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    BIGANT-DOG
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    ALl of us old guys can appreciate this

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCIE8o1PGNk&search=mountain%20dew%20bmx

    How many of you were inspired by this, I was

    #31862
    RaidenHayden
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    Sorry, it didn’t inspire me as much as George C. Scott at the beginning of Patton, but to each their own!!!!!! Way Tooooooo OLD SCHOOL

    #31869
    dunrite9
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    WOW!
    I remember that one 😳

    #31872
    bmiddaugh
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    I always wondered about those hop on the ground tailwhips, what a weak trick…

    #31874
    1adam12
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    Wow that was as lame as I remember……………Rock Walks????Give me a fucking break………..

    #31875
    CrazyCraig
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    C’mon guys – that commercial was made 20 years ago. At the time I’m sure most people thought it was pretty cool. Remember, they were making a soda commercial, not a BMX commercial.

    So yeah, it was pretty lame, but so was the movie Rad. Still, if nothing else, it made you laugh, right?

    This was pretty good exposure for BMX back then. With the Dew Action Tour, I would love to see the commercial they could come up with now if they truly put their minds to it.

    #31876
    BIGANT-DOG
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    craig is right, 20 years ago that was a big thing, but by todays standards it is considerd weak. yeah rock walks but 20 years ago that was the standard. besides look at how far we have come.

    #31878
    RaidenHayden
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    Craig, Ant, like they saying goes”you can dres an ugly girl up, she STILL is ugly” I agree with Adam

    #31879
    1adam12
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    20 years ago I was 14 and was doing much harder stuff than rockwalks…nostalga is cool and all………..and to be honest I have always been into BMX for purely selfish reasons………I could care less what is positive or not for BMX…..I am not a spokesperson for “THE POSITVE ASPECTS OF BMX”…………

    #31880
    1adam12
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    Sorry but 1986 had a lot more to offer than ROCKWALKS………….I remember tech three levers mounted vertically on my GT bars learning bar-rides,cherry pickers,miamihoppers,boomerangs…….etc etc……

    #31881
    RaidenHayden
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    Stuff like that and the movie RAD, did more to make the sport look bad, and give a misconception of what the sport or now sports, as the discipilines, have developed into their own, are really about

    #31882
    CrazyCraig
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    @RaidenHayden wrote:

    Stuff like that and the movie RAD, did more to make the sport look bad, and give a misconception of what the sport or now sports, as the discipilines, have developed into their own, are really about

    I am in total agreement there Bill. I remember seeing Rad at the Rockaway Mall Outer Cinema hoping to see something that would legitimize what we do, and almost wanted to yell out loud to the rest of the audience “this is not BMX!!!” (I did hear the riders really enjoyed coming down that monster starting hill! -((but where’s the gate??)).

    But, I do own a copy of Rad (and BMX Bandits) – it does make for a really good laugh. I recently got Joe Kid on a Stingray to “balance” out the collection. Sorry, no hard core stuff besides that

    Adam – it’s okay to be in BMX for selfish reasons and totally into your own thing if that is what makes you happy. Thats cool. I guess as a dad, and a fairly “mainstream” type at that, I try to always be the promoter of the positive aspects. Nothing wrong with that, right?

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