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Interview – Derek Curry
Team ACE is widely recognized as the first official BMX team in the UK, assembled by Richard Barrington. Early Team ACE riders included the likes of Andy Ruffell, Pete Middleton, Nicky Matthews, Steve Gratton, Cav Strutt, and Craig Schofield—many of whom went on to become the first generation of BMX superstars in the UK. In…
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Interview – Dave Thomas
When did you start BMX racing, and what was your first race? I started racing in 1980, and my first ever race was at Redditch. I finished 5th in the final in the 17 plus category, and that was enough to give me the BMX bug. What was your local track? Originally my local track…
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Interview – Ali Diegutis
How did you discover BMX? I was watching a program on TV called Run-around, saw it, and was hooked. That’s all I went on about. First bike? Second-hand Moto One. The first brand new was a Raleigh Ultra Burner, silver and blue. First race? My first race was at Bath on the Moto One. The…
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Interview – Damon Parkinson
What year did you start racing? I got my first BMX in 1979, an orange and black Team Murray from Halfords for £79.99. I started racing in 1983 but only did one race at The Band Arena in Morecambe. I didn’t make the final but got into the trophy dash and won it. It wasn’t…
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Interview – Kai Riviere
Can you remember when you first heard about BMX and what year it was? I first heard about BMX in 1980 from my riding partner, Paul Barter’s dad. I’m not 100 percent certain, but I think he saw something in a local paper. Were you already riding a Grifter at the time? I already had…
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Interview – 50+ Grand Vet British Champion Lee Hunt
Year you started BMX?1983. Hometown local track?Poole Panthers. How was the Bournemouth/Poole race scene in the 80s?It was certainly really big in the South back in the early eighties, with three tracks in Dorset at Poole, Bournemouth and Mannington. There were also some other good local places for dirt jumping like the Sections at Upton…
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Interview – Brian Jones
What year did you start BMX? I started BMX in 1981. How did you discover BMX? My brother Neil Jones first discovered the new craze, and my father decided to sell his RM 125 to buy our first BMX bike from Tony Christen’s shop in Manchester. First bike? My first bike was a Mongoose Supergoose.…
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Interview – Louis Mears
It’s been 40 years this summer since you became the first British rider to win a World Championship. You also got 3rd in Open class that weekend. You were so young at the time. Did you realise what you had done? Wow, has it been that long?! Honestly, I was so young that I just…
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Interview – Chico Hooke
In what year and how did you discover BMX?1982 was my first year. My dad knew Jamie and Jeremy Vince’s dad from the antique furniture trade. They were coming to race at the new Hillingdon track near us and said we should go along. We went to watch the first race, then went back soon…
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Gary Morgan (A Grifter, me and a World Championship)
My Story by Gary Morgan The thing is my BMX story isn’t one story, like life it has many endings and then somehow starts again! I was a latecomer to BMX by today’s measure, but I always had a fascination with bikes. I had a Raleigh Chopper at 11. I was 13 when I got…
