Jay Brand

All right, a simple parts brake down Frame: 2010 Morning Star Fork: Hoffman Fat free Bars: Eastern Wonder Bars Cranks: Devils Workshop 176mm Rims: Alien Nation Runways 36's Hubs: Rear: Eastern Bi-rectional sealed Front: Eastern Ultralight 36 Stem: Redneck LT Brake: All brake components are Dia Compe except front brake Front Brake: Fly modded for short throw Pedals: Wellgo's. I know they are cheap but they work great Chainwheel: Eastern 25 tooth modded to look like a spider/chainring Most kids have no idea what a Skyway is around here, now they do. I field questions all the time at the park about it. Its a great way to teach kids about their BMX history. We are slowly teaching them more and more. We play alot of old and midschool bike videos on the projection system at the park. Kids had no idea that people were blasting 10' 540 variations back in the 80's and grinding 20 stair handrails back in the early 90's. Oh and lboorse2, I have Odyssey skinwalls on the way for it.

I always loved the classic loook of the Skyway TA. It looked fast while sitting still but could be tricked out in under half an hour. I wanted one as a kid but never got one. Time passes on and I had some custom frames made and I needed direction for this project and a set of knock off decals became a topic in chat and this led to that and that led to this so to speak. Here you go, my new touch of class at the skatepark. I really need to figure out the photo resizing, I know Im a pain in the ass here with these monster photos.

This is all I could find. Sounds like He was over shadowed by his brother from other stuff Ive read. Milestone Event Details Started racing: 1976 at nine years old at Concord track in Concord, California.[5] Sanctioning body: Home sanctioning body district(s): National Bicycle Association (NBA) Region N (Northern California) First race bike: First race result: 9 Novice, second place. He was actually leading going into a turn but was "swooped", i.e. passed on the inside of him by another racer. He vowed to perfect that move for himself, which he did and became known for.[6] First win (local): In his second race. First sponsor: Patterson Racing Products 1977. His first sponsor was full factory and not the local bike shop as it usually is with racers that show talent. First national win: Turned professional: January 1, 1985 at age 17. First professional race result: Fourth in "A" pro and Fifth in Pro Cruiser in the 1985 American Bicycle Association (ABA) Reno Pro Spectacular on January 4, 1985 in Reno, Nevada. He won USD$90 in "A" pro and USD$90 in Pro Cruiser;[7] the equivalent to USD$172 in 2007 each (Cost of living Calculator) First professional win: At the ABA Silver Dollar Nationals in Pro Cruiser on January 6, 1985 in Reno, Nevada. He won USD$150[7] or USD$286.76 in 2007 dollars. First Junior Pro* race result: See "First professional race result" First Junior Pro win: In "A" Pro at the ABA Dixieland Nations in Raleigh, North Carolina on February 10, 1985.[8] First Senior Pro** race result: Sixth in "AA" Pro at the ABA U.S. Nationals in Bakersfield, California on March 31, 1985. He won US$100,[9] USD$191.17 in 2007 dollars. First Senior Pro win: In "AA" pro at the ABA Lone Star Nationals in Austin, Texas on April 14, 1985. He won US$400,[10] the equivalent to USD$764.68 in 2007. Height and weight at height of his career: Ht: 6'2.5" Wt:~175-180 lbs. From between early 1981, just before he turned 14 years old, to Mid 1982 when he was 15 he grew from 5'2" to 6'1".[11] Retired: 1988 at age 21. The 1988 ABA Grand national seems to have been his last race in "AA" pro or any other pro class since his name disappears from the results tables the following season. He did not make the main in the Grand Nationals. It is possible that a hip injury prompted his retirement.[

Alot of people underestimate this area. We have 2 world class skateparks within 70 miles of each other. Autum (in Joplin) is a great moden new school set up, its almost like a fantasy course in the park area. In Springfield (My Home town) we have a huge indoor park and a classic old school outdoor concrete bowl section that Dennis McCoy likes to session at on a regular basis. We also have a traing ground for big air tricks lol. Its called "The Wharehouse" Its a linear park and you can roll in there and see guys blasting back flip variations, 10 foot airs and stuff that just does not make any sence. We also get alot of cold weather and its nice to have indoor parks to ride in during the weather. Alot of pro riders grew up in the middle of the country, they just had to move to the coast to get any coverage.

What a weekend. The JoMoPro (Joplin Missouri Pro) is a contest held every april here in Missouri. Riders from all over the world show up to win money and bragging points. This year was INSANE! The most progressive flatland riding in the world happened this last weekend and just like vetran flatland rider Viki Gomemez said to me during the finals "Its just like a movie" The arena was lit up with so much energy and the riding was out of this world, switch flip tricks, hundreds of fans screaming and cheering on riders and even vetran Trevor Meyer showed up after a six years hiatus and grasped 2nd place finish. The main announcer over the pro flatland,Catfish, got thrown in jail after screaming at the front desk clerk at the LaQuinta Inn, drug dogs sweeping through hallways and a few drunken visits to places that dont allow cameras Here are some pics with some light commentary, Enjoy. Two pics of Matt Wilhelm ripping it up Viki Gomez, from Spain, smooth as glass in these two pics $10,000 first place winner Matthias Dandois (France) spinng so fast that your mind cannot believe what its seeing. I walked in on Sunday like I owned the place and breezed right past security to get this pic of Trevor Meyer in practice. Another shot during practice, Canadian rider Jean-Wililam Prevost laying out balance like it owes him money. See that guy standing out there in the red shirt, its Mark shooting and reporting for http://www.bmxfreestyler.com/ It was nice to meet you. Our very own member here at the society, Intrikat, aka Chad Johnston, flowing pegless and blowing minds. I left this pic full size so you could see that Intrikat was rolling this rope a roni on the pedals, SICK! Effraim Catlow laying out smooth lines all day. I couldnt believe just how cool Yohei "Uchie" Uchino (Japan) was, he got the shaft in scoring but was so happy to be here that he didnt even care. He pulled so many bike flip variations and spun like he was sponsored by whirlpool. Viki Gomez showing off the new KGB protype frame with the wildest front brake set up Ive ever seen. This frame is so hip that even Ron Wilkerson would say DAMN! I was lucky enough to make my way back into the riders staging area and got a few shots of some guys at work, and at play. Matt Wilhelm taking five before the semi finals. Uchie acting silly even after learning he lost out on a bad call by the judges. Fellow member Intrikat (left) and I hanging in the pro area before his first run. Thanks for the free S&M goodies Chad. Saying goodbye in the parking lot to two friends and pro riders that know how to party like kings. From left to right Viki Gomez, Me and Jean Wililam Prevost. Great times always end to quick. Thats all for now, I have a tn of more pics to look through and a few memory cards of video footage to edit down. Thanks for looking, sorry if some of the photos are too big, Im still working on my resizing talents lol. -Jay

I know Jeremey got his start on a bmx bike but I thought it was a little odd that GT decided make a McGrath model 10 years after he had given up BMX and he never rode for GT when he was on a bike. I dont blame Jeremey one bit, but it seemed like GT was grasping at straws at this point.

Frames are built for function, they leave they style to the rider. I do kinda miss the "style" of the os frames when Im looking at them, but climb on one for more than a casual cruise and you will see the diffrence in the feel of a bike that is built for a person with man sized porportions without sacrificing geometry. I always hated having to run a XL stem to make a bike fit me better, now you order bike TTs by the 1/4 inch incriments. I wish Robbie and his crew all the luck in the world, its a brutal market out there right now in NS.

Im pretty sure JDB did aquire the rights. I remember a conversation between several people including Juan Mattos and JDB. The whole conversation rolled around the rights to original CW decal plates. Juan has them and at the bottom of the plates it says something about "whoever owns the plates owns the rights to them". It sounded weird but I really got the impression that JDB had bought the rights for CW/Revcore.

37 here and I try to ride at least 3-4 hours every week. This time of year its nice to have an indoor skatepark to go to but in the warmer months Im out on the street. I enjoy riding a new school rig. They are cheap to build and if it falls 15 feet off a halfpipe, no love lost, all the parts can be replaced with one phone call. My old and mid school bikes have done their time, Ive pardoned them to a life of leisure and sidewalk pimping and leave the heavy lifting to my ns stuff.

Great topic. I play both sides of the fence here, I am guilty of using NOS stuff on a build in the past but have no use for NOS these days, I'll leave those parts to others because I tend to ride my stuff. The one thing that stirs my mind is once you get a photo of a NOS frame (that you will never sell) whos to know if you ever build it? Preserving parts is a good idea to me but unless we have a central place to display all these items where we can see them in real life, does it really matter. If someone takes a pic of their NOS Profile frame, that might be the one and only time we ever see it, I suspect most NOS parts are this way. We see a pic and thats it, we will never see the item, we have a photo reference but no actual place to gather to see these items. So who's to say all these cool pics of NOS parts we have havent been built? Until we can find a place to display all these items (a real museum) not some guys basement with crap stacked everywhere will we be able to really appreciate them. If all the great paintings in the world were only in private collections with no central place to view them, should the world care about preserving them or shold on the collectors who keep them worry about that. All and all I would like to see a central museum for all our view pleasure, right now with only pics to view all this killer stuff the items could all burn in a fire and we still have the pics. Before anyone gets crazy, I am just talking ideas here, I see no need to build a NOS frameset if a beater that can be redone could take its place. P.S. I ve been drinking already today so please, dont mind my insanity.

The next guy that I know of was Carey Hart, he did one in 2000 in the gravity games and floped it on the landing. The part that pisses me off the most is that just about every mainstream site credits Carey with being the first person ever to do a backflip on a motorcycle. Anybody have a wiki account? This needs to be corrected and Im not willing to sign up to anymore sites or forums but here's wiki's page on backflips and of course its wrong. http://wiki.answers.com/Q/Who_did_the_firs...p_on_a_dirtbike

This is the easiest way to show you. http://home.earthlink.net/~jivehandles/

That came out perfect. It looks great just how it is, no need for a front brake. I quit running a front brake in 93 and only my mini ramp bike has one now. Im green with envy and those Jive Handles fit it like a glove. Nice job.

wow! Great Eye! Not sure.. that is one I havent seen before.. Cross threaded? that would take a ton of force to get em on.. rebuilt pedals? doubt it.. Factory mistake? Guess the owner is the only one who may know the true answer... Who ever rebuilt them put the bodies on the wrong spindles, you see it with rebuilt DX's all the time.

Im posted this on another site but if its ok I want to post it here too. Spur, since you the midschool mod in these parts you get the same prize no answer required. Just pm me your addy and I'll hook you up. In honor if Ells Watson's bike being sold at the museum http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=179146I want to play another game. Ells Watson was a BMX video director, videographer back in the early 90's. He brought us some cool videos that are iconic to the era and has been ripping it on a bike since way back. So we will start with the rules to the game. 1. You must be 18 to win (I cannot in good conscience send this to a video to a minor) its a bike video but it has some graphic stuff in it. 2. You must prove you are 18. 3. You get 3 shots to answer. No editing your post, just post again. If you edit your answer you are disqualified. 4. I pay all shipping so all you need to know is the answer. 5. First correct answer wins. If you have something silly to post, by all means go ahead. We are here to have fun. kjtoys, I cant let you play in this one since you know Ells, so send me your address and I will send you the same prize. The Question: In the video Dope Ammo 665 1/2 Not Quite Evil, what was the name of the guy talking who had a heavy lisp but did not ride in the video. I will take one of two answers on this one (both answers are similar) BONUS ROUND!!!! If you can tell me the tag line that several riders say about the video I will kick in a little something extra. Don't worry the language filter will clean it up for us. The Prize. A locked DVD copy of the video Dope Ammo 665 1/2 Not Quite Evil (1992) from Director Ells Watson. I dont sell copys of videos so please dont ask. If you have a video that I dont have maybe we can work out a trade. I dont deal with videos that can still be bought from the manufactures or retail outlets. You can play at both sites but please dont post a link to the other thread. You have to find the other thread, no need to make it that easy once an answer has been revealed on either site.