What did I say about Ron Stebbene….Without a doubt he was intensely responsbile for the growth of freestyle in the northeast in the early 80’s. (I’ll post a few links to some of his ‘zines, which include some NJ contests…remember we are all about NJ)
Those basta*ds at my High School decided in June of 1984 that it was time to boot my bottom out into the “real” world. Well since I wasn’t going to college, the time had come for me to get a job and for me that meant BMX racing would have to fall by the wayside. […]
I wander into a local deli/newsstand, and there on the magazine rack is a magazine with a picture of a little car, stuffed with 20″ bikes.. It’s name is Bicycle Motocross Action. Needless to say the issue was snagged immediately and my brand spanking new Raleigh Grifter, looked pretty damn lame compared to the bikes […]
And so it began… 1981, Squirelly Stirley gets the Gleasons, owners of Bicycle World, motivated to start Central Jersey’s first BMX track. CJBMX. 1980, Ron’s in the White House and BMX is dawning on the East Coast. One of the first places to get it going in NJ was Bicycle World and the Howell BMX […]
by Adam Guild Mark Teo When did you guys get into riding? We both got into riding around 1985.
