since i play it .i play it during the week and come back to you

[billstup]

saw mike pardon in bones stockport about 7/8 months ago.

I spoke to Mike a couple of months ago, for the first time in 20 years, when he was in Alans shop in Wigan and he said he was riding a new school bike now, we may see him at Bournemouth for the 25th Aniversary do at the end of the month. 

[BuffaloUK]

I saw "Pike" a couple of years ago at an Old School Skate reunion.
I used to see him around with Andy Preston when I was going to BMX events way back in the day, then I got more into skating and Mike did too, he was a total ripper on a board as well as a bike and a really good bloke

[ORANGEZIPPY]

getting back to the white and red quad, i remember it well also, again like both Daz and TheRuler, i had it on video and remember watching it over and over again,    brothers in arms rings a bell, although that may have been on an old miami vice scene also ?

if you did get a copy, would love to see it again.

lastly, that video is one of the reasons my quad, is white and red !!

[theRuler]

the saturday morning programme it was on. i swear it introduced by that loon david icke, in his pre-messiah days.
the music was a dire straights track off an album before brothers in arms.

anybody remember when dave breed and eddie fiola were on some daytime show, doing freestyle tricks to axel f?
they were riding into a circle (inside the studio) and doing a trick and riding out.
first time i saw someone do an infinity roll! fiola did his wheel dancing and lay down tricks.

i had that on video but i have no idea where it is now! it was around 85 sometime.

[billstup]

Peble Mill at One ?

[yoda]

yeah I remember that 85 tour as I rode with them in Newcastle. Does anyone remember seeing Fiola and Morales on peble mill the year before tho??

[loosenut]

i have that fiola and dave breed thing on tape. watched it a few weeks ago. black outfits and fetching GT wheel disks. i aslo have some footage of chris young jumping over cars.