Amazing Old School BMX Photos
Cameron from Hidden Clothing hit me with an email containing an amazing collection of old school BMX Polaroids. The photos came from a guy he works with, and they are apparently him and his friends when they were younger. It’s incredible how well these photos sum up what it’s like riding bikes when you are young and I really feel like this is what BMX is all about… All I can think about when I look at these photos, is the time in my life where I had not quite got into the whole BMX scene. I was riding bikes every day, but it was more of just curb jumps and flyouts. Me and my friends were still discovering BMX magazines for the first time and the whole idea of BMX was just so fresh! Some of my strongest memories of BMX are from those days. Big thanks to Cameron and his co-worker for hooking up the photos!!
Check them all out after the jump –
03/25/09 - 8:29 pm
this is the best thing ever. great post guys!
03/25/09 - 8:54 pm
this really is the best post ever
03/25/09 - 9:23 pm
i like this alot… thanx
03/25/09 - 9:34 pm
Siked on these photos!! Great post!!
03/25/09 - 9:48 pm
I have to give props. These photos are from my friend Jonny Revolt. Thanks a ton Jonny.
I’m still so psyched on these. Thanks for postin’ ‘em up H.
03/25/09 - 10:13 pm
FUCK YES. FUCK YES. FUCK YES.
03/25/09 - 10:24 pm
Holy crap. Each of those are such great photos.
03/25/09 - 10:32 pm
soooooooo rad.
03/25/09 - 10:57 pm
Ahhh skids, whellies and turn-bars.
03/25/09 - 11:15 pm
Its really funny that I looked at that one picture and thought oh a chick looking at her cell phone….OHhh wait a minute
03/25/09 - 11:22 pm
Shit is soo fucking tight! How many riders have or had that exact same bed room set up?
03/25/09 - 11:38 pm
This is one hell of a banger of a post. Wow. Pictures are amazing.
03/25/09 - 11:40 pm
suburban shredding
03/26/09 - 12:50 am
yep, that’s the stuff… so good.
03/26/09 - 1:27 am
Who’s the babe in the teal hot pants? Awesome photos, if only my old riding photos looked this awesome.
03/26/09 - 2:06 am
this is so great!!
03/26/09 - 2:49 am
great pics.
03/26/09 - 4:55 am
unreal. i hope more people dig out old pics like these!
03/26/09 - 5:40 am
Wow. Great photos. Good times in the making for sure. Def Grip is becoming more and more of my morning routine. Keep up the great work guys.
03/26/09 - 6:32 am
Possibly the best Defgrip post ever.
03/26/09 - 7:05 am
SWEET!!
03/26/09 - 7:31 am
Those pics are the best reasons to keep having fun! So good! Thanks for that!
03/26/09 - 7:31 am
nothing says “bmx” more than some mags. sweet.
03/26/09 - 7:37 am
Nice! Great shots for a Polaroid!
03/26/09 - 9:13 am
Been all downhill since then.
03/26/09 - 9:33 am
ace! This post has put a big smile on my face, nice one.
03/26/09 - 10:02 am
the one with them holding up their bikes is simply EPIC
03/26/09 - 12:19 pm
Amazing!
03/26/09 - 3:32 pm
best post ever on this site!
03/26/09 - 5:52 pm
great pics! nice memories
03/26/09 - 7:26 pm
The photo of the three kids doing wheelies at the same time is what it’s all about. Rad post.
03/26/09 - 10:03 pm
Leave it Russ to make the only negative comment. Powerslides need to have a resurgence.
03/27/09 - 5:24 am
Top post! More like this please
03/27/09 - 9:31 am
Niiiiiiice.
03/27/09 - 10:55 am
So amazing.
03/27/09 - 3:28 pm
Pretty damn amazing
03/30/09 - 2:03 pm
arent things better when we bring them back to basics?
04/13/09 - 11:38 am
Yes ”
That is i love the early 70-80s old bmx racing at the time .
Cool pic’s ….Had a lot’s of pics ….Lost the long ago !
04/13/09 - 11:42 am
Had a few old redline’s and scwhinn and rampar and other’s bike’s back in my day’s
They just don’t make like that no more …..Better the one’s you can buy in the bike store’s to day’s
There were better buildn’t .. Back then …and the cyc stomer , mongoose , and DG , and other’s oldeis ??
05/31/09 - 12:08 pm
no coment bmx super
06/04/09 - 8:57 pm
Wicked!!
08/30/09 - 10:45 am
as a 35yr old man still riding in the uk , things were jus the same vibe here back then on my super uff burner, awsome pics thanx 4 sharing!
09/18/09 - 4:22 am
These pics are the best! I was riding about the same time. All over the world it was times like these that we remember as the best.
Awsome post.
10/18/09 - 8:52 am
Skyway mags, Tange forks?, Redline…All rich kids. I had the ghetto cracker version…76 Shcwinn stingray spray painted with yellow K-mart mags….snake belly tires though. Then my cousin dropped me his Scrambler and after that was stolen, my mom felt sorry for me and bought a Patterson long frame nickel plated.
10/20/09 - 7:01 am
awesome…and the dirt ramps too…
10/20/09 - 10:02 am
That was totally RAD!
10/20/09 - 12:02 pm
Can I recommend that your friend take high quality scans of some of these photos and sell prints? I love the snap in the Post intro. I would buy it and 10th from the bottom.
10/20/09 - 1:32 pm
fantastic pics! catches this era perfectly.
10/22/09 - 7:48 am
Cool dude
01/26/10 - 12:22 pm
This was my life. Every detail, every jump, every wheelie, the hair, the bros, the t-shirts, the bedroom wallpaper (mine was cowboys, though). Thanks for the trip back.
02/06/10 - 9:59 pm
Cross ups, bunny hops, tabletops … just was thinking of the old Kuwahara’s and Redline’s which is how I ended up here. Can’t believe 30 years have gone past.
I had one of each, I was so lucky as we were basically on the welfare, but my dad found each one used from guys he worked for/with. They cost around 100.00 used, and the old man wouldn’t let you forget that either … but I know he had to do other shit so I could ride. He knew what the rich kids were riding, which always impressed me when he showed up first with the Redline, which was stolen and he replaced it with the Kuwi … tuff wheels and all.
Awesome pics.
Thanks for the lump in my throat.