80's Random pictures.

Andy Jordan at krts house, Cody Kreisel in Eau Claire at a bike contest - not sure why he's on the board as we all know Cody busted up his skull a few times and Doc. mentioned to stay off bikes.. but skateboards Cody?  Kevin Sisco in Moorehead at the halfpipe jam, Mark Miller in his backyard in Coon Rapids, MN.  Todd Miska and Ron Herman on the small ramp at Dave's sport shop in Fridley, MN. Two pictures of Mike Sopkowiak (skovy for short). Dirt jumping in blaine, MN and racing at Brooklyn Park. The newspaper clipping is of 4 Blaine BMX racers entering the Robinson Northern Lights Championship at the St. Paul Civic Center back in May of 81. That was a sweet race! The 1975 Ford Ranchero was powered by the famous 460 engine. The ramps were carried by some Kelly 50's on the rear and air shocks for that quick jacked up look. This beast was driven hard and laid plenty of rubber at various parking lots. The light rear end was fun driving, especially in winter. YA - in winter too. The end of the Ranchero came with several smashes, a bad restoration job and a worthless trade-in on a truck! I remember seeing the beast a year later in some used car parking lot looking like a tired old dog!

Have a good day!
Dale
 
Found this picture from 85 or 86, my memory is like an old mower blade - it may cut it but yikes!
Hoffman, Moliterno Penn Cycle Minnesota? If you know please email - thanks, Dale.
 
Just some random shots, 2010 Faction Bloomington skatepark - not sure about Santa already!
 
Minnesota Faction 2010 event was super sweet!

Mikko put on a great show this past Saturday 2010! Lots of prizes, contests, food and fun with old schoolers from Minnesota. One thing I noticed was how all the riders my age remind me of my dad when I was young. Getting old is crazy with all the old schoolers having kids riding too! The event was in Bloomington at the outdoor skatepark off Portland and 90th Ave. The event was very well organized but also very laid back and fun! Finally, after loading up the truck with food and bikes, we showed up around 1:30 or so and things were well on their way with prizes already being handed out, so my wife and I chased my son around on the street ramps and his little 12" bike swooshed right up to coping with his training wheels and all. Mom was their to give a push to the little radster up and over to roll down the other side - and the young trickster was good to go!

Well, I do have several pictures of the event and will post some of them as soon as I get the images tweaked to the right size. Good talkiing to you Mikko, JT, Brian, Paul - and several other old schoolers with dreams of owning all the sweet bikes shining in my eyes that day bring back old school memories of Minnesota racing, trails, jumps, crashes, ko muddy trails, (ko is an old gas station that had a nice track behind it located in Blaine) ditches, cars we jumped and old school bike we trashed!

Until next time...MFS OLD SCHOOL BMX THIS IS HOW WE ROLL - REUNION JUNE 2011 IS COMING
Dale