Eddie Fiola 1984 Old School BMX, Huntington Beach California
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 ส.ค. 2024
- Eddie Fiola and the GT BMX team rides competition in Huntington Beach, CA in 1984. Also featured in the FirstOnBoard BMX DVD "Rollin Back BMX." FirstOnBoard.com Old school vintage action sports from FOB!
I’m so glad my dad kept his 84 Pro Performer BMX. It’s mine now. I’m only 16 and I get a lot offers when I’m riding it with my friends. Eddie is super RAD. and my dad too for giving it to me.
Nice. Don't sell it. They go for a couple grand now in great condition.
We owe alot to Eddie Fiola I hope everyone knows this!!
Instablaster
Yes we do…I remember as a kid stationed in Japan with my dad when they did the GT Pro Tour Europe. They were in Japan just off the base we were stationed at and I got to meet Eddie Fiola and Shaun White (the BMX Guy) and there was another guy I can’t remember. I recall they were so uncomfortable around the Japanese when they’d do autographs cause they couldn’t understand em and when me and my friends showed up they were at ease..there were Americans there…lol…we got to hang with em a little longer because they could talk to us and they were polite about the military. It was a day I’ll never forget. I’d like to get in touch with him and see if he’d remember that…he’d almost have to since we were the only Americans there.
And GT bikes as well.i know he was sponsored. Don't think GT paid him,cause he helped design the Performer.that's what I've heard.
Greatest Freestyler of all time. I remember Eddie doing things that these guys do today. The sport really should mention him more as a founder along with so many others.
This man was a something else on that GT Bike. A master. Well done 👏
hard to believe this was 35 years ago ... time flies when you are having fun !
COMPLETE LEGEND BACK FROM MY DAYS..
Man I miss those days!!!
1984 holly cow that was a while ago, with the Bruce Lee yellow outfits on the BMX bikes and even the 80s dance moves with the bike. Pretty good stuff.
I remember year 84 so well lived all thru this time as a teen
Awesome 👌
Wish I could go back in time for this✔️
Fiola is a total class act. Still riding with his classic style even today.
And doing the same tricks
GT sold a Pro Performer because of this. To me. In 1987. The best of times. I loved that bike as if it was made of pure gold. It was like I was in the magazines too after I got it. Awesome bikes to this day.
Eddie was top back in the mid 80's for sure. We saw him at the nationals in Paris. ALl this old school BMX stuff is making me want to go out and get back into it again!
Always loved those GT Performers back in the 80s. That and the Skyway were lush
Turning the pages of BMX plus and BMX action and remember being amazed at the tricks but really lusting after those bicycles.
The GT pro performers and skyway were my favorite.
Skyway does occationally release retro frames but limited and kind of expensive.
For Bmx I always wanted the HUTCH pro racer with 3 piece cranks and the HUTCH bear trap pedals.
HUTCH has also started releasing retro spec frames and forks and have large sizes as well.
All the bikes listed above were way out of my price range at the age I was,lol.
LOL These are my days baby..ridin' all day long. A kid growing up in the heart of BMX. Eddie always put a smile on my face. LEGEND!
I love the bike and Eddie is amazing as always
I remember Eddie coming to England, he was staying with a friend of mine who's dad owned a BMX shop. Great to watch him just kick around the neighbourhood on his GT.
bmx started here in southern California bmx is raceing we calld it freestyle back in the days!!!!!
So glad I got to see this in person that day! It was at a bike store off Warner
I had a quarter pipe back then. Looking back I can't believe we rode those things that narrow 😲 I had a pro performer too. Yellow with blue skyway tuff 2, redline flight cranks, acs rotor and potts mod. Frame and fork standers totally decked out.
Dude when I got stateside from Japan after their tour there I bought the hot pink one. My dad teased the hell out of me but I had to have it. It was all decked out and had the white mags. They made the bike so heavy when I’d do land trucks I went up to do a cherry picker and caught my leg in the break line and broke my foot. I got better, took the mags off And put graphite spokes on her…lol…made it a ton lighter seemed like.
I had the privilege of meeting Eddie over 20yrs ago and he still blows my mind.
Eddie was the shit When I was a kid in the 80’s
so smooth,love fiola.
I love the interview at the end... the days before you had to be media savvy!
I saw him in England... it was really good cos 'we talked the same language', although I was about 12 and didnt speak to him!
Happy times!
These guys rocking the high seat!
This mattered SO much in 8th grade study hall, 1983/84
thank's for the memories uploader, Eddie, king of freestyle BMX!
I was here this day. It was a bike shop Bolsa Chica Huntington Beach
Saw the flying banana and Andy Ruffell here in Belfast way back in the early 80's as a wee sprog, great memories of it. When I see what riders can do nowadays compared to then, it blows me away but this is where it all began.
I love that bike
I remember sending a fan letter to Eddie back in the early '80s and he wrote back! Watching these old videos reminds me of how cool quarter pipe riding was, but also how cheesy the '80s were! All that breakdancing mixed with streetstyling!
Sorry, that was his fan club manager...
what a flashback..... wow. Trix r 4 kidz
Idk how some of these tricks weren’t adopted into street riding. Like the 180 Damien with that half bar in between and swing it back. That was absolutely crazy
Nice video brings me back into time, GT bikes are the best!
I was at this event! Time Flys!
GT-redline-db- pk ripper guy right here thx for the flash backs eddie
I saw that blue PK laying down in the background too
That was a Quadangle
The movie rad came out and that movie got me into bmx
Ellos disfrutando las gt y llo apenas tenia un añito de nacido pero ahora me encantan las gt
thanks for this, i never seen this before.
Great time
nothing not to like about Eddie. He's got style & taste.
I learnt to air on a Quarter the same size as that ramp! haha, can't believe how thin those old quarters were.
A true artist.
grandes recuerdos de mi adolescencia cuando practicaba en mi Redline !!!
Eddie Fiola,a.k.a.The flying banana.... Go on my son!!!!!
When I had a blue n yellow Raleigh Burner in 80s I wanted to spray my frame yellow so I could be the UK's, version of flying banana haha.those were the days, the 80s, total bmx mania....
the one piece crank really surprises me
GT BMX tá na veia o amor 👍👍😎
Those were the days.
Hell yea
I know him personally. He grew up down the street from my house and my dad and uncles grew up with him.
Awesome 👍
Viola reminds me of Bruce Lee with the yellow racing suit!
Those yellow mag wheels!
Love that cocky California bmx attitude
He was the God Of BMX Freestyle and Knew it! Like yeah whatever reporter dude, beat it Clown I got to go do a cherry picker....
The flying Banana.
Europe was hard to understand, except for England.
Im watching this video, and I notice the extra long rear cable because there's no rotor on the bike, thats where the bar spin came from Im guessing to untangle the cable, then after they invented the rotor the bar spin stuck and became a part of his and Martin's style!
The flying Banana.
rad
So cool
king eddie ;-)
Too cool :)
flatland was the beginning of the end...
Eddddiiieeee.......
Get RAD!! Eddie is GOD!!!
OMG i have seen the light
Was this before or after Rad was filmed? If so, did GT give him permission to ride a Mongoose bike in the movie, or was a GT bike actually used with Mongoose badging? 🤔
No, this was 1984. RAD was filmed in 1986. The movie was based on his life, as you can see, they hired an actor that looked just like Eddie. I'm pretty sure that the heads over at Mongoose sponsored a lot more money into that movie, then GT did, so they had to use the Mongoose as the star bike, but every other bike, especially in the beginning of the film were GT Performers. The Karate Kid also used a Mongoose. They were around longer, so naturally they had more money and connection's in Hollywood at that time.
I meant Fiola, sorry!
Back win it had soul!
but now it looks gay
I don't know very much about the history of BMX. Does anyone know --- did those Huffy bikes that started coming out in the '70s start the whole BMX trend? Or, were the Huffy bikes just following the BMX bike styling?
eddie is like a cat which always lands on its feet.
Was Andy Ruffle the guy from England?...
They didn't have gyros back then right? How did they do all the handlebar spins with the cables?
Extra long cables, so you'd maybe get 1 full spin, then you'd have to reverse it as you rode out of the trick.
Dude's so full of shame shilling @ 2:10.
The flying banana
Question, why hit the rear brakes on the pipe?
LEAVE IT TO BEAVER!!!!!
I know Tony Murray and met Eddie @ his wedding
1:13 is crazy
that music just made me pregnant.
My nigga rocking Banana yellow
Let The Rad Days Roll...
La montura la usaban alta
Rad
1:59 is amazing
Yuh
Yuh
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Trix R 4 Kidz
Eddie .....paid interview!!..lol...I'm joking ....Eddie... godfather of freestyle...along with Bob
You're supposed to laugh when he makes a joke... heh he...
daz my last name
Shame about the logo splashed right across. Spoils a great vid :(
Man I miss these early days of BMX freestyle they had so much STYLE and Pizazz nowadays the riders are boring as fk! No style just some skill and same trick over and over like double back flip to a tail whip to a double tail whip to a front flip to a triple tail whip hey now a flip whip and he finishes up with a 360 double tail whip. Next guy: triple tail whip to a backflip to a 360 tail whip to a no hand front flip to a double tail whip fkn boring as fk 🤣 😂
Legend💫