Local level BMX. Where did every top BMX freestyle rider or BMX racer come from? Well besides just popping off of a little curb and seeing what it was like to catch a “little air”, most of us went out and dug up some little dirt jumps in an abandoned field. The 21st century version […]
This is the final installment of The Dave Dechert Story video, “The East Coast Is The Right Coast”. It was a real pleasure to bring this video interview to life with Dave. I hope that in some way this inspires people to get out and make BMX just as huge as it was in the 80’s. […]
Organized BMX in NJ began in Millville in 1976. This is the fourth part of an interview series with one of the racing pioneers who would eventually go on to race and win against the established pros of that era in BMX racing. The man’s name is Dave Dechert. In this segment, Dave talks about […]
Organized BMX in NJ began in Millville in 1976. This is the third part of an interview series with one of the early racing pioneers who would eventually go on to race and win against the established pros of that early 80’s era in BMX racing. The man’s name is Dave Dechert. In this segment, Dave […]
Organized BMX in NJ began in Millville in 1976. This is the second part of an interview series with one of NJ’s racing pioneers who would eventually go on to race and win against the established pros of that early 80’s era in BMX racing. The man’s name is Dave Dechert. In this segment, Dave […]
Before Phil Delizia, before Brian Shute, before it all. There was a group of dudes who met on a weekly basis in Millville New Jersey to race their BMX bikes. The year was 1976. One of the riders was Dave Dechert. Dave went all the way and became the first Pro from NJ to win […]
Organized BMX racing began in 1976 in Millville, New Jersey. The East Coast Is The Right Coast is the story of one of the kids to come out of the first generation of BMX racers in New Jersey that eventually went on to be a AA Pro in the ABA and A Pro in the […]
Coming this fall to BMXNJ, “The East Coast Is The Right Coast”, The Dave Dechert Story. This past August the BMXNJ…(um, Brett and Dierdre) crew headed up to Budd Lake, New Jersey to get a little sit down chat with the first true AA Pro to come out of NJ, Dave Dechert. “Dollar” Dave as he would […]
Thanks to my Dad, John ‘Buddy’ McNiel,Jr, I have a great collection of photos to remember what was for me the ‘heyday’ of BMX. Travelling all over the country pursuing my passion – racing, allowed him to pursue his – taking pictures. He loved every minute of the races, and without his and my mom’s […]
Dan Hammell was cool enough to donate these shots of racing from the early 80’s to the site over the weekend. He sent over an email about the Dave Dechert interview and asked if I’d like to see some of his stuff from back then. Of course I was like, H**l yea man! Lots of […]
