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Offline locky

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Famous dudes who used to ride
« on: March 20, 2014, 09:44:24 AM »
Not sure if this is old news.
Chad hugo
The neptunes / nerd.
He used to ride flat
I remember somewhere between issue 1 and 10 of australias 2020 bmx magazine,
Seeing a short interview with chad hugo along with a image of him doing a surfer.
Surely it was in the 80s at the beginging of his music boom.

Anyone know of any others.
Similar to jason lee and his move from skating to actor.

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #1 on: March 20, 2014, 02:04:36 PM »
Most obvious is Spike Jonze.
 
He went from riding and skating, on to work at Freestylin' Magazine with Andy Jenkins and Mark Lewman, then on to oscar award winning director/writer.
 
Not too many riders that are more famous than that....

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #2 on: March 20, 2014, 04:26:09 PM »
Slash is another one that gets mentioned a lot. 

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #3 on: March 20, 2014, 05:09:35 PM »
Eaton has done a lot of video work outside of bmx I'm sure. I know some of the older gen riders have gone on to be "stuntmen" behind the scenes in Hollywood as well. The most notable being Eddie Fiola
Let's not forget Rek Bikes too and their loaded cast  Billy Chrystal (Jake) and Duck Dynasty (Robert)
(I joke, I joke)

Offline locky

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #4 on: March 21, 2014, 11:47:47 AM »
Slash is another one that gets mentioned a lot. 

Slash rode bmx?

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #5 on: March 21, 2014, 01:46:04 PM »
don't quote me on this but i'm sure I read somewhere that Slash and or the guys he rode with may have been the first or some of the earliest to ride an empty pool?

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #7 on: March 21, 2014, 06:06:25 PM »
Some of todays hiphop/rap artists have rode bmx, Tyler the Creator and Pharrell arte two of the bigger names. and I believe both support bmx to this day.

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #8 on: March 21, 2014, 07:48:10 PM »
Prodigy, New kids on the block..




But best of all .... Justin Bieber is a BMX rider.

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #9 on: March 22, 2014, 12:50:38 AM »
Prodigy, New kids on the block..




But best of all .... Justin Bieber is a BMX rider.

One Last Ride.

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #10 on: March 22, 2014, 01:39:41 PM »
There is a difference between someone who cruises on a bmx by preference, versus a freestyler/ flatlander/ bmx racer.
anyone who can ride a bicycle can cruise on a bmx, but it takes a rare breed of people ( some say dysfunctional ) to take it to another level.
unless i've sorely mistaken the question posed, i believed the latter is the right way to answer.
« Last Edit: March 22, 2014, 06:28:06 PM by K.Wong »

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #11 on: March 22, 2014, 06:13:31 PM »
Tobacco, the musician from Black Moth Super Rainbow and other work used to ride flatland.

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #12 on: March 22, 2014, 10:58:27 PM »
There is a difference between someone who cruises on a bmx by preference, versus a freestyler/ flatlander/ bmx racer.
anyone who can ride a bicycle can cruise on a bmx, but it takes a rare breed of people ( some say dysfunctional ) to take it to another level.
unless i've sorely mistaken the question posed, i believed the latter is the right way to answer.

Correct

I was trying to imply people that did ride bmx. Not just learn to ride a bike.
Hugo was doing surfers in the 80s and refered to himself at the time as a flatland rider.
I dont think bieber really counts. He rides both brakes though so that makes him a fag right ?

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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #13 on: March 22, 2014, 11:48:30 PM »
Both the bloke from the prodigy rode and one of the members of new kids on the block.


As far as I have understood, bieber was a kid who rode .... Not sure about now, but do believe that he has a BMX background.




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Re: Famous dudes who used to ride
« Reply #14 on: March 23, 2014, 12:19:07 AM »
Keith flint

He now rides for monster racing slider bikes.
Hes a mad man