It got me thinking & reminded me of when I had a Condor frame back in the day. The shirt in question was bought by BobK from the Bicycle Stunts series comp in Oaklahoma in 1994. This comp was amazing, we got a VHS tape off Stu Dawkins from Backyard who was also there with his camcorder clocking all the mad footage: John Peacy won stunt boy with a style all his own & ruled the place on his little GT. Jay Miron did some mental tricks (super fast nose manuals etc) & owned the place in my opinion. Matt was flipping everything, Mirra was flying high, Rooftop was hitting the roof or dying trying, the Gute was in FX & Taj & Joe Rich were making their mark on BMX too. Stuart King was going for it with massive no hander landers & 720's.
The flatland was amazing too, all the west coast boys had travelled to drop their latest links with Day smith & Edgar Placencia taking it to the next level as usual. One name missing from the flat side of things was Richard Zabzdyr (owner of Graveyard products) who was tragically killed in a car crash on the return journey from that years York Jam a few months earlier, check out his riding on some of the older vids as he was soo soo good & could spin faster than anyone.
I remember BK returning from his 'US Summer tour' & us all getting together in the pub & hearing all the stories he had to tell. His riding had improved dramatically & it went to show that if you put the effort in, you got rewarded.
Thanks for the shirt (& the memories) Bob.
R.I.P Richard Zabzdyr
yeah I remember that too, Bob K came back a different person, his flatland was the best its ever been. Just goes to show that time on your bike reaps rewards. I remember also his stories of riding car parks at night, selling tickets, mutt and andrew arroyo...quality.
ReplyDeleteoh yeah, btw, jon peacy was fukin amazing....
ReplyDeletePeacy rides for Failure now & still damn good by all accounts :-)
ReplyDeleteIve been flicking thro some old mags and found an invert with a Peacy interview in it. There was a sequence of him doing a switch feable on street, to 180 out. How ahead of its time?!
ReplyDeleteThere is a failure vid out I think. I also think that the Gonz rides for them too!!