The Most Influential BMX Riders Of The 1980's!

[@EddieFiolaBmx]

Was i cocky BITD..... 100% and NOW I'm grateful to have been part of it!!! I LOVE this sport!!!! It has given me the opportunity to Meet my wife and friends, payed for my house and got to travel around the WORLD all from BMX. Thank you guys for including me. I am grateful!!!

[@ScottyCranmer]

EDDIE!

[@jeffsulima]

@@EddieFiolaBmx the King himself!!! Big shout out from Calgary, AB!!!

[@TexasTimelapse]

@@EddieFiolaBmx Holy cow!! He's here!! Subscribed.

[@markfeldman4802]

We NEED some Eddie and Scotty videos! What an awesome collaboration that would be

[@BlindingSun_]

Legend!

[@DustyShowers]

Love this. I’m 53 and still remember the music from the VHS tape I ordered around 1984 from the back of BMX Plus magazine of Fiola and Dominguez in the skatepark. Probably watched it 100 times. I bought my first GT because of Fiola.

[@dtothej4044]

I believe that Vhs was called BMX Freestyle.Also featured Dwane Peters and Eddie Alguerra at pipeline for a little skateboard segment. I also wore that tape out watching over and over

[@K_____]

Can’t believe you’re still posting after all these years. It’s amazing to see. I used to watch your videos all the time but for some reason just stopped so I thought I’d search again and see what you’re up to. Great to see your recovery from your crash. You’re a legend!

[@sagelyden]

Bro you have so many videos to catch up on. Enjoy!

[@123lowkey]

I got my start from BMX Plus. Started on a Stingray and then A Schwinn Scrambler and then a Predator. The 70s and early 80s were magic.

[@BigRedGuy]

As an official old guy (60 ) , thank you for doing this ! All the BMX heroes of my youth , some names that I haven't heard for years, so many great memories . I still ride BMX a bit , but certainly not at the level I did in my teens and early twenties .

[@alexricci7801]

Hell yeah for riding at 60 dude ❤

[@saltybmxer6977]

I lived all this. I remember the Mountain Dew commercial. Cool to see it again.

[@noelcampbell6411]

Fish absolutely nailed it. Great guest who got into it the same way I did. Talking about seeing freestyle in motion only in RAD and commercials on TV was so true!

[@ChownieNaturalMrUniverse]

I started riding in 1982 here in the UK. Fiola, Dominguez, Wilkerson etc were like rock stars to us. I’m lucky to have met most of my childhood heroes. I’m as passionate today about BMX as I ever was, old/mid/new school, racing and freestyle, I love it all. Thanks for this video, loved it!

[@Mitch_Ryder]

Really enjoyed the 80’s talk! But Fish did got a couple of things wrong that may have happened before he got into freestyle. The BMXA trick team started with RL Osborn and Bob Haro. Mike Buff joined a little later after Bob left because his company was growing.

[@Mitch_Ryder]

Bob Haro was also the first to build his own freestyle bikes. Wilkerson rode for Haro long before he created his own bike.

[@LS-vg1bk]

Just when I don’t think the videos can get any better they go and totally get better! You love to see it man! Another instant classic from the Cranmerverse 🙏🏼

[@Fishonabike]

Hey all! Yes, I realize I said Pipeline and Upland instead of Upland and Del Mar. Whoops. Also, I apologize for the number of times I said "like." Embarrassing. As far as any riders that weren't mentioned... This is a list of some of the riders that influenced me as I started riding or that I really admired. It is not exhaustive and there are many other riders that had me stoked on freestyle in the 80s. I'm thankful for all the comments and support. You all rock and being part of the 'Cranmerverse' is beyond rad!

[@BillAbel3]

It's cool to hear how being in Seattle was "far away" and that you saw DMC doing a Haro show. I was far away in rural Alabama and saw Rick Moliterno and DMC do the Haro tour in either 87 or88, and then saw Eddie Fiola the next year.

[@jasonfreeman5601]

FISH!!! How you been?!

[@Fishonabike]

@@jasonfreeman5601 Is this Jason 'Raaaaaaaaad' Freeman?!

[@darrellficken1433]

Words haven't been invented yet on how impressed I am with the level of BMX way back then. It all still seems impossible but I will never get bored of it. So much creativity!

[@solohour]

My whole childhood right here! Charlie's Freestyle Team from Levittown, PA. We hosted all of the teams on their summer tours, and it was awesome. If you're in SoCal, Martin Aparijo and Eddie Fiola ride in Huntington Beach every Tuesday, so you get a chance to ride with the legends you used to follow as a kid!

[@DWSOutdoors]

Thankful for this type of video being put out there for the world to see! Great idea Scotty!

[@marktodd7397]

Ive seen footage of Dominguez getting a lot closer to a 900 than that, him and Fiola were amazing at that time. Next step uo for me was seeing Dennis Mccoy at Holeshot conpetition in London. The UK scene at that time should never be dismissed Neil Ruffel,l Caig Campell, Carlo Griggs. You guys should get interviewed by The union tapes podcast now that would be absolutely epic

[@richardyates998]

I grew up in San Jose California in the 80s as a kid. BMX was big in my family back then. My uncle was friends with Hugo Gonzo Gonzales he rode for Skyway and Dyno.

[@Ray-n7b5p]

I personally know fish. I met him back in 1992 he is still a friend of mine and I’m glad he’s still riding and I started riding back in 1982 my own self.

[@Fishonabike]

What's up, Ray!

[@vinkta]

Eddie Fiola still rides and has aa youtube channel. Legend

[@isaahland4229]

Had to comment 1 minute in - I still vividly remember seeing Jay Miron attempt a double tail whip 540 on vert at Gravity Games 2002 and at the time it was one of the craziest things we'd ever seen.

[@rupertingram3613]

Great video, thanks! A rise and fall of vert riding would be really good.....

[@spirit-thieves47]

I remember hearing about Dominguez pulling the 900... it felt like an urban legend at the time. Great vid, you should do one on the best international riders, from places like the UK, Spain, Australia, Russia and more... So many great names and characters to mention!

[@rodcaseracing3376]

I was born in 73, RAD changed bmx for me... amazing. Don't forget BMX Bandits

[@supernoobsmith5718]

Well done. Mentioned most of the great names.

[@billgrosskreutz1463]

PipelIne Skatepark was in Upland California i believe other park was Del Mar Skate Ranch in Del Mar California

[@traysonstesson294]

Great content! Love your positivity and passion for BMX. Your vibe is contagious. I grew up in the 80’s in and around all these names. Stay rad and thanks for carrying the torch for all of us.

[@jeremybaker5444]

I keep having Eddie Fiola show up on my KZbin feed.

[@NokternaL1]

His moonwalk is the smoothest

[@jeremybaker5444]

​@@NokternaL1 watching him nowadays he's still smooth. I can see why he got away with skinny tires.

Yeah me too

[@lorez71]

I was at the 2 Hip KOV contest in Guelph Ontario when Hoffman landed that 900. Still have the T-shirt and the copy of Freestylin' covering the event and I can see myself in the background of some of the photos.

[@bradycate2959]

So awesome to hear Fish talk about the beginning of BMX!!!!

[@RomanMoroniesFargingWall]

Love this video. Love Fish being on the channel. Love seeing dudes get 10ft of air with foot long seat posts. 😂

[@TexasTimelapse]

As an 80's racer and for fun freestyler, this was an EPIC video. It brought back so many good memories. Thank you! I miss rushing home to get the new issue of BMX PLUS! I had a massive stack of those in my room. I regret getting rid of them.

[@vinniejudilla3921]

Thank you so much for this trip down memory lane. So many names I haven't heard in years.

[@suburbanrebellion6880]

I met Eddie Fiola Dec 2024 Awesome guy, couldn't have been a better experience. I uploaded a short of him jumping over Mike Miranda

[@raidmagic]

This was super enjoyable. Thanks.

[@jsbmx2039]

Solid video guys

[@derrekjojola9283]

This one was one of the best!!!!!

[@homophonia1570]

Don´t forget Josh White!!!

[@AmazingChinaToday]

That Dominguez clip was BONKERS! So high!

[@junka1975]

To be able to hear Fish talk about his history, you can tell how much it means to him to have lived through that era and to be still riding like that. Totally awesome. Scotty and Matty will be like that for sure. Even if Scotty can't do all the old tricks, BMX is his life. Heck, I am going to hit the big 50 this year and I still love riding (despite lack of skills). Keep riding guys, it's too much fun to give it up.

[@DJPablotv]

All those legends I remember them well. I started riding in 86 as well. I miss the old days and I miss my old bike.

[@thebodybeatdownDiTi]

BMX was like Michael Jackson, Breakdancing, NES, and anything else thats ICONIC and groundbreaking that takes over the world. BMX was LIFE!

[@DamonBlock-o4n]

Thanks Scott & Matt‼️

[@LoneWolfed]

8:05 I think Fish meant to say that the 2 big skateparks were Pipline in Upland and Del Mar.

[@Fishonabike]

Yes, you are correct!

[@garhead169]

I hung banners for the 1st contest at Upland Pipeline. Rode there all the time. And Del Mar, too. Before that it was Skatopia in Buena Park. After it was Skate City in Whittier. And don't forget The Concrete Wave.

[@Matt_Wilson01]

I started in the early 90s and live in Tasmania, never got see pro’s ride because there was none here, photos in magazines were all we had to learn from, first time I saw pro’s doing their thing was when I got ahold of wheelies on VHS, me and my mates would watch that religiously nearly everyday, it def helped us level up, kids dont get how good they have it with youtube videos these days

[@dbreactions5059]

Love you Scotty. Been watching since I was 13 and I’m 21 now love too see u still posting and your love for your friends family and bmx. Have a great day man

[@sagelyden]

Same bro

[@thebodybeatdownDiTi]

I met Eddie Fiola around 2013 when we lived in Vegas. A bike shop had him come in and he brought his prototype bike that he started producing and selling. He let me ride his personal bike. I tried to get video of him but I was shaking so badly the video looks like the phone is rolling down a hill lol..Eddie was royalty to us. AND he's still moving and grooving.

[@FATKEVMTB]

Good video, but Bob Haro deserves way more discussion in this video.

[@Fishonabike]

Bob Haro could have his own video. The thing is, by the time I started riding, Bob, from what I knew at the time, was more business man and not so much a rider. But he clearly deserves so much credit for his role in BMX freestyle becoming what it turned into in the 80s and beyond.

[@FATKEVMTB]

@ True. I started BMX/freestyle when Bob Haro was riding a Torker.

[@alleng332]

Yup everything Fish said was what it was like. Ron Wilkerson was my first influential rider.

[@lottness31]

Disappointed that you left out Dave Voelker. He was a beast riding street when it was literally street. He was an all around rider not just a one trick pony.

[@Fishonabike]

You're not wrong! The Lord is definitely deserving, but we simply could not cover everyone. Also would have liked to touch on Dave Vanderspek. So original.

[@lottness31]

@ looks like there needs to be a part 2 then. Love the videos though.

[@chehogg]

I agree Rick Moliterno was underrated, while he was amazing at flatland and ramps; he also raced pro BMX! Now he has made his mark, even owning and founding Standard Bikes, he is among the greatest, no longer underrated!

[@scubaseppy]

I was going to comment Jay Miron and then they mentioned him first!

[@chehogg]

Correction The Pipeline is in Upland, CA, the other main skate park was Del Mar Skate Ranch in Del Mar Ca.

[@SuperEddietv]

I started riding in 78 and I've seen BMX go through major transformations. I'm proud to see that it still exists and became somewhat mainstream for a while! I'm 59 and yes, I still ride!

[@DisasterRC]

Born in 74 and lived on my BMX through the 80's and 90's and remember everything you are talking about. Not sure if you can find it but there was a show back in the 90's in San Diego at SeaWorld that showed a bunch of street performers and skateboards and BMX were showcased in it. I remember watching them and wanting to try everything. not sure who performed but I think Dennis McCoy was one of them

[@bricemenaugh4828]

My era! Thank you

[@DamonBlock-o4n]

You guys are #1‼️

[@LazyDaysPlays]

Its awesome seeing how much scotty and matty are listening and taking it in thats passion for Bmx right there (Edit) this could have easily been a 2 or 3 part video and i would have watched all of it

[@michaelcrowers6628]

It was a great video. I love flatland. DMC was a beast.

[@jerrycramer8476]

Fish dude I rode a 84 Haro master, chrome, redline 401 flight cranks, araya 7x rims, gt sealed hubs, pro neck, power lite bars, dia-compe brakes, Potts mod, gyro damn I wish I still had that bike.

[@AmazingChinaToday]

Bob Morales has a box of AFA contest VHS videos in his attic, he should post all those on KZbin!

[@BMXdad4130]

The 2 skateparks were Pipeline in Upland aad Del Mar skatepark in Del Mar.

[@michaelrizzi6448]

Eddie fiola was the reason I go5 into freestyle ,I saw rad and it was a wrap…dad bought me a shiny white 86 gt performer from John’s bike shop in woodside queens ny,all of Eddie’s pics were plastered on my bedroom wall…..fiola was god and freestyle was my religion…I got back into freestyle when Covid hit nyc,on m6 50 th bday I drove to porkchops hamjam bike show hosted by Eddie fiola in 2024 with a fiola tribute bike I built and took home 1st 🥇 place trophy 🏆…very very rad

[@ShadLife]

Most riding in motion I saw in the early to mid 80s was from the traveling trick teams that came to my area. Without that, I had no idea what was going on looking at the photos.

[@danvarela8455]

I was the kid that built my bike to look like Buffs!!!!! Even bought the frame and forks from The Bicycle Source. Had Tuff Wheel 2's and CW bars. Great times!!💯❤❤

[@dustincorp]

I’m offended that you don’t understand why Ron W was so popular lol. I’m jk but he was the most popular rider for many years, pretty much the first guy to make his own bikes in that era. I had a Wilkerson, still my favorite bike ever. Him and RL were in the opening sequence of Rad. So many things! I built my Haro Sport Lineage based off of a Haro ad of him. I love this old school stuff you guys are doing! Thank you so much!

[@camward1058]

Apologies, just a correction for the young lad, I'm older (obviously, lol) and have been riding/freestylin' since the early 80's.....Sooooo, Upland & Pipeline are not separate places, it's Upland Pipeline (late 70's to 88ish), it always has been Pipeline at Upland Calif', rode it and skated it with some of the best, he is probably thinking about the other main bmx one being Marina Del Ray Park, or Del Mar etc, amongst a bunch of others in the 80's, before they closed. Upland had the pipe bowl you showed, and also the famous combi pool (which Steve Van Doren recreated at the block years later with help from Lance Mountain), along with other terrain for fun.

[@herbicide73]

I saw Rad a bunch of times in the theater. I was the only kid in there for a few of em

[@josephcorso5081]

Im sure these episodes are a bit of work but would be cool to do a series with the ogs of vert and flatland. So much was left out by lumping it all together. Suprised you didn't have pics of Dominguez at kona blasting out of the vert wall also doing a tailwhip fly out in 84!

[@hookahdad]

Fish's hair looks so sick, I love it.

[@403Pantera1]

Fun fact- Helltrack and the qualifying races were filmed in NW Calgary, Alberta…my neighborhood.

[@arcadiagreen150]

If you watch Rad now, its absolutely culturally significant for BMX

[@AmazingChinaToday]

Wilkerson invented the fakie air, ububika, and probably tye pedal picker drop-in and the miami hopper drop-in.

[@blitzen850]

Dave Osato.. the low key front break master

[@Rubaduck]

the amount of old boys watching is crazy, Rock on!

[@jerrycramer8476]

When I first saw DMC it was at Metro north mall in Kansas City. The Hutch trick team was doing a show and DMC and the BMX Brigade were there and they had their bikes inside with them. Woody Itson came out and did a 360 front wheel spin and the announcer was saying Woody just developed this trick when DMC rides right into the show and drops a 720 front wheel spin and rides away to the announcer melting down in disbelief.

[@pnwexplorer1122]

cool to see an old school guy from my area!! well sort of, I've lived 25 min drive from Federal Way my whole life, in Spanaway. I wonder if my boy Don Delp who has ridden with Mike Hoder a lot has met Fish?

[@Fishonabike]

That name doesn't ring a bell. But yeah, Spanaway isn't far from me at all.

[@jeffsulima]

Tell Matty that Ron Wilkerson used to do a Miami Hopper drop in to Fakie

[@dtothej4044]

Thats how it was back then, common for some random to be better than the "pros" that were putting in the demo.

[@briansveinson7745]

i remember the first time i saw Fish riding at a contest in Spokane Washington. Riding with a big group of riders under an overpass near the contest site. Doing high speed rolling tricks back in -89- he was amazing and still is.

[@michaelsarrail3562]

Pipeline is in Upland, it was about 2 miles from where I live. In Upland, currently, there is a life-size reproduction of Pipeline in Memorial Park.

[@chehogg]

Yeah, and you were the flatlander always hanging out at The Pipeline in the 80s.

[@chehogg]

Watch Ron Wilkerson's riding now, 58 year old and blasting 6 foot plus airs out of the pools! He has staying power!

[@ni_wink84]

I started racing in 1994 at coal canyon BMX in Orange County California, I raced from then until 2010, then my career kept me from riding, it’s so cool to hear all these stories I remember a lot of them! Hey since you guys are original racers you should do a story on Mike redman, he’s the voice you hear on the gate cadence and one of the most important pieces of BMX racing history

[@titoarmenta5846]

When I was a teenager, I thought Eddie Fiola couldn't get any cooler, then he went and bought a right-hand drive Porsche, and that was a huge deal to me. Also, one of my favorite riders was Dino Deluca. He was the reason I rode a Dyno.

[@jamiereilly-ty7tt]

We mustn't forget dizzy hicks what a legend cw rider total badass...he was awsome image and all...

[@kevinshumaker3664]

Great video guys! What up Fish! I'm a little OCD about the gyro man, looks crooked and I can hear the clack, clack in my head. 😆✌️

[@anthonyayala5842]

Yea buddy!!

[@rodcaseracing3376]

Eddie Fiola.. Moonwalk

It was BMX BANDITS that got me into BMX in 1983 I've still got my vintage 1987 mongoose Decade with double headset snowflake sprocket skyway Mags it's even still got the original mongoose seat post and clamp Nos Kuwahara old skool grips I'm 53 now and can't ride like i did in the 80's haha (no shit) but would never sell it but you need to start a podcast all the riders you mentioned would sit down with you talking about BMX ✌peace

[@Dew-dj2gs]

wow, so many o.g. name drops in this video.

[@Matt_Wilson01]

Shit Im feeling old, I started riding freestyle in 93 when I was 13

[@BlindingSun_]

That’s cos we are old 😂😂

[@philkennedy8184]

Haven’t watched yet but I started in 82 … buff RL Wilkerson Fiola Dominguez Dizz DMC Mat Mirra best be mentioned 🤫😆👍

[@oz1141]

Woody Itson, Bob Haro, Martin Aparijo

[@yourpalharvey]

I saw rad in the theater by myself and I remember that Mountain Dew ad. That thing about trying to reverse engineer tricks from magazines is so weirdly true. You had to buy (expensive) vhs tapes to see what was going on

[@Marcosdejesusbmx]

Love it the video!!!80’s is cool

[@d_ruggs]

Better be more fish flatland incoming.. Lol. Great video

[@Taylor_Gang1]

Fish said something that really got me thinking about a cool video idea. You guys should do a video of a progression timeline of different tricks that were the best tricks at that time. Starting from the 1980s to current.

[@JABzHobbies]

I followed 2 riders back in the 80s. Eddie Fiola & Josh Dr. Air White.

[@DjBionic88]

Sick video lads 40 minutes too 🎉

[@artao5]

'86. Wow. I SO wanted to get into BMX freestyle back then, but couldn't afford a bike. So I ended up skateboarding. :)

[@stephencrisson3595]

He a beast

[@jk-76]

I still have my 86 Haro Freestyler Master. DMC was a big influence.

[@paulyphonic]

That’s how I seen/heard of Rick Moliterno for the first time. It was a Haro show in Richmond, VA back in the day. I was like….who is THIS guy?!?! 🤯