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Just the good ol' boys,
Never meanin' no harm,
Beats all you ever saw.....

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At the age of 5, I tried to run away from home by pedaling away in my Big Wheel. Fortunately, my oldest brother was on the scene and caught me about 4 houses down the sidewalk from my house.

Why was I running away from home?

Because I got spanked for going beyond my 2 house travel limit on my Big Wheel. You see, to me such draconian rules was like living in the USSR. So the Big Wheel represents defiance and the renegade within me.

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Oh yeah, we all built 'ramps', but how many of us got 'air' like that kid? :lol: I'm impressed, :mrgreen:.

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Brother you live by the same rule I live by: The Constitution does not grant us rights, rights are natural. The Constitution is a restraining order against tyranny.

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Well no 70's thread is complete without this:

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikiped...pinup_1976.jpg

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SHE WAS SUCH A FOX!!!!

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I had that poster, my brothers friend drew a ring around the nipple. Had to take it down after that, Dad liked it my Mother did not. A 5 tire ramp and a sheet of flimsy plywood can cause a broken arm, just ask me and my Mr. America bike with the wide slick. The one with a left handle bar missing from the 5 tire ramp, but those days were some of my favorite.

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I emigrated to the States in 1978. They only had Schwinn "paperboy" bikes back then. And I used to get air like that kid, even with a basket mounted on the front. :mrgreen:

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Schwinn? What were you, rich? :-P

Introducing the 1978 Western Auto Western-Flyer BMX with adjustable Mono Shock! She had a seat that was soft like a loaf of bread!
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Here's the story of a lovely lady

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Elementary School status symbol of my generation.
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I had one of those Western Auto "Motorcycle" seats on my bike.

The ole' 5 tire plywood ramp was a bit too flimsy and shot me straight up in the air. Result was, the wind knocked out of me and "Motorcycle seat" was broke off, and my friends standing over me saying, "Do it again!"

I rode that bike without a seat for the rest of that summer.

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The 70's!
I thought all you had then was a cup and ball or a stick.

Thank heavens for the 80's and SEGA

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There was a TV show that came on; and for the life of me I can't remember the name of it but maybe some of y'all can help me. I will describe it.

It was made by the same people who made the Godzilla movie. It had a lot of actors from Japan in it but the main characters were Americans. There was a main "badguy that was done in horrible make up. But it used to scare the crap out of me. Aired around 77-79.

There was no video games. Kids had to use a wierd thing called imagination.

All of the kids in my neighborhood would put on our dads old Vietnam fatigue jackets and pretend we were on patrols walking through the woods, creeks and swamps.

BB Gun wars. (Would never happen this day an age)

Dirt clod wars with "The Super Slingshot"

Damn, no wonder I ending up joining the Army. All we ever played was "War" games.

I do remember when my dad brought home the ATARI system. me and my brother weren't aloud to even look at it for the first few months.

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Ah but we DID have video games in the 70s. 1977 anyone?

http://static.giantbomb.com/uploads/...-atari2600.jpg

I remember getting mine for Christmas, and I was 8 years old, and I remember thinking, what the heck is THIS thing? I blew it off and moved on to my planet of the apes toys...

...until my Uncle hooked it up and we spent the rest of the night playing it.

And really, the VIC 20 came out in 1980, so that's kinda like the 70s - close enough for government work I mean...

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I remember the PONG game console. I remember finding ours in the "Junk" closet and asking my dad, "What the heck is this thing used for?" We ended up playing it into the wee hours of the morning.

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Too many to quote on my phone...


1. I played outside. If it rained we played outside under cardboard, when the rain stopped we played in the ditch.

2. Megalon?

3. The Atari 2600 - ohhhh the memories.

4. 1977-1978 when Smokey and the Bandit replaced cowboys and Indians.

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http://ww4.hdnux.com/photos/12/11/54...10/628x471.jpg
That was me in the late 70's early 80's (not that specific photo). Its also why I've had 3 ACL surgeries and can tell when its gonna rain 2 or 3 days in advance.

I may actually find some old photos and scan/post them. Just don't make fun of me because I look like Juan Epstien from Welcome Back Kotter.

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Too many to quote on my phone...


1. I played outside. If it rained we played outside under cardboard, when the rain stopped we played in the ditch.

2. Megalon?

3. The Atari 2600 - ohhhh the memories.

4. 1977-1978 when Smokey and the Bandit replaced cowboys and Indians.

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The children's trifecta

Buckskin Bill Black
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Captain Kangaroo w Mr. Moose
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Mr. Green jeans
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http://www.american.com/archive/2011.../FeaturedImage

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Would have never guessed Epstein your internet persona lends more to Wilford Brimley.

https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/i...hdnd447fhtOhiQ

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I was a skater also, Danno.

Just to run through the list of injuries...

Broken Left(1) and right(2) ankle.
Fractured left elbow (still skated)
Broken Left wrist (still skated)
Broken right thumb (Still skated)
I hellish of a case of road rash that went from my right ankle to the top of my right hip. (I picked scabs for a year after that)
and 2 Concussions

Boards I broke or broke me:
PP: Tony Hawk
PP: Steve Caballero
Santa Cruz: Steve Alba
PP: Rodney Mullen
Zorlac: Josh Gibson
Dogtown: DT Cross (Was so happy when I finally got this board)
and of course I had one of the original Varaflex plastic boards.

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I had a pair of those roller skates with lights underneath. Looked pretty cool at the rink. LOL

Does that count?

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Lights on your skates counts for something but I am not sure its what is intended LOL. Did you have wings?

http://b5media_b4.s3.amazonaws.com/6...ler-skates.jpg

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I know. I'm so ashamed. There was a really bad movie that had some guy, the star, who wore black roller skates with neon yellow laces and lights under them. I don't know. I grew out of it...and I can at least say I wasn't the only one. Maybe it was even the 80's by then, I can't remember, but everybody who was anybody had skates like that at the rink. I swear it.

LOL

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I started skating in the mid 70s. Stopped in the mid 80's after my 2nd torn ACL. My first board was a skinny G&S. LOL!!! I also owned a vareflex! I also owned one of those aluminum boards (Quicksilver???)

I stuck with what worked for me so I didn't change a whole lot. Several sets of basically the same products... PP decks, Independent trucks, Bones and Kryptonic wheels (german bearings of course).

Ahhh the memories. That was a really fun period of my life. I still have dreams of street skating and half-pipe shredding.

Do you ever have dreams about it? Skateboarding and BMX!!! Thats heaven!!!

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If you can't do the time, then don't do the crime...

..yeah..

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Buckskin Bill black.. are you kidding me?? I never missed this show as a kid. When he did the 'Monday Morning March', I would literally parade around the living room with a stick like I was a drum major for a Marching band.

Good times right there...