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As it happens, the best at racing is also the best at riding bowls" Bob Osborn

The Vineland skate park had a skateboarder that wouldn't let anyone ride a bike but after stating that a bicycle could show him up he let Stu in.  The skateboarder does a few moves and then asks Stu to ride.  Stu walks over to the 15' part of the bowl, sets his coaster brake, then drops straight down the vertical wall then on the other side pulls a one handed aerial!!!  Stu then proceeds to fly up the other wall to do a one hander one footer and everyone is blown away!

It was awesome to see Stu reunited with his freestyle bike at the Rockford 2009 even and had some great memories of that incredible day!  With the new Stu Thomsen DVD being released you will see this bike in the footage.

The new SE frame and forks were not yet completed so Scot Breithaupt worked a deal for the team to ride Team models for a few months until SE's were completed.

Click the 2nd and 3rd pictures for more shots!

Hope you all enjoy another historical ride from the pages of Bicycle Motocross Action.

VEHICLE

Frame - Mongoose Team with rare 1st gen blue SE sticker
Fork - Mongoose Team non-drilled
Stem - Mongoose Gold Stem, NOS with dealer box
Bars - Redline ProLine
Grips - Oakley II's, NOS
Headset - Tange
Rims - Araya 7b
Hubs - Bendix rear coaster brake
Front Tire - Cheng Shin 20 x 2.125, NOS
Rear Tire - Cheng Shin 20 x 1.75, NOS
Caliper - Dia-Compe 890, NOS
Brake Lever - Honda MX custom bend
Brake pads - Dia-Compe
Chain - Schwinn
Chain ring - Takagi 43 teeth
Cranks - Takagi, NOS
Spider - Takagi
Bottom Bracket - Tange
Pedals - KKT rat trap
Seat - Unicantor
Seat post - Laguna solid alloy
Seat post clamp - Schwinn

DIALED IN

Jeff "JT" Tollefson
www.JTFreestyle.com