Yea… 1984 was a busy year for freestyle teams and also for this particular shop. The GT Team this The King Eddie Fiolayear consisted of 4 riders and they were all here in August of that year. This was my first time ever seeing guys like Eddie Fiola and Ron Wilkerson ride in person and […]
yea…1984 was a heavy year for freestyle BMX teams invading New Jersey. It seemed like every week a new tour was hitting a shop in New Jersey. But one team had their work cut Martin early cherrypickerout for them. The Vans Freestyle Team. JV Bicycles brought them in (at the time JV was killing it […]
The year again was 1984. Freestyle was exploding in the USA and the summers were filled with touring teams. Besides BMX Action, the other big one at that time was the Haro Freestyle Team. Originally this tour was to be Ron Wilton and Bob Haro but Bob had reinjured his knee that spring and decided […]
I figured since I had so many old school shots of freestyle stuff like the touring teams that would 16.jpghit NJ in the summer, that it may be time to throw them out so people can see what it was like BITD. I wouldn’t say it was better or worse, but it was definitely different.
The year. 1996. The place. The Hippie Steve Compound. This is the original. Look for lots of now well known pros in their earliest days. Good time, temporary layoffs, Jump For Joy…
Adam Alouise is up front there on the thumbnail to the second half of JFJ 1. Later in the summer we’ll have JFJ 3 on the web as well… For now though enjoy the Alpha of Hippie Steve’s Jump For Joy comps in the halcyon days of 1996…
Roosevelt Taylor sent this link over to me of major NJ flatland historical significance. Back in the halcyon days of 1988 when freestyle BMX was new and shiny and we had the massive AFA indoor Wayne contests, Jay Jones was there and killed it in his class. At that time he was riding for Kuwahara. […]
Al from CJS had a few announcements to put out there….first one is… Congratulations on your new BMXer….I mean child!
Wow, another year has rolled by us here in BMX land in the great state of New Jersey. What a year. Lots of freestyle contests by CJS, Crazy Bill, BMX Invasion, Shields, Incline..all great supporters of BMX. Our first AA Pro of the new generation, Phil Delizia. More freestyle pros then we know what to […]
It is brokenspokes.net sincere regret that we relay the news of the passing of Kelly Gleason, daughter of CJBMX originators and Bicycle World owners Bob and Carol Gleason.
