What happened to Bob Haro BMX, the creator of Freestyle?

[@MossieRidesBikes]

Thank you all for the continued support for these history oriented videos. Keep the recommendations coming! I'm compiling a list of obscure brands that didn't last super long so if you have anything to add to the list, let me know!

[@floydblandston108]

Barracuda made some great bikes, and splashed out on a Norba team, then disappeared. Catamount made what were probably the best of the URT bikes during their heyday, but their best known invention was a water bottle cage you can still buy new. Mountain Cycles, Balfa, and Arrow Racing deserve some love as well. As to your query as to 'what comes next', it was video games. They took over everything, and that's why the batting cages, bmx tracks, and bowling alleys are all gone.

[@BongDonkySecret77]

Excellent video. Thanks man

[@placebomandingo2095]

Flyaway helmets.

[@JayDizzle-hm9gg]

Have you anything on #torker & #takara ? My dream bikes as a kid. I just watched #rad the other day. Great times

[@waynephilbert]

@@MossieRidesBikes watching that rockwalk brought so many memories flooding back. I absolutely loved riding BMX and freestyle.

[@freerangehuman1976]

Free style was life in the 80’s. So glad I got to be apart of it.

[@BongDonkySecret77]

Everyone had a GT Pro Performer or a Dyno. lol!

[@freerangehuman1976]

@@BongDonkySecret77 I wanted a GT performer, mongoose, Dino, haro but ended up with a Raleigh Shock.

[@randywissler9923]

I'm 56 and still goin strong with it. Don't do any vert anymore, cuz let's be honest, a broken hip now is a helluva lot worse than at 18-25. 😂

[@deathwarrent8465]

@@BongDonkySecret77I had a 90s GT pro freestyle tour team model. Fully loaded! Loved that bike. Wish I kept it

[@BustedNut-]

Or a schwin predator lol!!

[@mikehearse7354]

1983 Bob Haro and my Haro master changed my life. Street free stying was many years of my life.

[@waynephilbert]

I remember when this blew up. Back in the day, Haro was supreme, the bikes were awesome and kids everywhere wanted to ride them, GT, Diamond Back, Skyway, Kuwahara, SE and a few others. Such a great time to be a kid riding bikes. Seeing freestyle kick off blew our minds.

[@holdmybeerwatchthis1610]

Let’s not forget the DG,Robinson and the FMF. Upper class for sure but I have had personally owned all of these. And for the handle bar grips loved the grab-on grips!

[@bobkaiser8782]

I was at a NBL Nationals in Norwalk, OH in the early 80's. Bob Haro autographed my paper Coke cup. I still have it.

[@craiglizt8074]

That’s pretty rad, man.

[@Mre-i7c]

I'd say try cash in but take pictures

[@johnjbuultjens]

Stoked to see this today. Thanks for sharing the Haro history with so many.

[@JustinSmall-e5w]

Yes thank you for sharing ❤

[@keithnewton1966]

Working in the local bike shop back in the early 80’s, I remember how BMX blew up. At one point we were selling more than twice as many BMX style bikes than all others combined.

[@johnsheetz6639]

And they cost a pretty penny! Supply and demand was a motha! I remember getting clowned for my huffy from the rich kids but I understand where my parents were coming from $200? In 1986 money? That equates to about $800 in today's.

[@RAMONCARRILLO-o6n]

Like the high

[@Stolas1777]

Now bmx shops are few and far between. I rode really hard in my teens every single day if I wasn’t riding my friends and I were watching videos. This was classic mid school era. I was so excited to get a job at. Bike shop when I was like 19 and they didn’t sell any bmx bikes they were all like talking about the freaking Tour de France in the back I was so heart broken lol I was like these guys are effin lame and didn’t last there long

[@SlyCave]

anyone want to check out my prestine 1980s Mongoose with white.Skywayags?

[@jefflanham1080]

Yes! I grew up in the suburbs of Sacramento and this was our life in 81-83!!! I haven’t heard the name Haro in at least 40 years!!

[@jeffspicoli2643]

I had a baby blue Haro Freestyle and purple GT Performer. I miss the 80's.

[@bangkokstallion]

Had a chrome and blue GT performer myself in the late 90's. Thing would freeroll forever.

[@HaHaThatIsFunny]

Blue GT world tour and pink Haro extreme here

[@donaldwilcoxjr.5212]

Had a MCS spider tricked out for freestyle chrome with baby blue skyway 2 wheels ....a M1 mongoose grey and black ...and a mongoose decade pro pink and chrome....but always wanted a Haro Master in chrome and black with the green accents ......man I miss the 80s ....I was born in 77 ....this was my life from 10 years old to early teens ....that and skateboards ....man what a time ...what a decade ....sucks getting old ....

[@G4RY1159]

Nice bike that. I had a Redline and gave it away to a young boy that didn't have much in life, gave him it when I was just 3 weeks away from turning 16 - that was back in 1985 Thot so many times about building my own bike and hanging it On the wall, the build would need to be a Haro

[@timessiah94]

@@G4RY1159 Im not much for pictures at my house but I do have my Haro hanging on the wall.

[@neilsackman4723]

Glad to say I was there in the beginning. We were building bikes in the mid 70s, pulling off the banana seats making our own pads out of pipe insulation.

[@WadeBarmby]

Oh man! We did that too in the late 70s, early 80s. We could buy a "bmx conversion" kit which was a set of straight forks, a replacement for the banana seat and some bars. Had that before getting my first bmx and started racing, then into freestyle. Good times!

[@1mikewalsh]

Bob Haro is the coolest dude in BMX! Taught me how to do coaster brake wheelies when I was 11 or 12! Literally the man changed my life. There's some other stuff but I'm not going to bring that up here, big shout out from Battle Creek Michigan.

[@redfatboy96]

This is awesome. All the cool kids had Haro number plates. Especially the innovative “vented” plate because of course that made you faster.

[@felixjones9198]

Omghourd, I just remembered, I had one of those!

[@jaredreese8639]

Less wind resistance, that's just physics right there. 😂

[@cuadstar]

Bob is a true role model. Great work you're doing on your channel. May you keep living the dream.

[@DatguyJ80]

This was life for years . I hurt everyday from these times

[@christopherg465]

😂laughing with you not at you. Ohh the pain

[@jeffreyking279]

BMX was the greatest! 80s BMX in particular. Great bikes. Great people. Great riders. These were great times!

[@keithwray9546]

Had the pleasure of meeting him a few days ago in the uk at a bmx competition. Awesome guy. He even signed my bike for me

[@JoseGarcia-tr9mp]

I'm 48 years old, grew up very poor and always wanted a Haro Master, but just couldn't afford it when I was a kid. Fast forward to today, I purchased two nice 1986 Haro Masters over the last couple of weeks and that inner child is super excited about it. I own a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu school and I about to start taking my two Haro Masters to the school so that my 60+ kids can check them out. Hopefully it will spark an interest in them that doesn't involve looking at a screen of some sort for hours and hours all day long.

[@MossieRidesBikes]

That is awesome and a perfect place to inspire the youngsters! Jiu jitsu is my other athletic endeavor I'm in love with 😅

[@JasonBrown-mx2kk]

Im 45 always wanted one then one day in my 20s I found one in the garbage in a rich neighborhood I took it right away messed with it for a little bit the kid down the st begged me for it I gave it to him and he told me when he got older that he was poor and that was what kept him out of trouble and helped him deliver newspaper s

[@monteheadrick426]

Haro was so rad!

[@monteheadrick426]

​@@JasonBrown-mx2kk that's a helluva find! Those things were pricey

[@WadePerlot-p3c]

You are amazing person giving back to our younger generation in the best way we can while our schools teach wrong things to our kids. I'm a Gen Xer' as well and I think it's our job to show the younger generation what is right. Our schools and government are pure poison for our children

[@albertonunez851]

Thank you! I am Gen X and very happy for Mr. Haro. I often wonder about all the BMX Bike manufacturers. its nice to know one of us kids made it. Thank you.

[@michaelheselton4370]

I remember seeing Team Haro at several Nationals during the early to mid 80s. They had steel framed plexiglass ramps at all the demos. It was wild being able to see the tricks from any angle, even behind the ramps 🤘🏼

[@b.m.2434]

Yeah that was the rosencrans ramp I'm pretty sure. It's like 8ft wide with no flat and tight transitions lol, looked sketch.

[@pontiacman1453]

Haro still lives on with the Lineage and newer models if interested. I bought a 2017 Lineage Mster just a few months ago. I love it.

[@airxtream2139]

RAD is still one of my favorite movies got the VHS, DVD amd Blue Ray

[@GetStuffed1]

In 84 Bob Haro and Mike Dominguez came to OT cycles in Dartford Uk and I had him sign my Haro arm pads and had my picture taken standing next to Bobs and Mikes bike and being 14 it was amazing I still have the pics now👍

[@American_Made]

I can remember racing bmx in KC mo in 82, I saw my first freestyle tricks at a track. I was at a Haro show when Dennis McCoy tried out for Haro. The real heart of Freestyle came out of the san francisco bay area and the local parks. lots of riders hung out there. 1981-1982. Injuries also took me out of the sport in 87. I was 17 then and had rode in several AFA competitions on flatland. I owned several Haros and still own a master.

[@AGoogleUser-h2r]

BMX bikes were so cool. Haro, GT, Stroker, Redline, and Hutch. Quality bikes back then.

[@thekrls1]

I miss my Redline, Diamondback, and Eastern Ace of Spades. Had some phenomenal years on those bikes.

[@valiantthor-]

And SkyWay

[@charliebrewer1668]

Trickstar

[@Unexplainableone213]

Don’t forget about CW!

[@valiantthor-]

@@Unexplainableone213 Odyssey made some nice goosenecks!

[@mikematthews5890]

I used to race BMX as a kid in Louisiana and actually won First Place (13 Expert) in the state championships. Regardless, at that time my friends and I were glued to BMX Action magazine and riding around everywhere to find cool jumps to practice some tricks/freestyle around the time Bob, R.L. and Mike Buff were taking off. Thanks for the flashback of memories!

[@michaelhite1433]

I got my Haro Freestyler fst in 84, I still have it. It’s on the wall in my shop next to my first mtn bike, a Cannondale Delts V that I had repainted in Volvo team red at the factory when I was a sales rep there in the mid 90’s. It’s white with the blue decals. I need to restore it, the decals are faded. I lived in Hawaii and California in the 80’s, it was a fun time.

[@WilliamBonney-gl2qf]

To be retired@33...massive respect! Thanks for the video,Mossie!!

[@FATKEVMTB]

Nice video! Just a FYI, the first freestyle bike that you show at 12:25 is not a Haro Freestyler. It is a Haro Master.

[@stuntabiker]

This is a great video Mossie, love your work!

[@chrisanderson9664]

I met Bob the first time out in riverside area called the Ranch for a freestyle demo. Later I worked for Oakley as an industrial designer and Bob would come by in his red BMW and go to lunch with the owner. Later he had Haro industries in Carlsbad and the owner of Oakley would fly his private plane down to Palomar airport and meet up for lunch. Very fun times in the 80’s.

[@sarcasmisthelowest]

Brilliant! Bob Osborn was spot on with “You have potential.” This kid at work spotted one of my cartoon drawings then took the idea to another level. The originality and quality of his characters was nothing anyone else has thought. When this kid left I had a talk to him about his talent and told him not to give up on his characters. I hope he meets someone someone like Bob O.

[@TheGhostOfFredZeppelin]

I'm not into BMX at all but I'm glad this popped up in my recommended feed! I remember seeing Haro on bikes all the time as a kid but never knew it was an actual dude haha!

[@craiglizt8074]

Well damn! That was both a trip down memory lane and an education. Your videos are well done, brother. As an 80s kid, this stuff really resonates with me and it’s really cool (sometimes saddening) to see where the companies I knew as a kid were started and where they ended up.

[@alex_rogan]

My first BMX was a Haro in 1984/5 which after watching this makes me think it was not long after they came out. It got stolen from school and I was super devastated.

[@digiprez77]

I was 7 years old and they did a show in my school gym. I still have the Freestyle Moves book somewhere. After school there would be 20-30 of us riding our bikes and skateboards around. It was so much fun.

[@billsultzbach7079]

I had a Hutch trickstar. Went to so many trick shows! GT,CW,Skyway, Redline. Met all the legends. And Tony Hawk

[@DavidWheelwright]

I had an 88' Haro Master. The best bike I ever had. It rode so nice. I rode it everywhere all the time. Those were the days.

[@mariopresi8649]

I had the pleasure to meet him in London a few years ago, back then I was racing bmx for HARO bmx (racing) UK

[@dennyking]

Thank you for this great video. I’m so happy seeing a young man like you giving props to the great man Bob. Well researched & presented. I wonder if anyone of my generation, there at the dawn of this new “freestyle” ever imagined what it would become.

[@DirtyDovi]

7:37 I had to add this HERE: 1: In the Mid 90's, Haro did a flatland/freestyle demo at the park next door to my house.. 2: Mid/Late 90's, I'm co-managing a bike shop: ACTION SPORTS & Awards! 3: Working w/ HARO - And subsequently, also working w/ a high school friend who went to work there. [I always busted balls to be able to afford a few of their bikes - Previous to getting the gig at the shop ] The TWO BOBs Are The Best! ❤ Bob Haro and Bob Morales! 🤘 KILLER Video, Dude!! You Absolutely Nailed This! E.T. BMX Bandits, RAD, BMX-Freestyle [as far as a few of the OG BMX Vids go...] 😁

[@ronmartinelli5772]

Bob was always a huge piece of me and my friends lives growing up in the 80s I remember his art and still have some of it

[@shaolinpunk77]

Bob Haro = Legend. Never saw or met him but did see the Haro team incl Ron Wilkerson when they toured the UK in 1986. I did meet Eddie Fiola though when GT toured UK, another freestyle legend. Good times

[@NelsonMuntz1993]

I loved my Haro bike as a kid. We all had them and rode them everywhere and took them off any jumps we could find. One time we rode our bikes 50 miles to Chico California and back. Took us around 12 hours

[@real2reel947]

Great watch!!! I had a couple Haro bikes as a kid…… I grew up in that era……. I didn’t know a lot of this info!!!! Awesome stuff….. saw it roll by on the algo and had to!!!!

[@jessevillanueva6153]

87’ Haro Master was the dream ride man!

[@donaldwilcoxjr.5212]

Yes it was ....had a MCS spider chrome with skyway 2 baby blue wheels ...white tires ....local bike shop ordered the frame from MCS and then tricked it out with some of the best parts money could buy ....550 dollars in 86 ....thank you mom and dad I know that was a fortune to you back then ...we were not rich ....regular folk ...middle class at best ....one of the best Xmas ever .....but your rite nothing touched the Haro masters of the 80s ......

[@grantmail4112]

This was epic to see the history of the legend Bob Haro

[@Jay70chevelle]

1985 i got a haro master, sold it about 15 years ago, thought I was never gonna ride again, now i wish i had it cause at 50 years old i wanna get back on a freestyle bike, oh well i got good money for it and it made me happy while i had it and now its in some dudes bike collection somewhere so cool

[@pontiacman1453]

I am 52 and just bought a 2017 Haro Master Lineage. You need one of these.

[@skeezix8156]

I’m 55, a couple years ago found a Gary Littlejohn 20” bmx and a 26” women’s cruiser at a goodwill in Renton Washington of all places. They date stamp their prices and they’d been there for a couple days already. Wife and I had just got there but I wheeled them inside and paid $150 for both, texted the wife said I’ll be in the truck waiting for you. I was paranoid to leave them 😂. Finding anything made by the Godfather of bmx is damn near impossible and we got two. I’ll never sell them, they’re both loaded with top parts from around 1979-80

[@Jay70chevelle]

@skeezix8156 thats so cool and good for you dude happy you found them

[@cain772]

I have a Haro Master but after so many moves I can remember where I stored it.

[@Jay70chevelle]

@cain772 dang dig that sucker up and sell it to me lol

[@FaithandActiondotnet]

Great story! I always liked Haro stuff but never knew about the man.

[@ridingwithreggie]

This is an awesome video! I was in the 2nd grade when E.T. came out, and I wanted a Haro bike so bad, but my parents couldn't afford it. My parents ended up getting me a junk bike. Thanks for filling in the history gaps.

[@siskothekid4620]

just gained another sub! I’m glad that you pointed out the significance of the BMX scenes in ET. at the time I was 14 years old, racing on the track, at novice level. JUST bought my first PK rippah and when i watched that scene in the movie, participating in cheering the kids on, i felt like my bike culture that i loved was put on the map. It was profound. Got to pro level and raced 4 more years, got into graphic design, and just wrapped working on TRON 3 as a member of the art department! it’s so awesome to hear about the similarities amongst the people involved within the community. Just got my 26.5 antifreeze green PK ripper and cruise the seawall in beautiful Vancouver BC. BMX will. never. die. Bash your shins and carry on mates. 🤘🏼

[@mindbomb2000]

Great video! Being from Torrance, CA., I interacted with Haro a bit. He had an ego, but it was deserved. He was also a bit of a jerk at times. I had started making number plates in my dad's garage. One day I was at Skateboard World (this was after it closed, and kids would hop the fences to ride) with one of my plates on my bike. I was alone because I moved schools a lot. Haro was there with his entourage, and he sent one of them over to talk to me. My plates were a different design, but yes, inspired by factory plates. So this guy says, "take that plate off. Bob doesn't like rip-offs." I explained that people had been making custom plates before him, and that I wouldn't take it off. He said, "You better not take a run in this park using that plate or there will be trouble." I was scrawny, but I could hold my own, so I took a run. I was fairly good (not in Bob's league), rode back and waited for "trouble." Nothing happened except for hard looks in my direction. I sponsored a few riders with my plates, but nothing ever came of it. I also had a friend who spent days helping Haro make plates in a garage with the promise of pay. There was no pay. Haro bought lunch, and that was it. That being said, I fully respect Haro for what he did for Freestyle, for his art, and for his drive that created what Haro Bikes became. I recently bought a Haro shirt from his site, and I wear it with pride.

[@bedlambikes]

Nice video. I grew up thru all of this and even have Haro's book still!

[@anarchygaming7801]

I'm 45 and as a kid I always wanted a haro bike. I didn't realize how much they cost back then my mom bought me a huffy instead but I had all the haro posters on my wall from bmx plus. Great memories

[@1290Hooligan]

Great videos!!! Skyway SE Redline Haro 👌👌👌 love to see one on firebird Dp! Had the chrome freestyler c/w graphite skyways.

[@TheRoadhammer379]

God I miss the 80s and 90s, I had so many cool bikes. I rode flatland freestyle with a few neighborhood half pipes mixed in. I still have my GT Performer from 1987. I had Haro, a Dyno, Matt Hoffmann in the 90s, a Dennis Mccoy edition Mongoose, damn I miss those days.

[@ElectroOverlord]

I 100% appreciate this video...memory lane

[@scottwhite1976]

I had a Haro, and a Dyno, but my favorite bike was my 91 GT pro performer. I went into the Marines in 95 and my younger brother rode my Gt to summer school. Someone stole everything off that bike but the frame, and that was the end for me.

[@villenbob]

I worked for a bike shop and we sold Haro bicycles, some nice bikes and alot of pure junk! made in china! It was interesting learning about the history of Haro. I knew a little bit , but it was nice getting a fuller picture. what a difference between the Bob Haro company back then and the company today! Chinesium!

[@Numantino312]

working in a ship, i bet this connects a few dots. i'd picture "ok. and that exactly coincided with X-model, then all the others went to crap afterwards; mystery solved!"

[@trevorcourt1403]

I always loved Haro I always wanted a haro freestyler but ended up with a Raleigh tuff burner cos the USA bikes were three times the price of a tuff burner. Great memories it’s been very interesting watching all this as I was bmx obsessed always trying to upgrade parts like a kashimax aero saddle & dia-compe brakes Ect beartrap peddles cw handlebars the list goes on 😊

[@stevepadilla9729]

I still have my first Pro Number plate that Bob made by hand and presented it to me, when I first turned B-pro NBA at Ascot BMX track. #162

[@williamz7011]

This is dope. Bob is a legend. Great job on this historic journey. I knew a good amount about Bob, but this fills in a lot of blanks

[@sp3edstr]

Great video!

[@garryhaines3066]

I ride MTB now but live my days on BmX and HARO was such a influence on me

[@MossieRidesBikes]

I'm in the same boat. Doing these videos makes me want to grab a BMX bike, make a ramp out of 2x4s and plywood, and hangout with my childhood crew

[@garryhaines3066]

TBH I have been looking around for an old BMX I had a Mongoose or Burner……think I must get one now and most likely brake something trying to do an Ariel out of a bowl😂😂

[@othgmark1]

Bob is an incredibly talented and creative person. I worked with him in the motorcycle industry and he was never given the credit he deserved for what he did in the motorcycle world. I miss seeing him as it was always a good time talking to him.

[@StrikingMachine]

those 80's BMX bikes are works of art. Masterpieces, if you will..

[@bandwagon240]

I really miss the Haro I had back in 87 even more now. 😔

[@monteheadrick426]

I bet. Not many kids around my neighborhood had a Haro. I'd see a lot of Mongoose, DB, GT and Dyno. I finally got a used Goose after owning a Huffy for a few years.

[@IowaBudgetRCBashers]

I was all about bmx and RC cars in the 80’s. I had a huffy painted 72 nova ss mulsanne blue, with a HARO number plate and some leg shredding aluminum pedals, and those cool triangular cobra grips

[@FrankieWildeDJ]

I was 9 when E.T came out. Three weeks later I was riding a Piranha with mag wheels. Kuwahara was my dream bike but we couldn't get them here in the UK. I'm Still riding bikes to this day but that was the start of my BMX journey. I'll never forget how heavy that bike was! My Next bike was a California Wheels freestyler. Loved that bike and foolishly swapped it for a Metallica skateboard in 1988. I met Bob Haro at Hotwheels BMX shop in Bournemouth UK in 1986.

[@MoeSlislack]

Interesting story. Thanks for posting!

[@youalreadyknow5039]

I miss my blue Webco… I had the oval number plate. Then, eventually graduated to a Haro plate. I also raced and rode the washes love them freestyle days. Thanks for tapping into our memory banks!!

[@BongDonkySecret77]

Webco was early on in scene. Really cool bikes.

[@BustedNut-]

Best bike i ever owned as a kid back in the 80' and early 90's was a haro. Good times good memories!🤙

[@kennyhill2678]

I grew up riding mostly Huffy Bikes, but just being able to get a BMX Mag and a Slurpee from 7 ELEVEn was everything as youngster in the 80s

[@pf7063]

Great video, thanks! This is a special guy, i still love the Haro Freestyler and the company logo. Did you know that Haro is an Spanish surname, linked to town at the north of Spain, famous for the wine production?

[@haasfogle8425]

great video. you gave me a new/deeper respect respect for bob haro! funny when you were previewing the magazine stories (when bob went to work) there was a photo (#27) that i re-shared on f***book as "the most influential magazine photo of my youth" and windy osborn responded and said thanks.

[@Emz_Jhaye]

Sick history! First time hearing it! 😎🤙 Very very nice video! 👍👍👍 Remember way back in 90's i had a Haro bmx.

[@cuonu2b]

I had a Diamond Back Silver Streak with a HARO TECH number plate, then a white HARO Freestyler for freestyle riding. I loved them both. Also had a Mongoose. I started my BMX journey at age 12 with Huffy lol….i think they made those frame and forks out of lead back then. My brother stole my Huffy one day and threw it over the Woodrow Wilson bridge, into the Potomac river when the chain popped. good times!

[@christopherg465]

Love what your doing, thank you

[@kentwood9821]

Great to catch up on Bob, good show! Have you done a piece yet on the late 70's early 80's Skateboarder Magazine transition to Action Now? It ultimately failed but was a rush in its time for keeping us non-Californians in tune with what our sunny state friends were up to in terms of action sports like skateboarding, land luge and BMX. It was the precursor to the 'BMX Action' and other magazines to come, but very much set the tone, awesome photography and look that made the whole scene larger than life in the eyes of its readers. You put together a great show, would love to see you cover this.

[@timvanschuilenburg1524]

Yep had me a red HARO growing up throough the 90s here in western australia 😁👍. Great bike!

[@ligionitt_]

Getting a Haro plate in ‘83 on my DB2 was it!!!

[@akanishta99]

I remember as a kid walking into a bike store and seeing a lime green Haro with white pool tires hanging on the wall. That is still the coolest bike I've ever seen.

[@ianward7376]

Thanks for another cool video, I didn't realise, but Unless my eyes are deceiving me. I didn't realise there were freecoasters in the 80s

[@richieh2006]

Aw mate, I wish I could have joined that bike ride. Keep up your awesome videos, brother. I love Haro. I have an F4 and an F1.

[@lesliederonda5245]

I was lucky enough to live it .had a redline rl20 freestyle my brother had a hutch miss it . Half pipe, full pipe. Watching Eddie and Martin. Rl Osborne run .was rad.

[@jameshatton4211]

I was a Mongoose guy. I had a race bike that I could lift above my head with my little finger. Wheels were so thin (you flat land it was going to be expensive even in the 80s). ET was my first view of the BMX but RAD racing was what sealed the deal for me!

[@BrianShiba-lm7jq]

Grew up on the same street. Last time I saw him he was running a carpet cleaning business. He was married and had kids. He’d roll out a small ramp and teach his kids how to ride. A good place to grow up. Howie Long and his sons also lived on the block while he was playing football for the Raiders. The Castile family was also up the street: The older son shaped surfboards in a backyard shed and the father is/was a practicing veterinarian. So a really handy people lived on the street. Good times in Redondo B h.🤗🤗🤗😽

[@BongDonkySecret77]

Still there?

[@chrisboston5629]

I think you're thinking of RL Osborn. He had a few carpet cleaning vans that my cousin serviced for him. We met at the BMX Action office years before. Did you live on Pennsylvania Ave in Lomita? That's where Howie lived for awhile, LA Raiders era.

[@TheSilvercue]

BMX in the 80s up to the 90s was huge. In U.K. at my local track we have hundreds of riders just for local meetings. It was awesome

[@gangstafish25]

Hutch Trickstar. My pride and joy.

[@bajajoaquin]

After the time period of the video, Haro was involved with the design of a backpack line, Axio hard packs. “You want to do things, your stuff wants to come along.” He came to a company where I worked to have some retail racks built. I recognized him and we chatted. Really nice guy. He didn’t buy our racks, but he gave me the pack we used for mock ups. I still have it.

[@bikeempowerment]

I found it cool to learn FMF made BMX bikes. You had a short clip of a magazine ad… Cool vid

[@DanBrando]

SIC vid! ❤ I really like what you’re doing with this channel Seriously and keep it up the way you approach the history of cycling 🚴‍♀️

[@markprice2225]

I had a Dyno Freestyle with GT parts and a Rotor, then a GT Performer! My Favorite was a Chrome Robinson by GT that I got after selling my blue GT BMX Deluxe. I loved that Robinson!

[@Unexplainableone213]

That was the absolute best scene in ET, the bike chase and I totally forgot about it

[@50WTLYD]

Great video. Also my bike crew SD Biking is on here at 16:16 🙌thanks

[@herbertwatson5101]

Was nothing better as a kid in the 80s man miss my diamond back

[@moblades1]

Would never have connected ET as an influence on BMX. I’ve watched about all your BMX maker vids. Nice flashback. As a teen I always envied those kids on a Hutch, GT, Haro, etc. as I was stuck on my Huffy Stu Thompson. I had to retire it when frame welds started giving up lol

[@mrbungle1990]

You should do a video on the rise and fall and current state of Hutch. This video was so interesting by the way. You earned my sub.

[@MarcPlaysDrums]

I bought that book. I ordered it out of the Action Now magazine. BMX Action actually became Action Now featuring RL and Mike Buff.

[@Sketchybackyardtrails]

Great video. Thanks for the information.

[@MossieRidesBikes]

I appreciate the comment!

[@BradfordYoungs]

Very cool, but I have to say, in upstate NY, myself and all my friends had BMX bikes and even raced before the motorX races at Paradise Speedway years before ET came out. We cut pieces of plastic from buckets and sometimes even paper plates to make race numbers. Sometimes attached by bread ties. Lol!

[@George-e7s4j]

80s bmx r here!!! Born 1967 i remember building bikes in 70s good times!! I remember drill holes in plates for air flow and weight