milestone picture

[theRuler]

but why is it a milestone in freestyle?

it's josh white. late 1984

[retrorider.u.k]

540 

[theRuler]

10 points retrorider

for a bonus 5 what gave josh the inspiration to try it?

[oberonspacefruit]

the teacups at alton towers.

[retrorider.u.k]

dont really see how its a milestone when marco lara was doing them in rom performance bowl in 84 too  

[theRuler]

i didnt know that
from what i have read, josh is credited with it
but he says cannot take full credit as there is a chance someone somewhere could be doing it at the same time

and it was marco lara?

[toooldforthis]

Who was the bloke at Rom who used to pull off sick stunts on a grifter?

I think his name was Marco?

[Stodgy]

the teacups at alton towers.

 

[TwoBobRob]

Marco Lara did indeed pull 540s at Rom.  He was doing a kinda-sorta 540 a year earlier, it was 360 or more in air and a wee pivot out to finish it. He was doing those on the concrete banks next to the halfpipe wall.  He then went into the performance bowl and did them properly.  Either myself or my old riding buddy has some stills somewhere, which i will endeavour to scan in sometime.

Marco was the Rom ruler. the original burly rider who rode everything at full speed usually yelling some incomprehensible command to get out of his way  .  A good friend to me, shame he's not about riding these days. I saw him at Rom around 99-00 ish, he had a fully tricked out Ripper and was riding the moguls with his son 

Ain't seen him since though. Pity. 

[lazychubs]

Who was the bloke at Rom who used to pull off sick stunts on a grifter?

I think his name was Marco?

i rode rom on a grifter for a few years lol
even jumped the fence into the cardrome on it
but i wasnt called marco lol

[TwoBobRob]

Who was the bloke at Rom who used to pull off sick stunts on a grifter?

I think his name was Marco?

There was only one Marco, a Columbian fellow.  I don't recall him ever having a Grifter, the first bike I saw him on was a mongoose motomag weighing about 4 ton 

My mate Duncan rode a grifter in 82 for a summer - used to go through a handfull of cotter pins every session   

[macmark]

i rode rom on a grifter for a few years lol
even jumped the fence into the cardrome on it
but i wasnt called marco lol

I tried jumping that on my motomag once, didn't quite make it tho. Front wheel caught the top . I got a picture of the take off here somewhere but me old man didn't get any of the accident as he was too busy trying to untangle me from the fence lol.

[harris]

i can remember jumping the back fence .we all would get up on end about 10 in a row and ride the hole
park fast as poss close together it was mad ,i fell of trying the fence i think one made it over that time then
a big pile up often followed o the good old days nip out to the garage next door fill tyres up and lol about out side
now its all dirty and built up and i had my first race at the rubbish bmx track is it still there.

[billstup]

The area where the track was is still there but there`s no track, good area to put a street course though 

[toooldforthis]

i rode rom on a grifter for a few years lol
even jumped the fence into the cardrome on it
but i wasnt called marco lol

I did see someone on a grifter a few times down there and if it was you, I've cracked up about it many a time, it was a sort of, 'never mind all them lightweight supa dupa freestyle bikes, I'll show you what can be done on a 'ter ' experience

[RADHAB]

Dont forget Eric steel doing 540's in 84 at Jess's ramp in high gate and Dominguez was doing them at about 9 feet in 88 and had pulled them at Del Mar and pipeline 3 or 4 years earlier. Our very own Mr Canning was doing them in 86 and so was Mr Griggs but i will pay anyone a fiver if they can name the first person to pull a 360 fakie at a UK competition in the 80's.

[theRuler]

marvin browne had some good 540's going on at bmx beat in 1986. on his burner

first 360 fakie in uk comp?
dont know
i remember andy patterson doing them in 1984

[billstup]

Andy Patterson was doing them on the 83 Skyway tour, so he could have learnt them in 82 or before 

[theRuler]

i just remember him in action bike doing them

hey and that big jump across the gorge

good old radness unlimited