Author Topic: Mid school's unsung heroes...... (Read 13700 times)

SaMAlex · « **Reply #50 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:18 PM »

Ive got a classic Clymer story when we built him a ramp all through the night for a show at magic mountin "riders against drugs" or something. I'll scan some pics and post it up sometime.

darkersomeday · « **Reply #51 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:21 PM »

Quote from: Lazarou on June 10, 2007, 10:16 PM

Quote from: TwoBobRob on June 10, 2007, 10:14 PM
I don't have any tattoos...... nor do I want any.

But if I did, I'd have that target in the middle of my shin just like Clymers. Nothing sums up BMX more for me than a fooking pedal to the shin

...when you do the hop around dance until the pain turns into a perverse pleasure.....

perverse pleasure indeed! i thought it was just me that enjoyed that!

no ones mentioned mike ocoboc,

clymer just rules.

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #52 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:22 PM »

Quote from: Lazarou on June 10, 2007, 10:04 PM

Quote from: TwoBobRob on June 10, 2007, 09:58 PM
Jeff Harrington....... funky hairdoos..... He liked a gap as I recall

I'll see your Jeff Harrington and raise you a Tom Haugen. Always loved his style.

I'll see your Tom Hagen and raise with a Pete Augustin Robert.

I'll see your Pete Augustin and raise you a Davin Halford

harris · « **Reply #53 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:23 PM »

the unsung heros of the 90s is all of us lot.
it wasnt a fashion or the in thing.
it was mates riding ,alot of traveling and dedication so props to all

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #54 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:26 PM »

Feel the love

For me, it was everyone else. Coz I sucked.

Lazarou · « **Reply #55 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:26 PM »

Quote from: TwoBobRob on June 10, 2007, 10:22 PM

Quote from: Lazarou on June 10, 2007, 10:04 PM
Quote from: TwoBobRob on June 10, 2007, 09:58 PM
Jeff Harrington....... funky hairdoos..... He liked a gap as I recall

I'll see your Jeff Harrington and raise you a Tom Haugen. Always loved his style.

I'll see your Tom Hagen and raise with a Pete Augustin Robert.

I'll see your Pete Augustin and raise you a Davin Halford

Psycho!! Anyway i'll put you out of your misery with an ICE MONEY smackdown!

Checkmate, Gin and Yahtzee my friend!

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #56 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:29 PM »

How funny is that?

? I was SO going to say Ice Money!! Honestly I was. What was his story? I heard he won some insurance claim or summat and had a lot of money to throw about?

darkersomeday · « **Reply #57 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:37 PM »

hahahahahaha ice money man

wasnt there an iguana invlved somewhere?

can anyone find the letter he wrote to odyssey?

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #58 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:47 PM »

I don't know anything about the geezer other than he was often on Props, and often not in a good way

What was the thing with Oddy?

Lazarou · « **Reply #59 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:53 PM »

He was a proper nob by all accounts! He used to rent limos to turn up to contests and tout himself around like a Rap/Movie star! I think it was Todd Lyons who got his letter/resume looking for sponsorship and it was a pack of lies saying he'd won this contest and that, world champion this and that, i think one of the contests he claimed to have won was actually won by the guy (Tood) he sent the letter to!! This may not be true but it's the story as i know it.

darkersomeday · « **Reply #60 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:53 PM »

http://icemoney.biz.ly/

darkersomeday · « **Reply #61 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:55 PM »

Quote from: Lazarou on June 10, 2007, 10:53 PM

He was a proper nob by all accounts! He used to rent limos to turn up to contests and tout himself around like a Rap/Movie star! I think it was Todd Lyons who got his letter/resume looking for sponsorship and it was a pack of lies saying he'd won this contest and that, world champion this and that, i think one of the contests he claimed to have won was actually won by the guy (Tood) he sent the letter to!! This may not be true but it's the story as i know it.

thats the one!

i saw the letter years ago on the net, i felt bad for ice to be honest, the spelling was like a 5 year old,

http://members.aol.com/fidgetjs/icemoney.html

Lazarou · « **Reply #62 on:** June 10, 2007, 10:59 PM »

Quote from: darkersomeday on June 10, 2007, 10:53 PM

http://icemoney.biz.ly/

billstup · « **Reply #63 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:05 PM »

Yeah he certainly seems like a nob in that interview

darkersomeday · « **Reply #64 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:05 PM »

the letter is on here,

http://members.aol.com/fidgetjs/icemoney.html

aww bless!

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #65 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:09 PM »

I'd love to know what makes him tick.

darkersomeday · « **Reply #66 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:14 PM »

ironic really as todd lyons is probably the "ice money" of modern bmx!

Lazarou · « **Reply #67 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:20 PM »

It's ironic that his real name is Greg Hunt!

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #68 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:31 PM »

Quote from: darkersomeday on June 10, 2007, 11:14 PM

ironic really as todd lyons is probably the "ice money" of modern bmx!

fair point

darkersomeday · « **Reply #69 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:37 PM »

Quote from: TwoBobRob on June 10, 2007, 11:31 PM

Quote from: darkersomeday on June 10, 2007, 11:14 PM
ironic really as todd lyons is probably the "ice money" of modern bmx!

fair point

maybe i was a bit harsh as todd was a genuinely good rider

,

Greg hunt

TwoBobRob · « **Reply #70 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:43 PM »

He was certainly fast in his day, and one of the first racers to ride freestyle comps. It seemed to me that he got stuck in the backflip thing forever though. I couldn't tell you what tricks he has, all I've ever seen from him is flips..

MartyC · « **Reply #71 on:** June 10, 2007, 11:52 PM »

Quote from: Lazarou on June 10, 2007, 11:20 PM

It's ironic that his real name is Greg Hunt!

Is his brother called Mike? Just a thought

the_cyclops · « **Reply #72 on:** July 01, 2007, 11:44 PM »

Just taking this thread back to the top

Steve Grace.......Quality rider and top guy Ive not heard his name in years!

Also in my unsung heroes list (UK version) would include

Jerry (of course and defo at the top of the list!)

Steff Evans.......Demi God as Mark Noble used to call him!

Mike Canning........Big in the 80's but in the background in the 90's

Shaun Scarfe......watch him rip up the minis and midi with Zak at Leigh on sea on one of the early BSD vids

Grant Smith......... and all the Team Sano lot which includes GoGo, Ross Sewage and the scarily mental Scott Timmins

Marizu O'Kereke.........Never heard of him? ask Zak or Mad Jon they will rate Marizu right up there with the maddest of them

christhejob · « **Reply #73 on:** July 02, 2007, 12:08 AM »

Quote from: the_cyclops on July 01, 2007, 11:44 PM

Steff Evans.......Demi God as Mark Noble used to call him!

would you believe i just spent the wekend with steff in full meltdown mode (and a suave tuxedo) as he successfully dragged 30 wrexham skater reprobates and oxford graduates in fancy dress around newcastle for his brother tommy evans' stag do.
it's a kind of life i tell you!

SaMAlex · « **Reply #74 on:** July 02, 2007, 12:15 AM »

Quote from: christhejob on July 02, 2007, 12:08 AM

Quote from: the_cyclops on July 01, 2007, 11:44 PM
Steff Evans.......Demi God as Mark Noble used to call him!

wrexham skater reprobates

Nothing spells Danger like skaters from wrexham .... NOTHING!

One of them ... "Tall Pete", lived in Oxford for a while, and as a result a few wrexham lads visited from time to time, and I found myself in wrexham a few times. Top lads, but Danger!