butthead voice~ UHHHHHHHHHHH, Okay.

Jerry - it's far too early to be posting drunk.
-Bill

I took my bike out today.. It was really nice out..

Hey MC,
What ever happened to the book idea? Late 70's and 80's.. I know a guy here in Waseca that has a whole box of slides that are from 82-85.. I haven't seen them yet..His dad took alot of pics at the races.. mostly Mankato..Roch Austin Albert lea.. I remember one shot, of the Mankato track on the very first race. Just shows the whole track..

But, as long as there's still alot of us.. that are still in our sound mind.. Stories, bikes, races, injuries,, friends, there is alot...It would be a good thing to get people stoked to.. and good for a laugh..
I though that was a good idea..

Um, yeah I researched that, and at the cost of $15,000 I would have to charge $1000 per book to the 15 people that would buy one. BUT, that would leave me with 985 that would sit in the corner in my basement that if I waited another 20 years (I'll be 65 then) I could ebay them.

Sorry, but not going to happen. Possibly a simple black and white paperback may work though. Ya never know....

Tell yer new/old buddy to get scanning the slides though, and I'll get him a whole spot on the old school site! Did ya telling about the old photos that were up though?

PIPEman, You really need to get those scanned. We need new blood on this thread. Now go!!! get it done...

This guy is a tough cookie to get cracked. He keeps making excuses. Hard to get ahold of. I remember back in the day, every hear or so, they invite people over and we'd all watch the slides. When his dad recently died, the one thing he wanted before the new wife took everything was those slides,, and that is about all he got..
Now with winter coming, it may be impossible to get a good look at them for awhile.. I'm still thinking the book is a good idea...But I guess financially, we'd need a backer right?

How about a little Gamehaven action !

Looks like Jeff Weberg in the Robinson jersey and the JMC guy is from Albert Lea... Mark? what was his name? taller black guy?

Garrett Whilliams?

Yes! Garrett Williams. Between him and Craig Anderson they had some mighty nice JMC's. John Tribbet had a JMC for a while but cracked it pretty quickly. I wish John, Shan and Rob would visit here.

I remember Williams a bit. For one, he was the only black guy that raced, as far as I remember. Also, he wasn't really that fast or anything. But wasn't he from Albert Lea or something. That JMC cruiser was sweet. Also that other guy by him, from Albert Lea... Jeff Weberg.. that guy was cool. I got to be good friends with him towards the end. I even went to his house to ride, and he came to Waseca to ride. I bought his quarter pipe.

I spent many of hours riding with Weberg, Biggs, Anderson and Garret. Rydjor use to have a bike shop in Albert Lea, so I'd ride with Dan from Austin to AL and ride all day with those guys.. Fun times! Albert Lea is really spread out and Hilly compared to Austin, so it was a work out.

Check this drop off.. my goodness..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENYlW92nYV0&NR=1

mark mc allister in the pic with conway.
jeez jerry don't ya have any of me? lol

HOLY CRAPOLI!

Just got an email, that fits into the above photos era!

THE EMAIL:
Hi Mark,

I was just goofing around on the internet, and I found you! I did a
little looking a few months ago, but this was the first time I've found
anything on you. I talked to someone who graduated with you about a
year ago in Albert Lea, and they said you were in Austin. Was that right?
Are you still in Southern MN?

Your web site is pretty cool. Great photos. Are you doing that
professionally? I notice in the photo of Rainier there's the Conley number
plate. Very cool. You always did great stuff. Very creative. It's
good to see you're still doing the stuff you like and are great at.

Drop me a line sometime and let me know how everything is going. I
live in Richfield, so maybe we could get together for lunch or a beer or
something.

Take Care,

Grant Nielsen

There it is! First off, Rick Kast, In order for me to get a old school photo of you, you had to atleast be up front once and awhile.

Second, I can't believe that. I remember Grant Neilson. He was always around, with Jeff Weberg. I remember riding arould Faribault, with those guys. He was more of a goofy type guy... Awesome!

Rick Kast kicks ast!!!!

You guys always wondering, what cruiser to buy, how it rides, colors, sizes.. all that crap.. This is the answer to everything.. RIGHT HERE..http://www.freeagentbmx.com/06-ambush_24-08.htm

Looks like every other aluminum frame out right now. Its priced right with most other bikes. Intense, Felt, FMF, Redline, etc.

Mark, I use to run into Grant at the Supercross races at the Dome, usually at the bar across the street. I think I saw him 4 years years in a row. We gab'd for a minute... cool guy!

He was from Albert Lea right? I remember he was friends with Jeff Weberg. Also I know he had a big cruiser. He was just a big guy for his age. I rode around with him in Albert Lea. Funny person, and seemed to take everything in stride....[color="#FF8C00"][/color]

Grant was from AL. He always had something up his sleeve

Jerry, didn't you and him ride on my 1/4 pipe one weekend or a day with a bunch of kids?

Sounds like Grant didn't even find me through BMX related searches, just my photography site. I think we well see him around soon though....somewhere...maybe here...or maybe the Barn (which Jerrrrrry is to busy with polishing his helmet and other dust collecting items right now to show up and ride the "BURM" wall for everyone)

Its already been done .... check out this nut. I think your son took this Mark.

Is this the same bike Tator was riding this summer?http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...A:IT&ih=006

That's Paul Cater's bike. It sold once, but then I think the seller bailed out or something as the bike was relisted... 1500.00 is a good price. Those parts bought individual would have made that a 2k plus bike. I know, I'm there now.

Somethin' to believe in..

Manhoooole! Up from his winter's nap! What? 6 months of darkness in Brainerd?

No kidding! Where you been Jeffffff?

Speaking of hibernating....

Silly rabbit, Tricks are for kids!!

Anyone going to "the Barn" this weekend. I might go there so I can breathe that filthy, dusty, moldy air. Good for the lungs.

Are you showing up in all black attire, riding?....

Should be a BIG turnout because of the Grands weekend coming up...minus the I'm wearing bubble-wrap-injuried-schoolers. (which BTW, I support FULLY) DC said he's gonna be there though

I doubt I'm riding. I might..

Going down to help the Hammer work on his mom's (Aunt Sandy) house, it got hit by a tree back in August and left a big hole in the roof.

Mikko - you'll have to stop on buy..

Conley..Do you still take pictures??

No, I pay BIG MONEY now for my photogs to do my money making work....It's a big business this BMX stuff... you know, ask Howie. Ray is over paid BTW...

Where is the National going to be next year? I heard maybe the Armory..

Civic Center

Shorewood???

Is that Theo in your avatar?

Yep!!

Riverside Arena, then come out into the parking lot

I will be there this weekend at the barn cheering people on. I owe a lot of people a lot of thanks for taking care of the cart wheeling clown that I am. It is definetly going to be a BIG weekend at the barn, everyone preppin for the big dance on Thanksgiving weekend. Manning, it would be great to see you and Dougy Fresh.

Psycho (Greg) I have your black GT pads from Apold in my car if your going to be up there!

MANNING!
Pauly, how you feeling?

While surfing some where...I found this REALLY DISTURBING photo again...

Thats disturbing!!

The scary part is he has both of his hands in pockets while kissing the girafe.

That pic was taking in the early morning. I didn't know what I was doing.. We've all been through it. The strange part is, i'd do it again..

The really scary part is, that it almost looks like KOP's looking in a mirror

Things are a little slow around here, so since old school pics are not flowing. Here is a couple bike related photos

My son and I went riding with some friends a couple weeks ago. What a BLAST! Rain is digging this freeride stuff. This was jumping out of a gravel pit wall. I actually took this with may camera phone and forgot I had it on there



This would be my youngest son's contraption, his trampoline bike

Cool pics.. How about some on the trampoline bike.. Those things.. come on..

Here is some more recycled MTB video. You need to check this out at your convenience. It is broken up in to 5 sections, the best part is 5:30 minutes in to Part 4 and the beginning to Part 3.

Great video...

The Collective Full Video Part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FaIANHxZf-Y

The Collective Full Video Part 2
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXG-LI8MiKg

The Collective Full Video Part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SgPdadlWGeA

The Collective Full Video Part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiJHg1YmfY0

The Collective Full Video Part 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xqPzfzVjKgo