Amazing Old School BMX Photos

Old School BMX Polaroids

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 –

http://properbikeco.com mike mastroni

this is the best thing ever. great post guys!
http://www.theyea.com snakebite

this really is the best post ever
jeffk

i like this alot… thanx
EvanSmedley

Siked on these photos!! Great post!!
http://hiddenclothing.com cameronasa

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.
jared

FUCK YES. FUCK YES. FUCK YES.
Matt S.

Holy crap. Each of those are such great photos.
http://bayareabikes.com ChrisB.

soooooooo rad.
Drew K

Ahhh skids, whellies and turn-bars.
Amanda

Its really funny that I looked at that one picture and thought oh a chick looking at her cell phone….OHhh wait a minute
Mo

Shit is soo fucking tight! How many riders have or had that exact same bed room set up?
http://davidlangphoto.com DavidLang

This is one hell of a banger of a post. Wow. Pictures are amazing.
http://www.inthegnar.com nick

suburban shredding
http://www.os-bmx.com s.bros

yep, that’s the stuff… so good.
http://www.myspace.com/givemuthafuckind Alex @ Give D!

Who’s the babe in the teal hot pants? Awesome photos, if only my old riding photos looked this awesome.
manu

this is so great!!
stefan

great pics.
http://www.therollingimage.com Dunk

unreal. i hope more people dig out old pics like these!
Adam Banton

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.
Patrick

Possibly the best Defgrip post ever.
http://www.icontactlife.com Matthew

SWEET!!
http://www.fromoverhere.com Jason-

Those pics are the best reasons to keep having fun! So good! Thanks for that!
Nuno

nothing says “bmx” more than some mags. sweet.
jif84

Nice! Great shots for a Polaroid!
http://sprfls.blogspot.com Russ Bengtson

Been all downhill since then.
one-T

ace! This post has put a big smile on my face, nice one.
http://www.markoknezevic.com Marko

the one with them holding up their bikes is simply EPIC
http://maligmat.wordpress.com mark maligmat

Amazing!
http://i303.photobucket.com/albums/nn128/dunkdog79/Current%20Projects/chad.jpg Chris Duncan Clothing

best post ever on this site!
Paulo Martins >30Kr

great pics! nice memories
CD

The photo of the three kids doing wheelies at the same time is what it’s all about. Rad post.
JPR

Leave it Russ to make the only negative comment. Powerslides need to have a resurgence.
http://www.mexicanjohn.blogspot.com mexican john

Top post! More like this please
Kelvin

Niiiiiiice.
http://www.odysseybmx.com bdubbs

So amazing.
http://flannelword.wordpress.com ohio (tom)

Pretty damn amazing
http://www.derekdudekdesign.com Derek Dudek

arent things better when we bring them back to basics?
Donald , Ray

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 !
Donald , Ray

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 ??
http://......................... ismet

no coment bmx super
GRIZZLY

Wicked!!
gef goodyear

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!
http://VOSBMX.COM Coasty

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.
http://www.pollobionico.blogspot.com Russell Maycumber

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.
puffanutta

awesome…and the dirt ramps too…
http://uvumi.com Aaron Robert Hall

That was totally RAD!
Dennis

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.
scott

fantastic pics! catches this era perfectly.
http://barbaroocasional.blogspot.com/ schuch

Cool dude
http://www.dingthinking.com GFine

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.

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