Awesome picture Sheely, BITD I don't think we knew how cool we really were...

Regarding getting together, I have some connections at Pro-Kart Indoor Go Kart track up here in Dayton/Maple Grove border on HWY 81. I am tight with the owners and we could get some kind of a break on pricing. They also have a meeting/party room. I sprung a surprise party for wifes 30th there a few years ago. Keep it mind guys... As well we could do a movie gig some night or weekend (Jox Jag, Joe Kid etc...) I have an LCD projector and laptop with DVD, just grab some decent desktop speakers and we have a homemade drive in theater. Any other idea's for a Spring time MN VBMX gathering?

thats great stuff!!!!!!!!!!!

I am down for a gathering!
How about a slide show of old pics along with the JOX JAG?

Sounds good Paul!

Brad - here's the EK:

Hell yeah, that works too...

Just did a quick scan of some more pics, like I said - I don't have many photos without me in them....

This is Brooklyn Park in 1979, left to right - Scott McKown, Brad McKown, and myself.



Same year, Big Willow. That's dad's snowmobile helmet.



This was taken at Bakery Hill in Maple Plain, 1977 or 1978.



And one of my favorite jumping photos, the starting hill at the Owatonna track after a race - 1980 or 81.

BJ's Bike & Ski was the source for me...

Bill & Jean Cecil were the best, I lived close by them and they would bring home stuff for me from their shop. Pretty great because I couldn't drive to BP to get more stuff so they were nice enough to bring it home and I would ride over and pick it up. I think I remember there son building a mini BMX track in the backyard (?) Keep em comin Sheely!

I'm on a roll.

A couple from Maple Plain, 1984. The orange bike is the American prototype.





Amory Racing, 1984 - Nathan Benjamin, Paul Kator.



Pete Westlund at Eden Prarie in 84 or 85.



Over the jump before the first turn at Eden Prarie, 1894:

Ah man. I just missed the " surf punks " mayhem !!! PaulyMN: You the man for bringing the surf punks up. When I saw that post you had of the surf punks, I said, " DAAAAAMNNN !!!! Thats O.G. status. I remember listening to the surf punks when I was travalling down to Chandler Arizona for the winternats. Thats all we played in the car !!!! My favorite song was " Beer Can Beach ! "

" Got my board. Got my wax. Surf tommorrow. Kick back, relax. " ---- surf punks.

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****** EDIT ******* double post.

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hey Brad- I already scored the EK from the cousins house-I am holding it ransom until you surrender my GJS!!!And if that doesnt work, I will sweet talk Polly into giving me the title to the POntiac Cusatom S....yeah that's right I been watchin' you.-I stuffed you then-I will do it again. I got pix...maybe I can post em soon.

Sean Miland? Nice, welcome Sean!

yeah, I have been spending the last day reading all the old posts here...just happen to find it when I was searching for Tahoe info...such a cool site. Your pics are great time capsules for us all. I just want to add something to the discussion of "learning life lessons" form bmx. I had a great time yes-I made friends and it kept me out of trouble(for a while)-it also taught me about pressure and stress management. I decompressed for many years...ha

Tahoe? haahaaa... j/k!

Sean "Mildew" Miland, how goes it?

Sean and I came from the same town and basically raced together for the better part of 5-6 years ( incase ya care).. so ya, we know each other pretty well.. We even had a band in High School, right Sean? He's the only person in the world that learned how to play Bass guitar in 2-3 weeks... and played well too, might I add...

Stuff me huh? right! and how do you plan to stuff me ? and leave Polly and the GTO out of this. LOL!!!!! I'll come over and we'll go riding

PS, hows Larry and Magret M. ?

Big Willow racetrack....Wow....

Looking for a Tahoe Sean? Apparently Sandbox tossed one out about a year ago (oops!). Nothing like digging at a wound....lol

Welcome Sean!

Did somebody say "Go Carts!?"....I'm in!

I haven't thought about the Surf punks in Soooooo long! Now I have em stuck in my noodle everytime I drop in here......."Somebody ripped my stick! That guy must be a ....." lol

I thought Owatonna was on the edge of a fairgrounds, with black dirt (read; MUUUDDDDY when wet) and a cornfield as scenery, not houses???

Marvin Lembke Lives two blocks from the Steele County Fair grounds! He has houses on both sides of him too.

We need to start a thread and resite all the Surf Punk songs..

" bought a new wet suit, RING-AROUND THE COLLAR, forgot that I was broke, CAN I BORROW A DOLLAR? doesn't anyone out there have some coin for me?..

The Surf Punks are writing a new song called "Broke Back Beach"... LOL!

I heard a rumor that Brad is Darrell Dragon's new best friend. He is even working on getting the Surf Punks to play in concert at Rockford (?)

I recruited another buddy to go to Rehbeins this Friday practice night, anyone is welcome. Are you still interested Brad?

Friday 6pm to 9pm for $11

Check it HERE

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I guess I'm gonna have to talk to the wife about making a trip to St. Michael to see her sister this summer. Can I drive the go-karts too? I'll bring all my videos old and new school.

Schweet, the track in St. Michael is pretty cherry too. Seriously let us know when you heading this way!


Heck ya, KART Track is open to everyone! They go aproximately 40mph but it feels like 100mph at the low level, it rocks...


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Wow! I haven't been to St. Michael since they built the new track - that's a beauty!

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a trck like that makes we want toose my gut and race old Brad "lion mane" Apold again...how about it...can you fit that hair under a helmet?(Brad was a standby member of Europe during the "final countdown" era)

Bring it on homey! I beat you then and I'll beat you again. LOL!!!!!! its all good!

If you want to talk hair, you don't have leg to stand on there do ya? Should I tell them all about your hair days!!!!! heeheee... Remember when we put that hair stripper in down in Polly's basement??? Haahaahahaaa!

Pauly, if you wanna go Friday, I'm in! I'll just come and pick you up unless you wanna drive....

anyone else? its a really fun track to ride on. Its like concrete and very fast. Great track for the 24", not so great for the 20". I tried riding my 82-GT and it was really hard to keep grounded... fun though.

I am not sure how we got here, but the thread is suddenly begging for a comment regarding "Mr. Zoggs Sex Wax" T shirts....lol

More Pix!......

Bonus points for a photo of you riding a BMX bike, WITH a Mr. Zoggs T-shirt on!!! (The star side counts too!)

Sean has to have a pix of that

anymore photos? Pauly, we'll have to get some new school video friday. haaaa!

It's going to be interesting to say the least...

I got to ride that track in St. Michael about two years ago when I talked my sister-in-law into taking my nephews and me to see it. A kid there let me borrow his bike and I did a few laps and some jumps. It's a LOOOOOOONG track!

My nephews have been racing ever since. I bought them a couple of redline minis to throw down on.

I am REALLY serious about bringing my bike next time we visit my sister-in-law. Or maybe buying one while I'm there (heh, heh). I was there in November, but it was too damn cold to do any riding.

Must go in Summer!!

It is a long track... I run 39-18 on the 24" and I had to switch to 39-17.....


Let me know if you come back to MN.. ^^^^

Absolutely, we could do a little riding, a little BS'n and head to Millside for a burger!

Melt snow melt, melt snow melt!

The old pix rule.

We gotta get Howie Manning to cough up the motherload.

As fate would have it, my son and I will be at Rehbien's this Friday. It will be his third time ripping up the track. I'm bringing the 24", so there's a pretty good chance you guys will witness a collarbone breaking.

Sean Miland... welcome aboard friend. Tahoe, huh? I've heard of it.

Ted, the photo of you and your Grandpa should be framed and hung in your living room. Classic.

Rehbeins Friday Practice Role Call

Paul Springer
Brad Apold
Andrew Barlage
Holly Kastner
John Sandberg & Son

anyone else...?

in keeping with the surf punks theme.
the oceans nothing but a fish toilet.
this thread is so awesome. on page 8 of one of shawn's pics is the 1984 eden prairie on a robinson cruiser. the guy next to him, no. 68 is marc fritzmeier. a good friend from my racing days. i haven't talked to marc in 20 years, i saw that pic and hit whitepages.com- he is still in rochester. dialed the number, got a machine, left a number, minute later the phone rings, it's him.
i say there is a pic of you on the internet at vbmx, so i walk him through it how to see it. he had to get to work, so i left him my number and he's calling later. i'm sure he was stoked to see it and probably is now thinkiing of stuff he hasn't thought about in a long time. hopefully he will sign up and post here.
now marc was always a torker guy as you can see by the gear, so i asked him what are you riding cuz that isn't a torker. said it was a tracker he bought from bill ford. now there is a holy grail. i've never seen one since i got on here in 01.
anyhow c-ya

ted , that rochester pic must be north track.
raced there a couple times, but all the time at gamehaven. paging mike conway--anyone?
his dad ran gamehaven.

Very cool story Rick Kast, I just recieved an PM from RL with a very similar type story...

RL sent me a message that he was browsing this post and came accross a picture that I had posted of racing in Brooklyn Park. He saw himself in second place (#43). I replied that I sure that the results would be different today because I am older, fatter & slower. Pretty friggin cool though huh?

I raced Gamehaven alot (dust bowl). I never cared for the track, but it as fun.

that north track wasn't around very long. Wasn't that off 36th st exit down from IBM, now a carwash or something... Haven't been to Roch in a decade! anyway, that north track was basically a field back then.

Bill " billfold" Ford, Jeff Ringenburg, Rex Welch all Roch guys... Nice guys too. I still don't understand how Bill rode a 20". He had to by 6' 6" or close to it...

Lino Lakes? can't wait...

Pauly: pads? yes. Full face helmet? yes ( stupid)....I'm suprised they don't make ya wear toe clips.... call me

Brad

hey rick,sorry i didnt call thur.evening like i said..will give u a call sometime friday.awesome hearin from ya again..

Marc Fritzmeier, welcome... its been a long time.

I just realized I joined this site back in Jan 2004, and since then this place has grown almost 6000 members since that point.... Just goes to show you how big this sport was/is.... fantastic!

I sold my bikes many years ago.One of my bigger regrets in life.I did by a mountain bike a few years ago.Knocked out a tooth the first day I had it.I guess my riding skills havent changed much over the years.I will try to dig up some old pictures and get them scanned....

marc, do you have the one of us standing next to the big red wagon with our haul from the southern minn. championship weekend?

Okay guys. I have been looking ofr my pictures for over two years. It seems they were destroyed by water at my parents. This time I went back, I dug through a few negatives and found seven pictures! I just got them developed. Lets start with a modern day neighborhood picture. The Webco is not the same one you will see later, but I do still have its motomags. The GJS in this picture will be seen THE DAY I built it up! Lets get going!



Gate start current:

My Webco out enjoying the flooded streets of Mustang Oklahoma!