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Rad 25th Anniversary - Day 2, Aug 20th
#1 2011-08-22 2:40pm
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Rad 25th Anniversary - Day 2, Aug 20th
I have to start Day 2's post thanking Museum member glenn1011. He came from downtown Calgary to pick me up at my hotel and drive me up to Cochrane and back. I blew out my chain while there and he also shuttled me to Bike Bros. and back. Thanks again brother!
On the way to Cochrane we passed the Olympic bobsled run and ski jumping towers.
Here is Cochrane today. A lot more grown up than in the movie.
The lumber yard is still there.
Ahhh, arrived and parked at the Cochrane skatepark.
Glenn with his cool find on Kijiji (the Canadian Craigslist), a Kuwahara Laserlite.
We peddled from the skatepark over to the Cochrane movie theater (and didn't even get tired ). People were already pulling in, setting up their bikes and just hanging out.
Autographs went wherever they would fit this weekend.
Someone said this little guy gets the record for the longest manual of day 2.
I met both of these guys but only remember Chad (intrikat) on the right from Long Beach, CA.
Kurt_Rad, his wife Nichole and their baby girl.
Eddie started a jam circle borrowing an old school GT.
spanky4130 (Mike) was the only one brave enough to drop in. He threw a very clean boomerang!
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Just before the pack of bikes left for the tour of Cochrane, writer Sam Bernard, Producer Robert L. Levy and writer Geoffrey Edwards were kind enough to pose for a shot together.
I count roughly 84 heads in the group shot but I think we had close to 100 riders in the pack when we took off. It was huge and long once we got going and we literally stopped traffic wherever we went. Once the pack started turning a corner we all went despite stop signs or traffic signals. Not that anyone was ever belligerent or rude, it just happened. Most people were cool with it and just waited the 30 seconds it took for us to go by. Once in while we would have some colorful words and thoughts shared with us... We just laughed them off!
The first stop was the actual firetruck from the movie. You can barely make out Bill Allen's shoes up front but he let people take pics of him in front of it. Bill, by the way, does still ride a BMX and told me it's a Supercross.
The next stop was in the middle of town where the parade went through. It's all been nicely modernized with trees and new building facades so it looks very little like the movie anymore.
Kirk Bihun.
Jeff Ingram.
Kevin "Sheepdog" Hull.
Beatle Rosecrans
We stopped at the park where Cru's backflip ramp and quarter pipe were set up.
Next stop was the storefront where Ray Walston got the coffee knocked out of his hand on the bike.
Back to the theater parking lot where people hung out for a little while longer.
A very pregnant Mrs. spanky4130 but still made the whole ride with the pack!
The Martin and Eddie freestyle show continued...
One of the coolest parts of the trip for me was meeting other BMX Museum members. I am the owl...
and Leatherman.
After the ride concluded we peddled back over to the Cochrane skatepark. Leatherman grabbed a hold of a pickup truck and got towed over at about 40 miles an hour (~ 64 kilometers an hour for you Canadians ).
My 2 second rant: why don't we just switch to the metric system? It is so much easier! One of the most confusing things of my trip was trying to interpret distances and temperatures on the fly. Do you know how hot 30 is? Yeah, go look it up like I had to...
Back to the skatepark...
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All the stars came back to the skatepark as well. Another bonus was getting to see Eddie ride a skatepark again. Last I saw was 1987...
STUPID AUTOFOCUS!!!!! Hulk Hogan eat your heart out!
Old school BMXer Wade Nelson on a new school bike. Yep 25/9 gearing, graphite Tuff wheels and all titanium components.
Edit: Is this the same Wade Nelson at the Old School Reunion this year? On the left is Mark Eaton then Dr. Wade Nelson.
Picture from this thread here: http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=314612
Probably the oldest bike I saw being ridden. A 1970's something by Bad Brad.
Mongoose is now a sponsor of the Rad documentary and was giving out free t-shirts and posters.
Chris Phenix's (Director of Photography for the Rad Documentary) in-laws manning the booth. They were really cool to chat with.
The rest of the day was hanging out, getting a sunburn and watching the local talent rip up their park at this contest. If you know any rider names just PM me and I'll give them full credit.
Big Al and Brennan Passidney from Sherwood Park, Alberta. Big Al used to work for Jay Miron in Vancouver when Jay started Macneil Bikes and Brennan was an old school freestyler from BITD.
Eddie just hung out and chatted with folks. A real class act.
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In case you're wondering, this guy had to wear this outfit on a bet.
Jamie Clarke (Luke) and his family hanging out with the crowd.
Old school racer Maxwell Petes in black on the left talking to Kirk Bihun in black on the right. Not sure who the others are yet (if you know, let me know).
My last tourist shot as we left Cochrane was from the hill Cru and Christian walked up before going ass sliding.
Day 3 here: http://bmxmuseum.com/forums/viewtopic.php?id=349624
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#2 2011-08-22 2:58pm
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NICE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Makes me feel like I was there... almost.
Great pictures....
I'm sorry but I would have been at the General Lee all day long... That's about the only thing that trumps RAD is the Dukes of Hazzard..... Whos ride is this?????????
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#3 2011-08-22 3:07pm
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Thanks again !!!! very cool
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"The guy in blue was the only one brave enough to drop in. He threw a very clean boomerang! "
that's museum member spanky4130 aka mike (doesn't post much) and ...
"Very pregnant but still made the whole ride with the pack!"
that's his wife mrs spanky4130
Also, I want to say the whole weekend was amazing!!! a once in a life time opportunity, so glad I was able to expirience it.
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Thanks for posting the pics. I could not make it due to a last minute family emergency popping up so I'm glad I could see all the pics. I actuallty did my photo journalism practicum in Cochrane for their local paper back in 1995 when I was in Journalism school in Calgary.
It sure would have bee cool to meet Mr. Fiola. He seems like a super nice and approachable guy. Every pic of him looks like he is having fun and is actually happy to be there.
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KILLER Pics and commentary.
Thanks!
Looks like it was a fun event. Nice that you guys got to take a little tour of the town and movie landmarks.
The SHIMANO DX pedal is a nice BEER BOTTLE Opener...
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Great pix, thanks for posting!!
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Great pics. Patiently waiting for day 3. This was a total blast!
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Sweet pics
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Great pics.
I'm surprised the main street is even paved.
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speedracer43 wrote:
I'm surprised the main street is even paved.
What is that supposed to mean?
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I am the owl... wrote:
speedracer43 wrote:
I'm surprised the main street is even paved.
What is that supposed to mean?
LOL, Its a quote from RAD
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oh.... I guess im not that much of a Rad freak I memorize lines
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Great pics Kelly... Wish I'd been able to make it. Owl doesn't look so scary.
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Whew......thanks for saving me from that angry mod crownrox...for a minute there I thought I was going to make my second dramatic exit of the day.
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Whew......thanks for saving me from that angry mod crownrox...for a minute there I thought I was going to make my second dramatic exit of the day.
Im a RAD nerd, Pretty much have the movie memorized... seen it wayyyyy too many times
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crownrox wrote:
speedracer43 wrote:
Whew......thanks for saving me from that angry mod crownrox...for a minute there I thought I was going to make my second dramatic exit of the day.
Im a RAD nerd, Pretty much have the movie memorized... seen it wayyyyy too many times
+1
I am also a RAD freak who has about the whole movie memorized.
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Darkman wrote:
crownrox wrote:
speedracer43 wrote:
Whew......thanks for saving me from that angry mod crownrox...for a minute there I thought I was going to make my second dramatic exit of the day.
Im a RAD nerd, Pretty much have the movie memorized... seen it wayyyyy too many times
+1
I am also a RAD freak who has about the whole movie memorized.
+1 guilty..
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Great pics Kelly... Wish I'd been able to make it. Owl doesn't look so scary.
+1 And all this time I was thinking that he actually looked like Lee Van Cleef!
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What happen to the rad goose. I didnt even see a replica. Was the real goose there?
Everybody sing GOOOOO YANKEES !!! MAH!! COULD WE GET SOME MEATLOAF ??????????
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Oh yeah OWL killer shape up!!!!!
Everybody sing GOOOOO YANKEES !!! MAH!! COULD WE GET SOME MEATLOAF ??????????
Your gonna wear the shirt of the band your going to see??? DONT BE THAT GUY!!!!!!
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tj_vagas wrote:
"The guy in blue was the only one brave enough to drop in. He threw a very clean boomerang! "
that's museum member spanky4130 aka mike (doesn't post much) and ...
"Very pregnant but still made the whole ride with the pack!"
that's his wife mrs spanky4130
Also, I want to say the whole weekend was amazing!!! a once in a life time opportunity, so glad I was able to expirience it.
Hey tj, I see you're from Medicine Hat. I lived there for over 30 years. I've been in Calgary for the last 12 years. How long have you been there?
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i grew up here, but moved away for a brief 14 years (nearly half my life). We've met actually, i'm buddies with Marcus and Dave. I was the guy with the 24 Norco (on the first ride) and gt pft (on the second). tall goofy looking riding with marcus and dave.
your bike is killer btw!! i can't get over that thing!
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