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.
