I would never own a green seatpost!!!

i can see the chain tensioner


sure...

that was a MT racing bike built for tantalus. had 2 speed front sprocket. very trick!!! but, I still don't see any green seatpost...

Bone808,

Derek now resides in Washington and works for the Dept. of Defense as a Police Officer. He's been there for about maybe 4 years already. Greg and my family go way back.We grew up in the same sub division and went to school together from Elem days. Even rode in the Banana patch area behind his mom and dads house on our motorcycles back in the day. Tell Greg I said whats up.
Hopefully Derek will come on and post something. He knows the site is here.

So how was jumping off the Mckinley bus stop roof? I always thought that was nuts. Got a call from an old Kauai racer, Chad Machado, he was fast and later went on to be a top body builder. Even winning Mr Hawaiian islands. Told him to jump in here, he said he has some old pics.

Changstar

Rust,

That Skyway is sweet! Post some current pics of it. Its always nice to see pics of someones bike that survived all these years.

jk

Went out to HK this morning. Man its very difficult to teach an old dog new tricks. Sorry guys.......same trick different day.



jk

It is very difficult to change my mind about dirt tabletops..

I never get tired of seeing pics of that trick, very rad.. thanks mate!




LOL, old one from Hickam jump!

The Perfectnut eats gravel mixed with a fine side order of dirt...


-p


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P,

INVERTED!!!! Now that is the sickness! I never grow tired of seeing any of your pics. I wish I stood in line when they were passing out the RAD chip. Somehow I think you got two and I got none.

jk

right on... hope we hear from derek...

I wonder if this old dog can still do the old tricks? laying it sideways never gets old!!!
mean pic...

BU

here's some pics of Bo Ikeda at wheeler jump...





even Bo checks his front tire...

BU

howzit changstar!!! it was the washington bus stop. it was a little harsh landing on 20 inch, much better with MTB. the bus stop no longer stands, they tore it down cause the homeless was sleeping there.

That is sweet! I hope Bo see's these. Keep them coming BU........Looks like you got some good ones stashed in the HBMX vault.

jk

For being younger, Bo was very rad. Maybe the youngest guy to get a flat table. I'm jealous.

changstar

here's another Bo Ikeda pic from Kapiolani park jump... check out Gary pumpkin on the side... Bo was racing for Jim T. GT BMX...

How old was he in those pics? I think he quit by like 13 or 14. He would have been a terror if he stayed with it till 17X. Alot of you guys stopped before the 17X class, boy that would have been a tough one. It was hard enough with JK, Sano, Gabe, Barry Ikeda, Stu Domingo, Klaus, probably more that I can't remember right now.

Changstar

Very Rad indeed! I remember Bo Ikeda table topping when he was 9yrs old at Waialae Intermediate. No offense to Buddy, Rockne, Roland, Phillipart and the rest of the TBS team. But, I remember TGO being killer jumpers and TBS being a more race oriented team. Bo was the exception he could throw down as good as the TGO guys.

I'm jealous of anyone with a flat table top picture!

jk

I think he was about 12. yeah, that class was fast. I only got to race you guys in trophy dashes.

here's one of Kevin Sano layin it sideways. Kona state champs 5/1/83.

BU, I remember when you started going fast on your Thruster. Me and Sano would watch you and thought about when you would be in 17X. We thought you would be up front fighting right away, no need to adjust, in the mix from the first time out.

Changstar

now that I look back, should have taken the straight road and kept on racing BMX. somewhere along the way beer and women took BMX's place

BU

hey changstar,
remember this track?


BU outfront...


BU dueling it out...


is that K Lau?

is that K Lau?
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yup, that's me getting smoked. i think my seat was way too high. i was on a patterson with front brakes. why did i need front brakes?

whats up Kev, I think you must have been about 6' 3" tall back then!!! who's the guy in the front?

BU,

I have asked myself the same question in 2008.

jk

howzit JK, had most of my trophies stashed away. just took em out when I built my workshop.

BU,

Now thats awesome! Glad you kept them. What I woudn't give to stumble across one of my old bikes or number plates. Or anything! My wife called my old friend Tim Watanabe Christmas season 2007. I gave his nephew my old Team Jag years ago. My wife wanted to try and see if it was still around to surprise me with it. He told her he would check but never called her back. Clown!

So I'm glad to see you guys still have some cool stuff from our past!

jk

Hey BU,

Whats with the Car trophies? Rockne used to race SCCA for a while and did really well. I think Ken Van Orman also raced SCCA and Russel Hirata used to race 1/4 mile. And JT has some incredible stories of the Drags.

jk

Pro tec with no visor out front. Thats rough. Once Klaus hit his game, it was not to often that someone got in front of him. That seat is a bit high but that was the norm for the times. So what kind of shop you got BU? Is that Michael N in blue Pro tec behind you? If you didn't say that was you I would have thought that was Beaker, oops Keith.

Changstar

those were just from the boys club. they used to have downhill derbies when we were small. I think there was a boat one too, from sailboat regattas they used to have. wasn't the real stuff like rockne and russel.

BU

Thanks changstar, I stand corrected, that is beeker and michael nakato. he had a laidback seatpost on his thruster. I just have a workshop behind my house for my dirtbikes and my small projects. by any chance would you know who's in front of klaus? either he had coaster brakes or no brakes. the wahiawa YMCA track was pretty fun.

BU

Hey bone, whats up dirt fools??

I found some old pics, scanned them --> check it out:

Stephen at the old cannon club wall jump getting the angle down..



Jeffrey Kang doing something outrageously stupid for the camera.. can you say injuries??



Paiea the perfectnut warming up at Hickam jumps..




i have more.. however i just moved so my funds and time are limited..

Later, more later..


-p


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right on P.

mean pics. when I see Steve at toyota I'll tell him to check out this site and post some pics if he has any. those team COS guys is NUTS!!!!

I wonder if Jeff is still around? anyone seen him? I think he has the keys to the picture vault.

BU

Walter "worm" watanabe at the ala moana jump

Boy those nicknames bring back memories. Any pics of Joe G, Tyson, or any of the town gang of 1983-86? There has got to be a lot more names I am forgeting because I know that your Granpa's van would be full when we went up to Tantalus. Add in me and Klaus, Sugi, Davey U, Dan W, Jesse Ram, Sano and Adrian Lee and we had a big group. That was so much fun.

Changstar

Hey BU, remember working at Mccully's and sprinting to your house for lunch and listening to heavy metal records. Imagine that, records.

Changstar

BU had the best metal records!!

whats up changstar

here's one of joe genovia, got tabletop? kapiolani park jump...


here's tyson!!! UH pizza hut jump...



BU




still got some vinyl. all the hard to find colored ones. no record player though. any donations are welcome...

BU

"Got Tabletop?"

jk

YEAH!!!

BU

Bone-man!

Those are very RAD pics of the gang, Walter, Joe G with beeker and Tyson!!

I think I was jumping with you guys at the Ala Moana jump back then, I remember jumping so far I landed on the side of the wall and that finished off the marginally cracked Mongoose chromo I was riding, I even took a photograph of the broken frame, the separation of the tubes looked weird.

The UH radio station jump across from what used to be Pizza Hut was pretty good, we'd get pretty crip over that jump, I liked the take off from the parking lot.. could get some speed there.. where the heck was the KP Park jump?? I don't remember that one..

Here is an old one, hope it is not a repeat.. see the COS jersey hahaha

PNUT at cannons:




Keep um coming, that brings back serious memories..

OH YEAH!! Thanks BU..





Whip it good..


... Jesus loves Vision Street Wear


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P,

I cant make out the Cos Jersey. But, I can see the comb in da back pocket for style points!

I used to have that same tShirt......Well not the SAME one, You know what I mean.

jk

That is a very cool shot of Walter with the palm trees and building in the back. Am I the only one here without OG pics tabletopping? Im jealous! My new mantra for 2009:

I'M NOT STOPPING TO I AM TABLETOPPING!

jk

I remember making a few of those town rides and Tantalus rides. I never liked riding back home though, that part kinda sucked lol.

Yeah Kipapa gulch in half darkness is not a fun experience.I'm suprised none of us got hit by a car.I would never let my kids do half of the stuff we use to do.

That picture of Tyson and Walter "table toppin' " brings back memories.Those guys had skillz!!!!

HOWZIT ANDY,
you guys had the longest haul back home from a full day of riding. but, that's when all of us were top shape... remember these pics from TGO quarter pipe demo.



andy shohara rippin it up...



I heard you're still rippin it up... right on...
BU

howzit sugi,
riding old kipapa gulch at night on a bmx bike is NUTS. RIDE FIRST, SAFETY LAST.... maybe one day we should do a tantalus run? or maybe not?

BU

hey JK,

I like that last quote!!! right on, you got 11 months to go, you'll be the only one with current tabletop pics...

BU

hey pnut,
you was still jumpin with us at ala moana. the kapiolani park jump was on the corner of monsarrat and the zoo and the rose garden and the small park. now there's a parking lot on the corner.

when the cream sits out too long, you must whip it... DEVO

take it easy...
BU