Bloggables
The Search for Baco 5
I saw this news about The Turf on the internet last week and it reminded me of seeing Dave Freimuth shredding this place on his bmx. I couldn’t remember which video it was in, and after some in-depth probing on the internet I still couldn’t find it. This led me to contact Mr. Freimuth himself who confirmed it was definitely in Baco 5 (aka Homosexuals).
“…yeah, that Turf story is crazy. i guess they didn’t have the bowls cleaned out for long before the city shut it down. that place is a freakin landmark. prob one of the last in the world. well, i guess it WAS one of the last. it’s funny, you were like the 5th person to mention that and the old Baco parts to me… thanks for remind me of some great times!”
I don’t think Dave is going to be the first person to rush out and upload Baco 5 to the web, so I’m calling on all you oldheads out there to look though your VHS collection to find it. This one should definitely be added to bmxmdb.com. It’s called “Homosexuals” for god’s sake. This is a piece of bmx history that needs to be shared. If you can find it contact me at derek@leastmost.com. I want to see it again. Thanks…
Check out this skate footage from The Turf. The place looked so sick, hopefully it gets resurrected some day.
1985 Haro Team 25th Anniversary Reunion Show
Jared Souney has some great pics and words posted about the 1985 Haro Team 25th Anniversary Reunion Show, with legendary riders Dave Nourie, Kevin Martin, Bob Haro, Ron Wilkerson, Blyther and more…. Check it out!
Dudes Enjoyin’ Colorado
By Joe Rich!
Kevin Martin
For the longest time, one of the most asked question I had about Trash was what the hell Kevin was doing with that windshield. You’ll just have to ask him yourself.
Happy Friday the 13th
Be careful out there today… With summer running at full speed still, it’s easy to get carried away. Buddy, Jason Teet broke his foot on a double rail hop gone nose dive so bad that he had to get surgery and stay in the hospital for 2 nights… Heal up well. SF homie, Greg Doliber just got hooked up with S & M. They ran a photo of mine, so I thought i’d put it up here too. Greg recently crashed real hard trying to jump the clipper ledge from the top. Get well soon.
http://sandmbikes.com/_blog/News/post/DOLL_FACE/ you can also check out his crash at clipper on there as well. Also Davey Struthers, and Sean Ryan are posted up due to broken bones as well.
Enough with the bad news. Go out and shred because bad luck is only for people that believe in it.
From the web
The Vision Street Wear Action Cycle Sport series was one of the early “extreme” ventures on ESPN, and as a teenager was how I got to see races, and freestyle events, prior to webvids, DVD’s and the like…We used to put a VHS tape in the vcr and record each episode, isially about 5 minutes after had already started…
From the forum: John Lee
John Lee is awesome, but you should have already known that. Courtesy of Mr. Cottle.
FBM Wizards of Oz Tour video
Crandall just posted up the full-length video from FBM’s 2009 Australia trip. Grab a sandwich or a slice of pizza, sit back and enjoy.
FBM wizards of Oz Tour 2009 from FBM BMX on Vimeo.
The Birth of Long Air?
I saw today on the blogosphere/tweetosphere that it was “Colin Winklemann Jump Something Big Day”. Okay we can try, but I still don’t think anybody is touching this with a ten foot pole. Colin was truly one of a kind. Thinking of you buddy…
Seth Bernard
16 year old Seth Bernard of Enfield Ct. by Matt Horak
Jumpin’ Jim Pratt
There is so much that is right about this picture. The use of 40 gallon drums as your landing ramps supports. The lack of final section at the end of said landing ramp. Pratt clearing four cars in 1980. Pratt ruled!
Believe The Hype
Bmxfeed Video is evolving every day. Jason just did another update to fit more videos, so I’m putting on my Flavor Flav clock again to hype this feature. It’s pretty amazing, it works with magic, bookmark it. Yeahhhhh boyyyyeee!!
Rap-metal hall of fame?