Hoffman was my first street bike, and I started going flatland and rode the momentum frame. Loved it and then went with the strowler. Very awesome frame as well.
Leif Valin’s signature frame the EP, when that first year model came out with that terrible bent seat stay he was pissed. That’s why you never saw him riding that model and that’s why the next year was straight. That was a last min decision by Gack.
The Big Daddy was Kevin Jones signature frame, designed by him and Brett Downs but it wasn't exactly a 100% specific flatland frame... riders like Dave Mirra and Jay Miron also rode that frame in park/street/vert. In fact it was marketed in magazines and ads as a "freestyle" frame. Quote: "Dig Daddy The one machine that can do it all, nothing short of incredible"
another great video! just FYI: *Strowler rhymes with Prowler*, not pronounced "Stroller". Mark Eaton told me it was a portmanteau of "Stalker and Prowler", a nickname inspired by whenever the fanboys would show up and try to take videos or photos of Kevin riding, which is why there's a Rat with a video camera in the original graphics. it was also intended to be Kevin's Big Daddy "replacement" signature frame when he made amends with Mat, which is a whole other story in itself...
@@MidSchoolFool i did some flatland jams several years ago, booked Mark to come down and DJ for a couple of them, so anytime we hang out i get to hear all the good stories you won't *ever* find online, LoL
Hoffman and mirraco. Back then when you became #1, you started a bike company. Garrett continues the tradition today with fiend. I remember the team completes. All white like the evil kenivel bike. They were in old Dan's catalogs n were nice.
Didn't start on the West Coast you say? Matt Hoffman was sponsored by Skyway bicycles, an iconic west coast company. So, the argument could be made the west coast helped create Hoffman bikes 😉
@@ThomasHimm-ew5ye Not done man. Tons to go. But mostly focused on Midschool flatland. Those companies didn’t have a lot of mid school flat representation. But I’ll take a deeper look 🤜🏽
they are love handles, calling them love bars loses the pun. too much incorect info to even compile a list. this is how misinformation spreads, i respect your enthusiasm but please put more research and time into things beforehand.
@@TimmGoschey-ps4ty thanks for the call out. Love handles sounds way funnier. That is the challenge with big old companies like this. People know way more than me and I can’t peer review before submission. But if you would consider my request, Please do submit a list of inaccuracies. I plan to do a corrections video soon and would gladly call out all my mistakes.
If you’re doing any sort of history of Hoffman Bikes how do you forget about Jay Miron? Granted Jay wasn’t really a full on flatland rider, but he was as much an original Hoffman team rider as anyone short of Mat himself, and he still rode in pro flat contests long after most other pros at his level gave up on flatland altogether. Just saying.
Fair point. A lot of those dudes did the freestyle thing back in the 90s. But me covering the early days are more back story than exhaustive history. I’m mostly focused on mid school flat. I can’t hold a candle to what some of the old school heads know about that generation so I touch on it and that’s really it.
I still have and ride m 1997 Hoffman E.P. Love that bike!
yes, that is a coaster brake mount!
Because Kevin Jones used a modified coaster brake aka "Roller coaster"
I met Kevin Jones a month ago at a skatepark, was cool
Glad to hear. I met him once at a comp in Virginia. Awesome guy and always THE K or the real GOAT!
Hoffman was my first street bike, and I started going flatland and rode the momentum frame. Loved it and then went with the strowler. Very awesome frame as well.
My 07' Hoffman Momentum, just won't die, I sold it and bought it back years later. Great Quality.
I honestly don't know if I've seen one!
Superforks changed the game. And you missed out James White!! He's still rocking hard!
Taj Mihelich was on Hoffman bikes too
Thank you for this video. Hoffman is not only one of my preferred brand but he is also one of the BMX legend / X Games.
I would say the most important and influential BMX rider of all time
Leif Valin’s signature frame the EP, when that first year model came out with that terrible bent seat stay he was pissed. That’s why you never saw him riding that model and that’s why the next year was straight. That was a last min decision by Gack.
The Big Daddy was Kevin Jones signature frame, designed by him and Brett Downs but it wasn't exactly a 100% specific flatland frame... riders like Dave Mirra and Jay Miron also rode that frame in park/street/vert. In fact it was marketed in magazines and ads as a "freestyle" frame.
Quote: "Dig Daddy The one machine that can do it all, nothing short of incredible"
good ol freestyle bike.
another great video! just FYI: *Strowler rhymes with Prowler*, not pronounced "Stroller". Mark Eaton told me it was a portmanteau of "Stalker and Prowler", a nickname inspired by whenever the fanboys would show up and try to take videos or photos of Kevin riding, which is why there's a Rat with a video camera in the original graphics. it was also intended to be Kevin's Big Daddy "replacement" signature frame when he made amends with Mat, which is a whole other story in itself...
@@MARLEYDIDIT ho lee crap. Seriously!!! I need to put this in the update vid!! That is hilarious!
@@MidSchoolFool i did some flatland jams several years ago, booked Mark to come down and DJ for a couple of them, so anytime we hang out i get to hear all the good stories you won't *ever* find online, LoL
My first frame and bike setup was the 98 red Hoffman EP got it off my friend and fellow rider Gabe Kadmiri
That started it all for me!!
Awesome video man. Thanks for doing all that research. I want to go back and watch your others ones now on the OG mid-school brands.
@@flatlandjourney thanks man. Much appreciated.
@@flatlandjourney keep riding man. Love following your journey!!!!
Didn’t name it after a bird they named it after the owner who was nicknamed after a bird 😂
@@16valvehate I’ll note this in the corrections video coming soon. Thanks for the heads up!
RIP GT. Pretty sad.
Hoffman and mirraco. Back then when you became #1, you started a bike company.
Garrett continues the tradition today with fiend.
I remember the team completes. All white like the evil kenivel bike.
They were in old Dan's catalogs n were nice.
Didn't start on the West Coast you say? Matt Hoffman was sponsored by Skyway bicycles, an iconic west coast company. So, the argument could be made the west coast helped create Hoffman bikes 😉
Glossed over the taj???
Not flatland enough. But Taj is the man. T1, his section in Etnies Foreword. Icon
@ my bad, didn’t realize this was a flatland channel. Just came across my homepage lol
What about ,hutch ,redline, robinson pk ripper you missing a lot bro
@@ThomasHimm-ew5ye Not done man. Tons to go. But mostly focused on Midschool flatland. Those companies didn’t have a lot of mid school flat representation. But I’ll take a deeper look 🤜🏽
My friend had an EP complete, maybe 98-99ish, how can i send you a photo?
@@nightriderbmxshop6768 send it to rolyan13 on instagram
they are love handles, calling them love bars loses the pun. too
much incorect info to even compile a list. this is how misinformation spreads, i respect your enthusiasm but please put more research and time into things beforehand.
@@TimmGoschey-ps4ty thanks for the call out. Love handles sounds way funnier.
That is the challenge with big old companies like this. People know way more than me and I can’t peer review before submission. But if you would consider my request, Please do submit a list of inaccuracies. I plan to do a corrections video soon and would gladly call out all my mistakes.
If you’re doing any sort of history of Hoffman Bikes how do you forget about Jay Miron? Granted Jay wasn’t really a full on flatland rider, but he was as much an original Hoffman team rider as anyone short of Mat himself, and he still rode in pro flat contests long after most other pros at his level gave up on flatland altogether. Just saying.
Fair point. A lot of those dudes did the freestyle thing back in the 90s. But me covering the early days are more back story than exhaustive history. I’m mostly focused on mid school flat. I can’t hold a candle to what some of the old school heads know about that generation so I touch on it and that’s really it.
Dude doesn't know who the Condor is 😂 cmon now...