Whats up BC,
Never knew u had all those pics. YOu was holding out on me ah. Maybe when we retire in 5 years we can ride and make a 50 and over 200 plus class...Maybe then i'll have a chance. ha ha ha..
Stay safe and keep posting. I'm still looking for some of our Waipahu Bicycle stuff! Roger Dodger/D-3

50 and over 200plus class! Count me in!

Ken VanOrman and Ed Nakamura:



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OK need help IDing this one. I borrowed this from Changstar but this is definately after my time. Looks like Keihi Lagoon though.



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808-- I got a friend that I grew up riding with that is on the police force (Robert Daclison). The last time I saw him was only for a short visit in 2001 and since then I only talked with him a few times since then. Said he missed the old of riding a bmx bike. May be you guys can get together and get each other motivated to ride again with the other guys!




Waipahu Bicycles was this and Busters the same bike shop? I can't remember. But I remember pics at Busters in the glass show case of races and teams. If I remember right my friends Lance and his brother Reid Kunishige was sponsered by Waipahu Bicycles before quiting sometime around the early 80's.

Yup,
Robert DAC attack is my bud. He occasionally works out with me at the PC Station. He went to Waipahu but a few years younger. I believe he works at the Kaneohe or kailua Station. Actually, i didn't know he rode. It must have been after I stopped in 1980. I will bring it up next time I see u'm. Lance KUNISHIGE was sponsored by Waipahu Bike(Buster's), we used to call him "bubble" but I guess after all these years, you can call me the "big bubble" ha ha ha... Take it EZ and don't speed. Only on the dirt!!!! Roger Dodger...

Thats Cool! I used to hang out with attack back in elementary to High school. I was real close to him and his family. He was like my brother and his family always made me feel like I was a part of there family. Real nice people and I used to always sleep over at there house when I can. Our era was after yours we rode from 80 to 84. He rode RedLine 500 I think and still has it the last time I talked with him, but needed some restore. I bet when you ask him he will have some storys to tell you! Tell him you talked to Joseph from California on Vintagebmx.com. I tried to keep in touch with him via email but he does not use the computer that much at home so I have to call time to time. As for Lance I known him the same time and have not seen or talked with him since I left for California in 1984. This guy used to always say Whooop! real load when he rode bikes. I guess he like Da sound of the volkswagons back then! I guess now he has a BIG Whoop! 1st gear Whooop 2nd gear Whoooop 3rd gear WHOOOOOP! 4th gear! No need fo speed bra! just cruise!!!

Jason,

Don't recall who finished first.But if I had to bet I would say Darrin placed in front of me and Derek. Darrin dropped out first.He discovered girls which was more important. Then me and then Derek. I kept going to the races due to Derek was still racing. I actually began to hold the gate to start the races. Derek kept riding until he left for the mainland about 1997.

Whats up Roger,
Nice to see you on the board .Can't wait to see pics you will be posting. Maybe in 5 years when we are retired we can start that 50 and over 200 plus class and race in wheel chairs.Ha Ha Ha

Bmx Joe,

Dac works out of the Kailua Police Station and works the mids.I told him about the website and also the other website "BmxHawaii.com" Maybe if you post on the other site he might see it. When I see him I will let him know about you. Kailua Station # 808 262-6555 .

Here's a pic I got from EKI. I'm not the one who wrote on the pic. It was there when I got it. Funny 55hit though! If that's Rockne at EKI's I am pretty sure the Haole boy to the right of him is me.



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Jeremy,

I have to say that is the best picture you have posted yet. That is why I love this site. You never know what will pop up. I guess only the Rock can confirm if thats him digging for gold.

Boy don't you wish you had those frames and forks in your garage. Remember those Black handle bars on the bottom of the picture. I think every one had em at one time or another on there bike.

I showed it to him a few days ago. He already confirmed it. I remember those bars too. I had them on my Motomag Mongoose. Learning to bunny hop curbs on that bike was so frustrating. The bike weighed a ton to me back then. Was pretty cool when new "cutting edge" parts started to come out. Like aluminum bars, chromoly stuff, three piece cranks etc. I remember just staring at the parts thru the glass display cases at TBS, EKI and McCully. It was an awesome time! Like we were watching BMX unfold before our eyes.

jk

That caption was compliment of Malvert! Check out the Webco magnesium mags, the Matthews mag, the Addicks sprockets, and the banana seats...............cool.

Got this clipping I think from from that Hawaii motorsports paper that was published and you could find it Rons Performance or the motorcycle shops.

Any way it shows that there were races back in the day out of the Waianae Coast. It was a total different organization from the one at Cambells. Racing in that sand was a trip.


#567 Looks like someone from Waipahu or McCully Bicycles.
#76 someone from JT Racing
#138 Derek Cayetano
#108 Unknown
person on the end unknown

Malvert?! Good stuff.........I was going to photoshop the writing out. But, decided not to. Now I am glad I didn't. Lots of History in that pic and flavor huh Rock?.....Just Kidding.

Rory when you gonna get Malvert to come out to ride?

JT also gave me some info on the pic:

"FYI, the pix at Eki's...the two kids next to Rockne are Rick and Jay
Takeshita. Rick is wearing a Safari Cycle Accessories T-shirt with the
MXer on it. The two adults might be Derrick & Katie Takeshita."

Thanks Jim.


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BC,

Thanks for posting that. Too bad we don't have much pics of those races. Not too much people raced there. I think I raced there 3 times. Now that I think back I should have ran something like 39/16 gearing to get thru the sand.........Yeeha. It was pretty cool racing so close to the beach. I always think about those races when we pass that area during brush fire season.

No. 567 in the pic of the trophy dash is Eric Kono on a Schwinn Sting.

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Jeremy,

I thought that was Kono. It looked like him his posture and Derek raced against a lot back in the day.

I think we raced that Waianae track maybe 2 times. I think registration back then was like five bucks. I think that was the same amount that HBMX had also charged to register to race. I think we only got maybe 3 pictures from that racing track.

79 South Pacific Nationals. Pretty sure this is the Open Main. Maybe Rockne or Rory can confirm.

I remember Rockne blowing the start. We tried one pedal starts fro the first time that day. If I remember correctly Rockne lost his balance on the gate.

No 8 Rockne Tang
No 20 Donny Atherton
no 756 ?
No 6 ?
No 1 Moki Fernandez
No 1$ Eddie King
No 2 Rory Ingano



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PLATE NO. 108 PENNY FOR HIS THOUGHTS........... I Know what I would be thinking @#!$%&*!@, ~!@#%$!@#, $%#@!#$%$#@#!!!!!!!! &%$#@!

RT

Hey Mr. Kaneohe808-




You're right, JK had answered this one earlier in this here giant thread. I do recall meeting Stan on one occasion way back at some huge dirt pit, looked like the inside of a massive grapefruit. I know Faye at the Bike Shop and will ask her next time I drop in over there.

I had been out of the loop for a couple of weeks, having gone to Lake Tahoe for a nice high-altitude vacation with my g/f and her family.

Here is a couple of Lake Tahoe pics:

Paul, my psuedo-brother-in-law and I firing up some serious BBQ ribs!
- Location: The Ridge at 7600ft altitude



Here I am hiking way up towards the Northbowl Lift at 10,000ft, past 100Dollar Saddle and Stagecoach Lookout.



You have been posting up some great old-school pictures and BMX race results, I thank you for that. Much history is being resurrected in this Vintage palace:)

You remembered my uncle and cousin Kerry Kamaunu from the Kauai Championships! The second day was wet and rainy with your pic confirming the fact that we raced with no Starting Gate. That was a rad couple of days for sure.

Brian C, I have a picture for you man!

Here it is, shot at Campbell Industrial Park:



Notice my two feet are OFF the pedals, what a dork I was in this moment! Shortly, you are going to blow past me while I fumble in complete and utter confusion...

I think the fast guy besides Cambra in this heat was Toby Tsukamoto (sp?), he rode a red Mongoose.



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That is a very COOL pic, thanks for posting it up!



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Howzit going Barry!

Good to see you found the site, pretty jazzy -- ya think?



Hope to see your pics from the days of Daniel and his pit of lions LOL

Be sure to tell the boys about this site, especially Jeff Kang. He would be completely blown away by some of the old pics I raised from the dead of him jumping at Cannons Club. That guy would try any kind of mental-looking tabletop no matter the consequences!

He was so funny, we would ride and he'd say "Paiea, you're my idol!". Puhleeze. One time we were riding from the bike shop on King St near the McCully Bike and Library, he bunny-hopped the wall by the front door and launched off the other side of the wall over the sidewalk into the side street. That was very rad, I thought "whoa, this guy's skills has exploded into the stratosphere".. He also did the 100 plus mile Century Ride with us and finished over an hour ahead of the rest, including me. He was a rad BMXer, mos def.

Last I saw the Great Pumkin was at Tokurrei Tei on Kapahulu one night, was nice chatting up before dinner. I'll have to visit the Curry spot for sure now.

Barry, did you ride the Century with a modified BMX bike with 3 gears or something? This was like in the mid-90s?

Maybe I'll see ya out on the HK track, though I'm yet to buy another BMX bike...



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That is a picture just marinating in deep RADNESS. I love the Triangle Park, it was the first real place I learned to jump on dirt. Back when this shot of Rock was taken, I was not too much a good jumper yet. I'd ride down to like Kahala Elementary and P-3 (Peitre??) Park to jump and basically build a relationship with the bike. On some of the streets, there were some good curbs to launch off of, the ones with grass/dirt "kicks" growing right off the top of the curbs near driveways. The best!

I can remember being at Triangles once and this small white kid riding a girls bike was flying over trash cans like nobody's buisness! Can anyone place this kid?

Keep up the pics ya'all, I'm digging it like a disco dancer gyrating to "Play that Funky Music" in the 70s..




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Here is the results from the South Pacific Races in 1979.

Notice the names in the Open and the Pro class

Expert 16 Class were Rory is listed as 3rd place in front of Stu Thomsen.

Perfectnut,

Nice too see that you enjoy those pictures and thanks for that last post. Man check out the tape on the bottom of the pants. We used to do that until we discovered that you could use like a watch band that had velcro on it.That worked real good. Hows those front forks I had on my bike.

HO HO HO!!

Great pic, that is just too cool LOL..

Hey man, I rode out to HK Track again this past Sunday and pulled in about 4pm-ish-ness. Spotted the legendary Changstar grooming the track with a couple of other guys. Finally got to shake the paw, what an honor!

Unlike myself, he still looks in pure unadulterated BMX shape.. wish I got to see you too JK, however I cannot get too "cold" when riding road, I wanted to burn off some of the few pounds I accumulated while vacationing in Tahoe. I would start drinking at like 9am LOL.. some of the meals we prepared were healthy indeed, however constantly eating is not too good for the waistline..

Thankfully, we went hiking and rented some mountain bikes for exercise.. I went running on the last day too.. the air is pristine and the lake/water is so glacial.. just beautiful..

Here is the bike I was able to score for rental:





That pic was taken out near a trail called Camp Richardson. In the second shot, the kid behind me is Patrick, my pseudo-niece... great boy. The only bad part was, no place to jump could be found.

We went rafting too, here is a pic of the Truckee River:



That is my g/f and her mom in front of me there. The valley we were going down was just gorgeous. If anyone can, be sure to visit Lake Tahoe someday. There are bike rentals all over for both mountain and road. Trails everywhere. I saw a couple of BMXers riding, but just briefly.. mostly road and mountain bikes.



The above shot is a look from the platform atop Heavenly's Gondola ride, right before the summit. Altitude there is 9100ft. The bottom part where the lake is along with the hotel-casinos and lower forests sit at 6300ft as it is. The air is so fresh, one must experience it for sure!

Way in the back of the pic, left side is Emerald Bay.

In any case, nice place to visit and great place to ride and hike the mountains. Of course, in winter the place is just filled with ski-bunnies..


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OMG, LOL that is a new-fangled word for this old man.. I need to borrow Changstar's new-wave dictionary and expand my vocab!

Here is a pic that expands the airwaves.

Mark Miyashiro gets the pancaked glory at Makiki Park:





The Perfectnut follows suit, Makiki Park action:





That is the way to carve tattooes into my shin-dizzle, for sure.




Your living carcass..


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south pacific national photos to go with the results from bc

check out the moosegoose



jeff kosmala on a 26" kos cruiser.



donny atherton on a sting

P,

Glad to see you back old friend. Looks like you had a great trip. Thanks for posting the pics of your vacation. It's great to see everyone in their "adult" lives. Yup, Jeff Chang........what can I say.....I think his brain is formed differently than ours. He was missing that part that makes you think....maybe I shouldn't do this because a) It defys too many laws of physics and it could really hurt me if I don't pull this off. I remember that evil smile he would have before he would do something insane. Then come back to where eeryone was hanging out with that little school boy smirk.

BC,

Those clippings are great! I spent a while just looking at the results and trying to remember things about the South Pacs. Mostly I remember Rockne beating Eddy King. I remember all the time spent training for that. All the hours we practiced taking turns. Learning to pass on turns. Being prepared for someone elbowing you on a turn paid off for Rock that day. I think alot of us that weren't as fast as Rockne felt good that day. Losing to him wasn't as bad since we realized he is as fast or faster as the top Factory guys. At least thats how I rationalized it when I was a kid. I also remember Denny Davidow. I never seen anyone that fast before and I loved his riding style and copied it after that.

I also see a few names in the clippings that may be firemen today. Like Cade Oyadamori. I'll have to go ask.

Roland where's Rock. Been promising to post for how long now. We all know he is not the shy type!

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What up gang, Stans last name was Abe, he sponsored a lot of riders including motocross. Hugh UCHIDA, Eric NAKAGAWA to name a few.. all fellow Waipahu riders... Dust bowl, mango's, and Leeward Community college jump...Yeah.. to be young again!!!! Roger Dodger #63

Didn't Stan also sponsor Scott Iha and Jace Furiki? Was there any rivalry between Mccully and Waipahu bike shop teams? What about between TGO and The Bike shop. Where did Safari and Eki's fit into the mix, was there any other bike shop teams, I thought I remember Cobra skateboards doing something in BMX.

Changstar

Changstar,

There was no rivalry between McCully and Waipahu at all. And as far as I can tell no rivalry between TGO and TBS. I raced for Cobra for a couple of races. I used to stop there on the way home when I was riding home from town to Red Hill. He gave me a few jerseys and stuff but nothing to talk about. For the most part everyone was pretty cool with each other. I rode for McCully but mostly hung with TBS guys, Rockne, Roland, Buddy and Phillipart.

So, when are you riding HK next. I played around on my bike today at work. I'm hoping to ride this weekend.

jk

Shooting for this Sunday.

Changstar

jk

Race results from Cambells. Notice the beginner class listed.

Keoki Rodrigues posing for the camera

Nice pic! I gotta forward that one to Keoki.

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No rivals, just plain good competition. Looked forward to the weekends to ride to all the different bike shops and talk trash!! What ever happened to my friends son, John Boyle. He was definetely an up and cummer. Dodger...

Greetings Lopaka Dodger!




You guys are a world of Hawaii BMX knowledge, thanks for that!

Thanks for the pics KLAUs and BC..



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Hello Changstar-

I thought I had some photos of that red/white/blue jersey, but these are not it.

Will post them up anyways, these were shot at Campbells.


Tayne Toma in the van, Lance Nishida in the front seat. Yours truely looking clueless.



Mark Miyashiro in the dark striped shirt..




I might have the jersey someplace, if so I'll try to take a pic of it.. anyone still have their BMX race jerseys? I've moved sooo many times since the 80s.


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I still got these two. I wish I had a McCully Jersey still.



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Lopaka, John went on to be very good, he is a 3 time holder of the #1 plate, I think 2 in 20 inch and one in cruiser. He went to a few nationals and made a few mains. Even got sponsored for frames and uniforms. John was very strong, like a bull, and a fearless jumper. His only weakness was his gate, but once he got movin not much could stop him. I ran the Wheeler track from 99-04, so I know most of the kids. Did you guys know that Russell Hirata did a season out there and did well. Klau alsi did some time up there. I wish I had done more. Trying to run everything and race was very hard. When I did race I would have my first moto as my first time on the track that day. Just jump on the gate cold and try to win. I did OK, but boy let me tell you, when I decided to race in clips, it was all or nothing, and mostly nothing. Todays kids start early and are comfortable in clips, for me to adjust to a big change like that after over 25 years on flat pedals was tough. But there is no question thats clips are waaay faster.

Changstar

Check out the old McCully Bike Shop shirt that I am wearing during the race behind perfect nut.

Yeah! Now that's OG!

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Roger Dodger,

John Boyle hurt his knee and had surgery on it. He had surgery on his knee 2 or 3 times already.
It's a shame kid was talented. He had several sponsors Smith googles , Free Agent, I think Fox also His last sponsor was UFO . They were paying for him to go to the nationals several times a year. He had established himself as a top rider and was known by the mainland racers as the JOKER . He was supposed to have moved to the mainland about a year ago . But the knee injury changed everything. John and my kids used to ride and race Motocross at Kahuku. He looked good the last time I saw him which was about 6 months ago. I think he gave up riding and is just working for his uncle now.

I also heard John was working loading planes(Hawaiian??)

Changstar

Here is a picture of Darrin at a place they called Jump Track. Notice those Moto Mag Wheels and the one piece steel cranks. The Black front forks. Just like a bike you would buy straight off the floor except for the neck and bars. Remember those Blue alloy bars .

still got the the old patterson jersey made by m&m apparel. fitting into it is another story. i wish i still had the pr 200 to go along with it. i tried copying richie anderson's pr with graphite tuffs, but never liked the tuffs.

Kev,

I can't even imagine how much that jersey would go for on EBay. That is a thing of beauty. I ran Tuffs for a while too. I had a blue set and Rockne had a Yellow set. We had really harsh landings at Triangles and our Araya 7B's took a punishment. Rockne's 7b's were so beaten up that his bike would hop up and down at speed. There was even a crack at the welded seam.

I remember Alex Adams always running Tuff Wheels. But I couldnt pull them around a track like Alex could. Felt too heavy to me. Not as bad as Motomags though like the one's Darrin is using in the last shot though. Cool shot by the way BC.

Be cool to slap a goose together with Motomags and get some jumping pics at HK.

Here's one of the EKI pics. I'm not sure who the riders are. Maybe Rory can help.




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BC there is a guy on vintage that goes my Joker808. Might be the same dude?

jk