Chang,Kevlau or whoever,
What's going on with NT?Any plans?

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My first ever race jersey. This is from the first Kewalo race.
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Notice the sewn on FMF patch. I can't even get it over my head now!

I think 3H was Karl Moose from the Big Island. His uncle was Duke, the guy with one arm, whose son used to race at Campbell too.

Hey Sug, just gotta find a day we can all go out kinda early, so we can get the most done. Last few rides only had maybe 2 or 3 people so I think if we had a few more we could do more building. At least 4 people so that we could break up into two groups of two, of course more would be better. 6 or 8 people could get a lot done if we each built one jump. That's a start to a rhythm section right there.

Changstar

Got this from JT tonight. WOW! What a flashback!!!!! Be great to make some tshirts or die cut decals of the logo!

I was going thru some boxes and found a copy of the HBMX Rulebook. Anyone remember this? ;-))

Aloha,
Jim

Rory,
I remember those old Honda jerseys.I had one of those. We used to have a Honda CR125 . Got the jersey from the old Sandy Brodies motorcycle shop that was in Kaneohe. It is now DJ Motorsports.


Jeremy,

Wow I haven't seen that book in years.

Do you have the actual book or did Jim just send you an e mail of the cover? I always wondered what the exact rule was to tuning expert was. Klaus turned X by winning 3 in a row and I did it by winning 5 not in a row. Big news, maybe. I got a call from a construction company owner that wants to start a track. He said he has the heavy equipment and has talked to people that have land. The area is in Kailua somewhere near the old drive inn. I answered as much as I could and had him contact the ABA. This could be a great thing soon as he already has the two hardest things already taken care of, land and covering cost of heavy equipment. Lets hope he has better luck than I have had with the state. If Jamaica can have a Bobsled team Hawaii surely should have a BMX track.

Changstar

Rory and Scott Clark at Cambells. Check out the style and how far back Rory is on the bike. I guess thats why Rory was fast and smooth over the whoops. Technique and knowledge

Jason,

I remember the rules to be something like that. Were you win x amount of races they pushed you into the expert class. Then when you changed age like from 13 to 14 . You would race novice and start over again until you had enough wins to go to expert class again. If you raced like 13X and there was not enough people to make a class .You would race in the 14 Novice class. There was also a minumum to run a class. I think it was like 3 or 5 riders needed to make a class.

Changstar,

That is HUGE news. I hope it works out. Was the guy involved in BMX before? Any more info on that?

I am sure Jim has the whole rule book. From what I remember they could push you to expert after 3 wins or at their disgretion. When we were 14 a big amount of us were pushed to X at one time. We ended up having two full gates which was awesome. Like BC said when you moved age groups you could go back down to novice again. But, you could go X anytime you wanted after. When I would switch age groups I always raced Novice for one race then switched back to X. I remember BC and I were in 16 over novice one race.

BC keep the pics coming man! Jason, I can scan your pics for you. Lets make this thread blowup!

jk

Yeah, the guy I talked to said his name was Ari, or sounds like that, don't know the spelling. He said he raced a long time ago, then more recently has been doing MTB. Maybe somebody here knows him. One thing he did say was they were worried that kids would ride on that road and it is dangerous with all the big semi trucks on it. So a ruled might be that you must get there in a car or something, no riding your bike to the track.
I'll keep you all posted, I want to race as much as you guys do.

Changstar

Aw shucks Brian! You're too nice! Actually thank all of you for the compliments. If anything, I never did idolize bmx riders, I idolized motorcycle riders! My idols was Marty Smith and Roger DeCoster, and I tried to ride my bike like they rode their motorcycles. Funny thing is now I'm trying to ride my motorcycle like I rode my bicycle! Rory

Hey Rory, you must have had many Robinsons, how many in all? Any certain one your favorite? Were they stock or did you have a custom one?

Changstar

Another race results from Cambells

I'm pretty sure this is at the Blaisdell during Sports Week. That area is now the parking structure area. Don't know who that is in the front . Anybody care to guess who the racer is in the back #139?

Jason,

That is great news that you found a guy willing to help build a track. Hope everything works out and you can start up the racing again.

JT found these cool little tidbits from the HBMX rulebook:



Jeremy,

Found an interesting rule.

12. INSPECTION

b. Required Apparel

iv. Long-legged pants must cover the entire leg. Right pant leg must be
tied, clipped, taped or tucked into the sock to prevent it from getting
into the chain.

Just another reference to pants tucked into socks.



Jason posted a question regarding the rule book. Yes, I do have the
actual rulebook. Regarding advancement to expert,

Para 5. Advancement

b. To advance from Novice to Expert a rider needs three first place wins,
not necessarily consecutive, 300 points, and/or at the discretion of the
HBMX Committee.

Hope that answers his questions.

Aloha,
Jim

THANKS FOR LOOKING THAT UP FOR US JIM!

JK

JT was nice enough to scan the whole rule book for us. I have it downloaded to my photobucket and I'll post it as soon as I get a new mouse. My Right click no workie for some reason.

jk

Another sports week picture from the Blaisdell. Check out the starting gate.
First is Toby
Then Me
Not sure
Garrick Isaka
Not sure if that is Miki Fernandez or Gabe Cruz

Great pics BC, thanks for sharing man!

That is epic, check out the white shrimp lunch truck in the background LOL




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I remember the name Jump Track, for sure. Looks like the Ashtabula forks and stem. The motomags are truely retro. My younger sister had a chrome Mongoose with the silver motomags and coaster brakes on it. She has the clear grips that entombed the black box-square handlebars and small black Ashtabula neck.

I believe her Goose also featured the one-piece cranks and I am almost certain they were black in color.



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Wow Rory, the super old-school retro Honda jersey! I never even raced at Kewalos. Do the names Guy Yoshimura and Richard Okimoto ring a bell? Gabriel Cruz rode then too, part of the "Palolo Riders" group. Kahea Woods too.

Hey BC, is Gabe Cruz THE Gabriel Cruz from Kaimuki area??

My friend Reid Kawamae rode a red FMF frame way back in the day, before he bought a chrome Cooks Brothers bike.

Thanks guys, I found my COS jersey and took a photo... just have to upload them to PhotoBucket..


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RAD Kevin!

I have 2 of the old Patterson Racing patches (square in shape) someplace in my house!

Same symbols and colors too, I'll have to locate and scan them up.. still in good shape, those jerseys!



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YEAH!! So is your new Kikaida avatar LOL

Denn de ennnndd!!

** cheesy glass shatters **

** lowest bidder mechanical parts go flying in all directions, followed by smoke **


LOL


Oh, speaking of OG... check these out!

** Extracted from the mighty Palolo Valley to Pearl City exodus (see 2 BMX Chronicles 2:4), courtesy of Hawaiian BMX archeologists and their gold diggers of yore **

Mark Miyashiro at Pearl City flats, doing the SHIMANO trick:



.. and that is past the full helicopter/shimano twist, schweett!


This pic of me at Pearl City is not too good, but hey what the HAIL ..




I have more negatives to develop folks, may be awhile .. but I shall mos def most them UP..


Have a high-flyin weekend dirt lovers !




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whats up P .... yeah we used to do the 100 mile century with 1 speed bmx bikes... pumkin now works for curry house... seen him there but no discount... i think you posted a picture of you doing a upside down tabletop at the burger king jump, i think i snapped that one cause i got the same one... that was nuts!!! check u later......

I met and became friends with Guy Y, years after BMX. Maybe late 80's, we used to all hang out at the "Point After". He was still crazy, then about 1998 he was security at a hotel that had a sports bar called Legends. That was the last I saw him. He would tell me if I drank too much he would get a master key and give me a room. Guy was so cool. Awesome pics guys.

Changstar

Another race results from Cambells

Kauai race
First rider Stewart Kawakami the other three I am not sure who they are. End rider may be from Team Safari?

End rider is Rick Takeshita. Man there is a lot of pictures out there. Good to see them.

Jason, I think I had about 3 Robinsons. Frames were stock since he only sold racing frames. When I got a new one, I would give the old one back. Nothing fancy, all things off the shelf. I think the fanciest things I had was on my white one, Dura Ace cranks, Reedy pedals, blue powder coated spokes, and I think I had Dura Ace track hubs on that bike too. My chrome one after that one was with the same parts only with the smaller sprockets, 34/12 or something like that, Ed's idea which worked pretty good. Third bike, chrome, and with chromoly cranks, with cassette hubs. But my tires remained the same, Carlisle Aggressor front, and Cheng Shin rear, blackwalls all the way!
Rory

Picture of Kevin Murnin on a Cook Bros cruiser at Cambells. Not sure who the other two are

Another picture from Kauai Race.
On the gate is Garret Lau . I don't know who the other three guys are.

#7 on the gate looks huge, I don't remember any locals being that big. I never knew so many guys raced cruiser. I know John Llacuna, Jeff Wandell, and Philipart. Also Billy Craven. I think that may have been the first time Philipart had a bike that gave hime enough room to use all his strength. Actually we are all probably to big for those old Mongoose's. Seemed normal at the time, but looking back now those bikes were very short, I think the TT is like 18 inches, no wonder everybody had their bars pushed so far forward. I always thought Brian was big, did you feel cramped on those Brian?

Changstar

Jason,
If you are talking about the 20 inch bikes. I was big but the bike felt alright. I was able to jump but I had to use steel cranks. I raced several times with the dura ace cranks but they flexed to much. When Red Line came out with there version. I think Garrick Isaka had a set and I tried riding with it.I didn't like them. As for the cruiser we had at the shop. It was set up nice. We were able to jump and ride the bike just like it was a 20 inch. One of the guys in Kaneohe even bought that 24 inch Mongoose? they built for that factory racer. Bike felt awkward. I think the only guy that rode there bike with the bars forward was Garrick Isaka . He had his bars forward so his knees wouldn't hit.

Got this from another thread, not sure on our local time, but this should get you close. Don't miss it!!!

I searched BMX and got this--so these times would be MDT:

XXIX Summer Olympics
Track & Field, Gymnastics, Cycling, Diving
653 KSLDT [Dolby Stereo] [Closed Captioned]
Tue, Aug 19, 7:00p - 11:00p
From Beijing. Track & field, finals: women's 400m, 100m hurdles, men's 1500m; gymnastics, individual finals: men's parallel bars, high bar, women's balance beam; cycling, BMX quarterfinal; diving, men's.
2008 | 240 mins

XXIX Summer Olympics
Track & Field, Gymnastics, Beach Volleyball, Cycling
[Dolby Stereo] [Closed Captioned]
Wed, Aug 20, 7:00p - 11:00p
From Beijing. Track & field, finals: men's 200m, women's 400m hurdles; gymnastics, gala; beach volleyball, women's final; cycling, BMX finals.
2008 | 240 mins

XXIX Summer Olympics
Track & Field, Cycling, Beach Volleyball
653 KSLDT [Dolby Stereo] [Closed Captioned]
Tue, Aug 19, 11:35p - 1:00a
From Beijing. Track & field, gold medal final: men's high jump, discus throw; cycling, BMX; beach volleyball, men's semifinal.
(Repeat. Orig. air date: 08/19/2008)
2008 | 85 mins

XXIX Summer Olympics
Track & Field, Gymnastics, Cycling, Diving
653 KSLDT [Dolby Stereo] [Closed Captioned]
Wed, Aug 20, 1:00a - 4:00a
From Beijing. Track & field, finals: women's 400m, 100m hurdles, men's 1500m; gymnastics, individual finals: men's parallel bars, high bar, women's balance beam; cycling, BMX quarterfinal; diving, men's.
(Repeat. Orig. air date: 08/19/2008)
2008 | 180 mins

XXIX Summer Olympics
Track & Field, Gymnastics, Beach Volleyball, Cycling
653 KSLDT [Dolby Stereo] [Closed Captioned]
Thu, Aug 21, 1:00a - 4:00a
From Beijing. Track & field, finals: men's 200m, women's 400m hurdles; gymnastics, gala; beach volleyball, women's final; cycling, BMX finals.
(Repeat. Orig. air date: 08/20/2008)
2008 | 180 mins

Here's our old rule book. Thanks Jim!

































jk

P, I think Gabriel Moniz is the guy you are thinking of. One of the OG's from the Palolo Valley Riders. Rode a Cheetah with chrome Femco rims and black Ashtabula forks and cranks. Gabe Cruz went to Roosevelt HS I think and Gabriel Moniz went to Kaimuki HS.

jk

Good times!! Sidehacks are the bomb

Richard Okimoto was number 2 at one time back then. .. wouldn't be surprised if we all ended up being related somehow LOL

Can you name all of the original Palolo Riders team members? I am sure they had a team jersey. JK mentioned Guy Hanalei Toriki, wonder if he was a member? There was a guy called Gregg Aipa too, hung at Triangle Park and was riding BMX when I was in daipers, mounting my red Webco. You guys are truely the old-school bunch. To me, if you raced or rode in the days of Kewalo Basins, then big ups as BMX pioneers of the sport. My friend Clarence Waialalae (called cdub here on Vintage) was also a BMXer from that time period/era. That guy was like the Rock(ne), doing pancakes as the big jump trick of the day.


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LOL -- I hear that.

Good news, I found my old racing jersey.

Check it out.. the front view:



The back part:




What a totally freaky memory, I cannot believe I still have this thing. Glad I never lost it or tossed it, I've moved so many times in both Hawaii and on the mainland.

TOO much ..



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Hey man!

You are right, the Gabriel Cruz from Palolo Valley is the dude I'm thinking of.. you have the memory of a big blue mainframe sitting in the hallowed halls of NASA! I hardly remember the Cheetah, it was pure chrome, yes?

This Gabriel Cruz did go to Kaimuki High, exactly. The other dude Gabe that Rory mentioned must be from Roosevelt, though he probably knows both guys.

Speaking of Kaimuki High School, this shot was taken was back then.. like 79-80 or so??



This is the jump style you called a "redline", we called it that too and this is my pedestrian effort from prehistoric days of dirt.

Michael Akioka reads the Cheng Chin sidewalls of my wheels..

Note: I rode up to the HK Track on Sunday morning, like around 9:30am ETA, there was a small girl (I think she was a female because of the hair) in a full face helmet riding around as her father (educated guess with 3% error rate thrown in) video taped her going over the whopo-dee-doos. Seriously cool thing to behold.



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Edited because what I thought was sufficient, made no stop to get better, parts were unfinished and the good lines did not overshadow the bad ones.. due to uncanny hastiness on my side


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P,

Aw Man missed you by minutes again at HK! I think we rolled up about 945. Would have been earlier but the wifey wanted to bring her beloved dog Scout. They hiked the Koko Head bump and I rode the track.

Heres a few pics from yesterday:





Here's the wifeys dog "SCOUT". It's her way of apologizing after chewing on my Troy Lee Designs helmet on the way to the track.



jk

P, Rory, Kevlau, glad to see pics of everyones old jerseys. I still have mine since they were stuffed in the closet buried with other clothes. Out of mind out of sight. Too bad my old bike wasn't hidden from me during those binges where I tossed all things that I deemed unimportant to me at the time. Who would have known right?

I am grateful for all the old pics surfacing here though. Keep up coming guys!

jk

jk,

nice cruiser! that is one badd cruiser. it really is one of the best steel bikes around for jumping and racing.

llacuna, cruz, and chang with moki in the background checkin 'em out.

Wow a pic of me in the Kuwie stuff. Hey JK put up a pic of the new ride. P, what did COS mean or stand for?

Changstar

I'm pretty jazzed on how the bike rides. I don't want to say it but..........It's hard to ride the Team Jag after riding this thing. It's alot more comfortable and isn't squirrely like the Jag. The Badd forks freak me out though. The clearance is so tight with the current front tire. Theres 1/8 inch clearance at the top with the 1.85 Max Daddy tire on it now. When the front knobbies pick up pebbles it hits the fork and you can hear the "pink" noise when the pepple hits the fork. I'd hate to have a large pebble stick in the knobbs and toss me over somehow. Problem is I really love the front tire. Feels great at the HK track. There was a 1.85 Max Daddy on the rear to but I just changed that to a 1.75 Holy Roller.

Changstar here's a pic of when I got it:



jk

Killer looking bike.Badd won a magazine shoot out awhile back, so I know the geometry is spot on. But they stoped making them.So is this one of the old ones or the new 08 version. I did hear they were starting back up again. Didn't know they were out already. You know who else has an original Badd? None other than Russel. Russel has a few 03 ish bikes from when he raced at Wheeler. All of them top notch with the best parts, But I think he stopped short of adding clips. So how many of you would consider clipping in?

Changstar

Or is that Russel's old bike?

Changstar

Russel Who?





Glad you guys like the bike. Kinda looks like a minigoose to me. Wouldn't it look good in Transluscent candy blue over nickle with Minigoose decals?

Planning on clipping in in about 2 months. Let the crashing begin!

jk