Great seeing actual film from the owner and the narration is a lovely touch 5:47

Love this footage! Those Stingrays are so awesome, insane fun. I miss my late 70s, early 80s days of BMX life. Zero worries, too young for chick drama and bill paying…haha.

Wow! Before they put the pond in. I must have rode there a couple years later. Cool vid

Amazing!

These were basically modified cruiser bikes ( easy riders ) that they used back in the day. The invention of the true bmx bike with the addition of some alloy components and cromoly frames cut down the overall bike weight of the cruiser by about 20 to a little well over 40 - 50 % if I’m correct. With very little change in front to rear wheel sprocket gear ratios.

I’m a little worried about those thin forks and long butterfly handlebars you have come those big jumps. Just hoping none of them breaks or you would have lots of nasty crashes.

I remember racing at Escape Country during the day and then racing at Western Sports a Rama at night.....Best times of my life !😎👍

First rode Gberry 37 years ago. No trails then, just a total bushwack to get out to the rim. Probably in the first 5 or 10 people to mountain bike out there.

I am so pissed my parents wouldnt let me race there

Awesome film!!! Thank you for posting! I'm #891 in your film, and I can't thank you enough for sharing this.

Muy Cool

This is awesome, anyone here see Joe Kid on a Stingray? It’s great

Awesome stuff ! Will show my kids as they started BMX last year and it's a lot different. Must of been a blast back then ! Glad you have the footage to look back on 👍

so cool, i raced in the 80's in the netherlands.

Shoutout to the parents who worked all week and spent time with there kids on the weekends.

Nice put background music, loved it, it gives the sense of nostalgia

Awesome! You put the 'old' in 'school' with that throw back!

PURE ART.

The greatest time ever, made possible by the greatest generation ever.

SUPER COOL VIDEO!!

Great video

What wonderful and priceless footage to have. You are very lucky. I love that you put on some narration and didn't just slap music over it. Thanks for sharing this slice of your childhood with the world.

epic

In 1975, I had a newspaper route on a Schwinn Scrambler. Used it to get to and from school, in the snow, uphill both ways. So I was pretty good at riding a bike by 1979. Kids in the eighborhood turned me on to BMX. So I bought a new SE Basher, a helmet and a pair of Van's shoes and I was set. Started in 14 novice class and smoked em. 14 expert I smoked them too. Once I turned 15 expert, it was a challenge. In Texas, I won many championships. (I mean, Jesus won them through me) My Mom wouldn't let me turn Pro at 17, so the Pipe dream kinda died out the following year. My Dad put me in the Army at 18 and that was that.

Wow! Great video, man. 👍

*Promosm*

Banana seat bmx!

Bomboclat! Very special Doc.

GOLD

Superb footage man, just great. It must have been such an exciting time to be involved and create our sport! Thanks for that. I´m still enjoying the results of your pioneering work/fun. Riding bikes is always fun and never gets old!

Awesome footage. I’m 48 and just got back in to racing BMX. I raced when I was a kid in the 80’s. It was an awesome childhood.

faster!

I rode in San Jose, CA back in '78-79 Helyer Park.. Good times

Thanks for post this, great video!!

Very cool. I started racing BMX in 77. Never raced Escape Country but did a lot of the other tracks. Irvine, Santa Ana Elks, Orange YMCA, Saddleback and Corona. Corona was a gnarly fast downhill track,

The transition from sissy bars to motor bars go to Lovett on the twins

Thanks posting this. I'm 54 years old and this brought up a lot of memories for me. I would have loved racing bicycle events like that. I never did, but in 1979 at the age of 9 or 10, I started racing motorcycles (motocross). Those years were the best years of my life.

I raced there a couple times when my brother was racing motorcycles

I remember how cool it was just to get a number plate on the front of my bike...I thought I was so cool. And before that, I wanted a speedometer hooked up to see my self going full speed at 20 mph hahahaha. I live in the area, where was this track?

OMG, I was there. And I still have my drilled out front number plate and a few Bicentennial trophies.

Did you ever race with Danny garcher? Raced then and still races now into his mid 60s.

rad!

This is awesome. I was born in '71 and had the same set ups on my Schwinn. I only raced once but I was on my bike 24/7 jumping everything I could. Now as 51, I race 51-54 Intermediate at the Oldsmar Supercross track. I crashed hard 7 weeks ago with 6 broken ribs, a broken collar bone and knocked out for 4 min...I tell you, the older you get, the harder you fall 🤣🤣. Thanks for sharing.

I was freshly minted in Indiana in 76' but sure did enjoy watching your childhood racing BMX. I also raced in the early 80's, and when I hit my growth spurt I sold all my G.I. Joe's and Star Wars stuff to my neighbor who was a collector of all kinds of things for a Gitane 12 speed and started racing that. I was pretty good for my age, but by 1990 I found mountain bikes and never looked back.

😂🤣 I was a year old then. Still takes me back to a simpler time as a kid. Playing outside in the dirt. Making mud pies, Tonka Trucks, Hot Wheels, View Masters, Super Friends... then my favorite... Star Wars!!

Man this is awesome, I competed bmx from ‘87 right before I turned 5 in a little town of elm mott, TX. Competed through 2002. I wish I had lived through to experience the start of bmx racing world. I remember going to the Grandnationals in Oklahoma City and seeing the displays of these old bikes. Fun times. Thank you for sharing this.

Sooo RAD!

Good job man. Looked pretty decent compared to when I hit it, which was much more wet & muddy.

Sick stuff !!!! Keep them coming !!

Nice to see the start of it all / I started in 1980/landmark Raceway, Peoria, Illinois/Detweiller Park, Peoria, Illinois