New School BMX Rider Battles Old School BMX Rider!

BMX has changed so much over the years and some would argue for the better and some for the worse so today we are going to have a new school BMX rider battle an old school BMX rider and see if Matty Cranmer can learn some BMX tricks from the 80's!
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[@Fishonabike]

So stoked to be part of this vid while teaching Matty (and Will) some old school flatland. 🤘

[@Neighbor618]

I clicked, not knowing what to expect but that was awesome! Being born in 84' I grew up with the early mid school into the new school. Good times

[@ScottStith]

That was awesome, fish! I totally relate to what you said about seeing tricks in motion like once or twice and trying to recreate from memory, so different today! Remember how to explanations and pics in magazines, crazy hard to figure out. I used to try some of these tricks but never really got them figured out, still fun though! This was a ton of fun to watch!

[@Rubaduck]

Super cool stuff dude.

[@TechTimeElectronics]

Hey what bars are you riding? Love those knee savers.. Cant really find them these days

[@antdod1]

Awsome riding I miss this type of riding so much I'm 53 and could watch this for hours

[@mike_p941]

as a 54 year old this makes me smile a lot. I remember learning these tricks a lifetime ago. thanks man

[@tylerjohnston4588]

Decades and hang 5 to whip lash took me years, but wish I could find that happiness when you land it again. Some people truly don’t understand how great it feels. Who has a spare rbj1 himko

[@TexasTimelapse]

I'm almost 53 and this is one of my favorite videos! I miss the 80's. We had so much fun.

[@amandajeanbmx]

so amped to see you were in the video!!!!

[@nonename7869]

I'm 48 and wasn't successful doing many tricks but also feel the same way 🤘

[@jmaclover14]

This was so awesome to watch fish is my dad and I grew up watching him do tricks and going to shows with him. I'm still amazed on how awesome he is he makes it look so easy

[@Fishonabike]

Yo, Children! I love you! ❤

[@richieanderson1968]

Love seeing your dads still riding and being Rad!

[@MsDDPirate]

Love hearing Scotty laughing - shows he has really found a way to continue to enjoy BMX

[@JP-cc6yn]

Growing up in the 80's we learned tricks from BMX magazines that had "How To" articles which had step by step photos and small explanations. It was still difficult for us because there was still a lot of figuring out how to do them through photos.

[@granthenderson2318]

And don’t forget playing and rewinding tapes so much they stretched and didn’t play properly.

[@JP-cc6yn]

@@granthenderson2318 we had an edited beta max tape of RAD that just had the BMX scenes on loop.

[@andrewcaetano7765]

This is one of my favorite videos y’all have done

[@TexasTimelapse]

Reading the comments, I'm amazed by how many old school riders watch this channel. I thought I was the only one. This is one of my favorite videos.

[@thebodybeatdownDiTi]

NOW this i connect with. Born 71 grew up through the 80s with everything it had to offer PLUS the awesome 70s..I wish you guys would do this content far more than just the same ole same street riding. I enjoy it all..BUT...this is far more entertaining..

[@TexasTimelapse]

I agree

[@calinewera]

That was awesome. I rode BMX during the 80s. Always wondered how they did allot of the flat ground. Blows my mind

[@zacharyord8618]

I really like that guy. Probably one of the best episodes in a while for me!!!

[@onesadtech]

This is so cool to see! There are so many different disciplines within this sport, it's incredible to see. Seeing Matty not even able to understand how some of the tricks were done really puts it into perspective how hard they are.

[@mikesutera3411]

That ending though..I Felt the Rad FlashBack..😂

[@richieanderson1968]

😂right and they weren’t far off ❤

[@benjaminburton45042]

This is one of my favorite videos on the channel. Fish is awesome!

[@JimmyNuisance]

Seriously, flatland videos are some of my favorite videos on this channel. They just make me happy. It's so different and super impressive, and it's fun to watch people learn the tricks.

[@ajbrown5247]

Such an awesome video! Fish's old school Haro Master, Curb Dogs shirt, and all the scuff tricks brought me right back to the 80s. And he was so right - it was impossible to learn most of these tricks because all we had were magazine layouts. No videos. Once I saw Rad, my riding progressed a million times faster than before!

[@chrisfurnier4790]

Rad waa one of my favorite movies as a young teenager! We all had the Haro kneesaver bars, hand brakes and oddesey giro's and tried to master all those tricks. We used to ride from almost sun up till after sundown and scars and broken bones along the way lol. I love how street riding has evolved. I'm old school, no brakes is crazy to me because a lot of flatland tricks, you need brakes for. Really cool to see the old and new school appreciating and learning from each other! Fish is a living legend. Brings back lots of great memories watching this!

[@IsNoGood4uM1kkel]

Its F#@king amazing to see flatland on the channel

[@gizmogibson2987]

At least once a month of old vs new videos please!! So cool seeing these types of old tricks.

[@butters_147]

As a "former" old school BMX'er I can say without a shadow of a doubt that Fish is really friggin good! I hung out with some "almost" pros and from what I've seen in this video, he's really good. Was waiting for a decade or cherry picker. Saw him almost do a G turn which I'm sure he can do he just missed it because he was messing around. Still got good balance and he's gotta be in his early 50's. Great video guys. Never understood why the kids today have such low seat posts. We used to match the front of the seat to the handle bar so you could grip both with 1 hand. It was called getting them "dialed in" lol. Or that's what we used to say. We were just lame Canadian kids tryin to be California kids. lol. Skateboarding came after. This video brought back loads of good memories. Thanks fellas! Good freestyling too. 🤙💪🫡

[@dfpguitar]

The low seat is for tailwhips and big hops. They slam seats in racing too, aswell as the stand over being extremely low, to give space for your butt to get really low.

[@maq637]

This was such an entertaining video, love watching old school vs new

[@age0808]

Another great vid! Love bringing back the old skool! RAD is one of the greatest movies ever made!

[@jda4879]

We need a bike check on the old school guy

[@leewalker101172]

Haro Freestyler. That was the holy grail of my childhood.

[@iiRodeoclownii]

haro freestyler!! everyone over 30 can see that lol ooh i wished i had one

[@richieanderson1968]

Actually it’s a reissue of the Haro Master Freestyler with all the new school stuff and slight change in geometry from our day, I have several from 85 87 and 2019 and new one is made for todays flatland and rolling tricks.

[@zacharybaldrige3047]

Awesome video! Thanks for the throwback that was epic watching Matty go for it. He did so well for being fresh at flatland tricks. Hope to see more.

[@isaacespinal5198]

Such an awesome video man. I was born in the 80's and I myself was also trying to learn how those types of tricks were done and grew up trying some. And hard determination allowed me to learn some of them. Blessings for old school BMX🎉🙏🏽

[@Paved_Paradise]

Flatland BMX here for 25 years now. Best parts of my life.

[@twentytolife4401]

I'm 51 riding with young dudes. I sometimes say rollbacks. The term fakie was only said when it was done in the air to a rollback. Fish is dope. Matty is a natural. He learns or comes so close for never having done new tricks. Brakes on everything is fun. I've ridden brakeless before and quickly get bored. Well done fellas.👏

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

i love infinity rolls. i have done them for decades. this summer i did a video where i did infinty rolls. but i do 180 into them. or peg manuals into them but then i do one handed and seat grab versions of the infinty roll. and i do barspin in and barspin out of infinity rolls. i am over 50 and i still do them. the best one i did this summer was barspin to 180 into infinity roll then i did the seat grab and one hander in my infinity roll to barspin out. on video on a basketball court. it was in one of my bmx videos this summer. i love that trick great video guys.

[@Warcity777]

The style of handle bars and height means everything in flatland... I think its time for Matty to have a old school bike...

[@miscreint]

Mongoose should get Matty a flat-land specific bike. Would be cool for Matty to practice a couple tricks for a week or so, then come back and do this video again with the guest back.

[@richieanderson1968]

They did build one there’s a video of him doing a decade look it up

[@Mcfc2Rich]

Is there a more versatile rider than Matty? He can ride everything, street, bowl, crazy tricks, park, flatland, nuts rider.

[@fomobros2207]

Best outro ever!! Y’all could do that outro for every vid and I would love it

[@kva30s]

Super RAD video Scotty!!! Love it. Reminds me of the 80s when I had my lavender Hutch Trickstar.

[@markfeldman4802]

I love watching the tricks coming out of the 80s and 90s bmx books

[@DJPablotv]

This took me back to when I use to ride flatland. Great seeing someone my age still riding like it's back in the 80's doing the old skool tricks with ease.

[@MOUNTAINOUS]

i feel ya. i did my first feeble grind on a bench before i ever saw one on video. i seen a photo of a feeble in a magazine. i was pretty good back the. and i sat my bike up on the ledge. thought about it. did stalls first. hopped and stalled. then learned grinds. we had to learn tricks before we seen them done. by seeing a photo or a sequence of photos in a magazine. i am over 50 now and i still link tailwhips into combos in my videos.

[@justsomeguy404]

I remember put photos together to make a flip book to see how to tail whip looks in motion. 80s baby!

[@thazsar]

I'm an 80s kid and loved watching this!

[@toddhansen5072]

Rad was life when I was a kid! It was a race to the video rental store on Friday night to try to get the one copy they had! 😂

[@drugsdelaney2907]

The OG’s tabletop’d so the youngins could bike flip backflip. Stay rad Scotty!

[@cinorom3803]

Serious Talent. I'm pre Peg Old School. SanBernaghetto in 83, we drained the bowls of A skatepark that had the offices and concessions burn down. Cruisin Baseline Hwy on A Schwinn Predator. ACS Z rims, 3pc Redline Flight Crank, and saving up for some double sided bullseye hubs.

[@Evanzie]

Great video mate. Really enjoyed this one. Even seeing the knee saver bars, and those brake perches etc. So good. Takes me back.

[@odis6385]

That was awesome to watch old school stuff on the channel. And Matt just got to keep practicing I'm confident he can get it❤❤😂✌️

[@artao5]

In the 80s I had a Huffy banana seat bike. I really wanted a BMX freestyle bike. My brother had a Huffy BMX bike (not freestyle), so I just did what I could on his. I destroyed his rear rim learning bunny hops, trying to go up a curb; MAN was my dad pissed LOL. The surfer was one of my faves to do, along with handlebar stand. Going down this hill near our house. Surfer to handlebar stand back to surfer back to sitting. Terrifying every time, but also utterly exhilarating!!! .... NO CHANCE I would attempt that these days, at 53 yrs old LOL

[@BasenjiAdventures]

Ah, the banana seat. Those were the days! 😁

[@richieanderson1968]

Never to old I’m 56 and got back on my bike and I am having so much fun relearning all the tricks and halfpipe airs. Start slow it will keep you young! Trust me ❤

[@peepineyes]

This was a good one, love it!😄👍👍

[@timraley]

Way to go Matt! That balance move made my day!

[@SeanLewisMedia]

Old school Bmx is the best. Awesome video guys. It would be awesome to see Fish back in a video soon!

[@yoshibender]

I saw RAD in the theater by myself a couple years ago for the anniversary one night airing.

[@arturopizzaro-pi7ky]

The. Old. School. BMX. Pure. Talent. Pure. Passion. ❤❤❤.

[@ridemotoeveryday]

Yup growing up in the 80’s and 90’s we had to teach ourselves most things and had to remember so much information. I wish I was more exposed to freestyle BMX as a kid. Riding street was pretty much jumping in and out ditches, riding wheelies and sliding gravel lol.

[@GrumpysGarageDave]

Fish it was so cool to see somone as stoked as i was when i went to see Rad when it came out .. as you said it was almost mind blowing seeing all the tricks in motion .. i raced BMX back then on a Dirrect Link and Free Agent but had a GT and Haro for ramps and ground work .. ill admit though i was way better racer and on the ramps and junos then i was on the ground .. Thanks for bringing back some great memories of a time in my life that i definitely enjoyed the most .. at 54 now and with a beat body from years of racing bmx and motocross i stick to a mountain bike with some suspension lol and it doesnt usually get more than 4/6 ft off the ground these days .. hell i used to bunny hop almost that high back in the day haha 🤟😎 Edit.. @fishonabike Fish, do you have a channel I would definitely enjoy watching more of you riding

[@IsNoGood4uM1kkel]

I need to know who that old school guy is i really like the dude 🔥 This made my day i needed it alot tbh

[@yourpalharvey]

These tricks take sooooo much practice

[@michaelpickarts7683]

"Old skool New skool Need 2 Learn Doe/ I Burn Baby Burn like Disco inferno/ burn slow like Blunts with yayo" Notorious B.i.g.

[@gardenstateflatlandb]

So awesome to see! That Time Machine tho, most call that a Lung Spin. A Time Machine is basically that, but now your off hand is holding the front peg. So one hand on the bars and one hand on the front peg. Keep it up Matty. 🙌

[@JeremyPoythress]

I kind of adapted to both riding styles being a 90s kid. i never could settle for park freestyle grinding pegs or the flatland standing ones so i combined them into 1 bike and made the standing platform wider longer while using traditional and modern geometry, a 25/9 gear ratio, and 36 spoke freecoaster wheels. i like using weighted bar ends and some thicker parts for that oldschool tank feel.

[@sockpuppettheatre8861]

Best 22 minutes ever. Loved it

[@ballodium9358]

excellent work matty. you're still a legendary rider. thanks for sharing sir scotty.

[@UnitNo.2]

I love to see some flatland. One day i will be able to do a steamroller.

[@philkennedy8184]

So cool to see , if matty higherd up his seat post these would definitely be easier… used to love doing these tricks bitd

[@jonlavigne3270]

You guys seriously need a copy of Matt Wilhelm's Ground Rules.

[@spencerthu2956]

Im old school and i sucked back in the day. Its all about balance and weight distribution and those things are alien to me!! It's crazy cuz most of these tricks look new school to me!! Lol

[@watchmeplayenergy281]

Perfect ending

[@essicc]

I’m curious if garret could actually do that in the spot 🤣

[@Ray-k4g]

I know fish personally he’s a friend of mine we used to do BMX show together. I’ve known him since 1992 when I met him in California we went to a bike contest together.

[@Fishonabike]

Kinda crazy it's been that long!

[@ramoverde4133]

Really great! 👍 A bike comparison would be interesting.

[@pedrorodriguez7122]

God thank you! Awesome video! I felt like I could ride again.

[@midnightbadnit]

My knees can't take boxing now but I did pogo sticking and backwards pedaling sitting on the handlebar, I wasn't known for fancy tricks. But I did some before hanging up the BMX bike, dirt or freestyle

[@midnightbadnit]

i even used to hit the g bmx track in my 30s race against kids and bmx bike testers from redline. i'd be lucky to last more than 2 races with my knees on a bmx..lol

[@JAYFLATLDN]

THATS A LUNG SPIN... TOMATO

[@Fishonabike]

Oh, I don't think I've ever heard it called that, but that sounds right. Lungmustard FTW!

[@JAYFLATLDN]

@@Fishonabike Awesome work, pls make more visits.

[@SynthfulDuck]

Nice ending :D

[@jonasgeez2140]

I wish i never stopped bmxing growing up i was decent for my age and what i had and i was never afraid and always pushed myself harder and harder i could do slot of tricks and i loved it was so fun but growing up moving all over the states i stopped riding and now im mutch older havent been on a bike since i was a kid but i misd it

[@Taylor_Gang1]

Dude fish is insane 🤘🔥

[@adriandwipradipta4849]

Imagine if garrett actually response this video and can do it in the first 5min😂

[@MrBri_Guy]

Amazing video

[@derrekjojola9283]

Great content!

[@kentakeura1617]

Damn thats a sweet Haro right there!

[@robertlee8400]

I think Matty needs to drop that sponsorship with Mongoose & go to Haro , he does better on the Haro than that Goose .

[@reviewyourownadventure2083]

Should have had Matty do a reverse forkglide / reverse steam roller. That is waaaay easier than the forward steamroller. Matty would have gotten that one very quickly and it's super fun.

[@maxpainxl125]

this made me forget my breakfast......

[@bmxscape]

so glad you calrified that backyard is a trick and it wont make a difference to do it in your backyard lol 20:30

[@80nodrog]

Fish was the reason i bought my first bmx bike. Fish was wearing a crazy joker hat on a Redline ad back in 1996, i thought he looked awesome, so i bought a Redline RL640.

[@Fishonabike]

Gotta say, reading this really made my day! Thanks!

[@XxFarrinxXv2]

"theres no way" cuts to fish doing it with no hands.

[@mase2039]

Bring back Fish. for more videos, he was a badass dude!

[@jeremybaker5444]

Wonder if Mr Reynolds responded

[@JITLmeHARD]

Nostalgic of the time the boys were jumping off a truck bed to learn bar rides, maybe it was big yellow?

[@Tware8100]

I'm not sure I would call this new vs. old. It's more like Flatland vs. Jumper or something. I could see how picking a title is tough, though.

[@jda4879]

Y'all need to visit Mr Chad degroot again

[@C-N-B]

It would be cool to see the steamroller but half way through 180 out instead of smoothying

[@jsbmx2039]

Flat land is the hardest form of bmx

[@joshk2026]

Fish is dope

[@powers_media]

this was sick but Fish did like one new school trick. How is that a battle really? I figured I would see like, half and half you know, half new school half old.

[@kestonenloe8551]

What kinda bike does Matty have?

[@dredORDER666]

🤘

[@Ewat69]

dang! i thought they were going to play bike

[@cbowenjr72]

SCOTTY WE NEES A BIKE RUN DOWN ON FISH BIKE

[@steve00alt70]

Please do skateboarding

[@alleng332]

The Chairman

[@CodyCobraSB]

HaHaHa the ending cracked me up..Awesome

[@blablablablabittybla561]

Old school always wins.

[@JohnnyThe_G]

FIST ARMY!

[@DavidSmith-fg4gx]

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