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Old School BMX 1980 - 1988 => Old School Freestyle (frame stands and kickturns galore!) => Topic started by: Guillotte on October 01, 2008, 02:54 AM
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Me and Reynolds are going to give it our best to synchronize a visit next Summer. Unfortunately, because of school, I can't make it for OF6 but I get 2 weeks off between Summer and Fall semesters. I'll be taking 3 weeks to visit since the first week of school is always pointless.
So...what Lee and I need to establish ,since we are far from wealthy, is this...
Various locations where we can both crash on your floor/couch and are close to local hot spots.
I'm busking far in advance so's to establish a solid itinerary for both ourselves and friends we would love to see again whilst getting some good riding time in a fairly organized manner.
Anyone who is able to put us up for a night or two please let me know and also describe the local parks and riding scene. Gonna need some definites because I'm unsure of the exact dates of visit as of now. I know it's kind of early but I will give solid dates as soon as I can.
Thanks in advance and I've put away a jar to stuff money into to cover my flight ticket ;D
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Hey Greg, i'm close to Rom and have space at the house so you an lee most welcome. Also have a flat which is always kept unoccupied, so that is also an option.
Lets see some pics of ya progress! Any Luck finding Jason Webb yet?
Stumpy
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Dude, Webbie lived next to Rom...are you holding back!?!?!?!? :LolLolLolLol:
Lulz just playin' but thx for the offer. Rom is a priority so be prepared for Lee and I to take liberties with your food! hehe
Nothing pic-worthy yet but gimme a month or two =)
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Nothing pic-worthy yet but gimme a month or two =)
Greg, i don't call seven foot airs not pic-worthy! :LolLolLolLol:
Post em up!
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Gotta find a camera that shoots on press. My cameras don't shoot for 2 seconds lol...fuggit, I'll try to shoot vid bro =)
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Greg, are you the same Greg that got 11 foot outta the 13 foot tall, 6' foot of vert, steel quarter pipe at Rathbone skatepark, Liverpool.....???
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Nah...only got ten ;)
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Wow, so the myth becomes legend... most of the locals missed that day, I heard all about it from a friend who said that when you landed the ramp wobbled 1/2 a foot...! Quality stuff!
Best I ever got on my race bike was 6 1/2 foot, cool place Rathbone, just neglected by the council...
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Dude the lip wobbled half a foot before I even landed LOL
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Yo , Greg and Lee , there is a place to stay at mine for the two weeks you are over , i got a van , so we can just go on a 2 week road trip with macky and the boys, anytime is ok . Or if you want to go visit some other old friends , stay for the week or what ever and we can drop ya there while on the road trip . offer always open , will be a pleasure ... :2funny:
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BTW , herd Tabron has moved back up north and is having his new pipe built , so he would be glad of a visit and he only 40 miles up the road ...
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Wow, so the myth becomes legend... most of the locals missed that day, I heard all about it from a friend who said that when you landed the ramp wobbled 1/2 a foot...! Quality stuff!
Best I ever got on my race bike was 6 1/2 foot, cool place Rathbone, just neglected by the council...
Flemdog... you wouldn't Tony Flemming would you?? :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/oldskoolpicsracinnstuff821.jpg)
Rathbone park was an Amazing place... pity it was abandoned by the council!!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/oldskoolpicsracinnstuff626.jpg)
the place is just destroyed now.........
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/P6250070.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/P6250071.jpg)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/P6250072.jpg)
Dave
( Macky )
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Ha, yep that's me...! still riding strong as I can...
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Ha, yep that's me...! still riding strong as I can...
Brilliant to see your're still riding!!! :daumenhoch:
don't know if you'll remember me from back then...
i used to ride at the Stad and the school in Fazak, Rathbone & Wally hall with
Obbie, Mark Egan, Blunny, Jay Kay, Chaz, Flynny and a few others...
I think you you used to ride with my older brother Robby ( Macky ) before then...
I was talking to Mike Organ a while back too, he was asking about you!!
Great to know your still riding strong!! :daumenhoch:
You might recognise a few face's from here from the Fazak bmx club.... :)
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/bb31/mackymc/l_73e07f7a728279c0a81aefb79586e5-2.jpg)
Dave
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I think I went there twice/three times bitd, my old fella is from the Old Swan and we had family on Edge Lane.
Cool place but I didn't do loads of riding, a little intimidating when you're from out of town and on your own. I'd have been the quiet ginger kid on a white Sport ::)
Dave or Obbie, can you answer me a question....why doesn't Simon Tabron have a Scouse accent? I was always led to believe he was a born and bread Scouser?? Am I missing summat?? I've got an excuse, we moved to Yorkshire when I was a sprog. :)
Anyways, back on topic, room at mine too Greg but I'm also oop north. Depends where you want to ride.
Daz. :daumenhoch:
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I think I went there twice/three times bitd, my old fella is from the Old Swan and we had family on Edge Lane.
Cool place but I didn't do loads of riding, a little intimidating when you're from out of town and on your own. I'd have been the quiet ginger kid on a white Sport ::)
Dave or Obbie, can you answer me a question....why doesn't Simon Tabron have a Scouse accent? I was always led to believe he was a born and bread Scouser?? Am I missing summat?? I've got an excuse, we moved to Yorkshire when I was a sprog. :)
Anyways, back on topic, room at mine too Greg but I'm also oop north. Depends where you want to ride.
Daz. :daumenhoch:
Simon grew up in Ainsdale by Southport... the posh bit!! :)
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I think I went there twice/three times bitd, my old fella is from the Old Swan and we had family on Edge Lane.
Cool place but I didn't do loads of riding, a little intimidating when you're from out of town and on your own. I'd have been the quiet ginger kid on a white Sport ::)
Dave or Obbie, can you answer me a question....why doesn't Simon Tabron have a Scouse accent? I was always led to believe he was a born and bread Scouser?? Am I missing summat?? I've got an excuse, we moved to Yorkshire when I was a sprog. :)
Anyways, back on topic, room at mine too Greg but I'm also oop north. Depends where you want to ride.
Daz. :daumenhoch:
Yep , as Macky said , just the riding was bread in Liverpool , you can hear it a bit tho sometimes when ya speak to him but he hide's it well on the tele , think they all have to have speaking leasons to go on the tele , lol ..
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Mmmmmmmmmmm...........................
Fancy a trip to Scotland boys? :LolLolLolLol:
G
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I figured we would start South since that's where Haethrow is and work up to the North. Looks like we're gonna be ok thx to you guys and your generous offers. Now I just need to know your locations so's I can map it out and work on the plan from there.
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I figured we would start South since that's where Haethrow is and work up to the North. Looks like we're gonna be ok thx to you guys and your generous offers. Now I just need to know your locations so's I can map it out and work on the plan from there.
Glasgow. West End. The fun part.....
Livi skatepark - and lots of others up here now - if it's dry.
The Unit ( http://www.unit23skatepark.co.uk/ ) if it's not.
G
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Are location is in the north west , Liverpool . Yeah . See were you will land , could be manchester airport . You will have loads of places to stay , i'm sure everyone on here will be glad to put you 2 up , i think you will be spiolt for choice to be honest , lol ...
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Wow!
You guys are making me get all choked up!
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Wow!
You guys are making me get all choked up!
arh ,,, How your arm Lee , Si told me ya broke it on his ramp a few years back , you spoke to him lately?
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Do you mean Tabron?
I've never broken my arm... only my shoulder, jaw, skull and ankle several times!
Maybe another Lee?
Anyway, I'm doing good!
How about you?
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With mention of a Guillotte / Reynolds re-union this just had to be posted...
<a href="http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/Lee_Reynolds/?action=view¤t=LeeGreg01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/Lee_Reynolds/LeeGreg01.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">[/url]
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With mention of a Guillotte / Reynolds re-union this just had to be posted...
<a href="http://s42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/Lee_Reynolds/?action=view¤t=LeeGreg01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e322/Lee_Reynolds/LeeGreg01.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket">[/url]
Your pics not come up for some reason.
Can anyone else see it?
G
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Crap, why isn't it working?
[img width= height= alt=Thats not my shirt... I swear!]http://hotlink.myspacecdn.com/images01/22/e0475dc1e1b6d77d15386cda41ee65eb/m.jpg[/img] (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=59158130&albumID=1570911&imageID=20181781)
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Hmmm... I couldn't get the photobucket link to work. If you click this one it will enlarge I think.
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Fine now - and I probably have that Action Bike somewhere!
Yeah - remember those pics...!
How are you anyway, now that we're online at the same time for a change?!
G
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I'm great!
We're having this crazy heatwave out here right now, so my arse is a bit sweaty, but other than that...
How are you?
I'm really excited about getting a modern bike.
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I think I'm getting the hang of this now...
[img width= height= alt=Meanwhile]http://hotlink.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/259f3e825678dc34cc2946d8da01bd78/m.jpg[/img] (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=59158130&albumID=1571867&imageID=21400581)
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I'm great!
We're having this crazy heatwave out here right now, so my arse is a bit sweaty, but other than that...
How are you?
I'm really excited about getting a modern bike.
F@ckin crap weather out here ALL year dude - feckin freezin this week, ye lucky barsteward.
I've had a bit of a mad week mind you!
I'm gonna put a thread up about ' cos it's funny, but here's me last Friday night for starters!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Shauns%2021st/100_01242.jpg)
and Aileen and our pal Julie!
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Shauns%2021st/100_01342.jpg)
Monday we did this.....
(http://www.radbmx.co.uk/archive/albums/k48/2ndChildhood/Knockhill/100_02182.jpg)
:LolLolLolLol: ......I'll post it up soon, so watch out for full details! Gotta go to bed now - nearly midnight and I need my beauty sleep!
See ya dude.
G
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I figured we would start South since that's where Haethrow is and work up to the North. Looks like we're gonna be ok thx to you guys and your generous offers. Now I just need to know your locations so's I can map it out and work on the plan from there.
I'm ten mins. from Rom, so plot that on ya map buddie.
Stumpy
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Stump, you're in bro =)
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Gaz....you'll have to stop sharing your photos from the swingers clubs you go to dude. :LolLolLolLol:
You might scare Greg and Lee off!
Daz.
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Gaz....you'll have to stop sharing your photos from the swingers clubs you go to dude. :LolLolLolLol:
You might scare Greg and Lee off!
Daz.
Swinger's club and scare Greg in the same post? Blasphemy!
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Gaz....you'll have to stop sharing your photos from the swingers clubs you go to dude. :LolLolLolLol:
You might scare Greg and Lee off!
Daz.
Jealousy is a funny thing Daz....... :LolLolLolLol:
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I think I'm getting the hang of this now...
[img width= height= alt=Meanwhile]http://hotlink.myspacecdn.com/images01/27/259f3e825678dc34cc2946d8da01bd78/m.jpg[/img] (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=59158130&albumID=1571867&imageID=21400581)
it`s strange going past meanwhile 2 these days when up there and still seeing the heights but no ramp and some stupid rails they put in front . never got to see both ramp bitd as one was there when i rode and the other was a skateboard jump box .
got a lot of memorys from that place
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Lol...Meanwhile...I remember timing my airs to the buses just to see their reactions. Gary , you look like an adversary for Matrix 4. Just for the record, our Meanwhile was actually just an easy spot to build ramps. the original Meanwhile was boring and risky if you didn't have a back-up bike.
So really, Meanwhile BMX love should be reckognized as an appreciation for what it was...Home-grown Meanwhile 2. Or II...whatever. Props to Stunt and anyone else who knows that it was always MW2
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yep i knew mw 1 as well as got mugged there and that was when i woke up to the real world but then i was only 16 as after that everyone said don`t go there on your own .i remember doug {always had a mint trickstar or something } saying that graham marfleet had his bike taxed at mw 1 .
when come over next year if stay down south for a night let us know as i take you to caterham {skateham} as a nice big vert halfpipe like latimer but better and easier to air ,just let us know before hand as i try and sort it out
paul :)
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just like to extend everyones offers of letting you lie your heads at mine if needed
if others are say away..im in suffolk east of say rom 1 hr ... 1.5 hrs from corby big indoor.
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Greg.. when you have an idea of what month youre coming, let me know, we'll get some sort of gathering together near to the London area of as many of us as I can muster up - we can do a Londong street ride, Romford skatepark, etc etc... and you'll have no shortage of places to stay mate. I live in Devon [about 5 hours from London] so I'll also be staying on couches etc!
See you then!
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So far I'm thinking road trip with Obbie and friends in his van. That way we can move from spot to spot and we have a vehicle that can handle LOAD
Now I'm trying to find the best riding spots from his location moving slowly in the opposite direction.
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I'll sort out a map to post with links on of each park we could visit along the way!!
see wot ya think... and see wot everyone else thinks... we can plan the route/ days/ parks
I'm sure there will be old friends and places you'll both want to visit!! :daumenhoch:
we'll then fly back with you and road trip the states!!! ;D
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Sweet ;)
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Dude.
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Dude.
I still want to stay with friends of course but a van is great for getting around. We can take turns sleeping in the van and homes. I can sleep anywhere, doesn't bother me ;D
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haha, i got that joke gazza.
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haha, i got that joke gazza.
Greg didn't...!! :LolLolLolLol:
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D'oh! :buck2: