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Old School Snowboarding: The Very First Contest [VHS]

The popularity of skateboarding and BMX freestyle is exploding throughout cable sports channels and international contests boasting thousands of spectators; the popular "Curb Dogs" series shows how it all got started! Packed with 1980s footage, back when most onlookers thought these activities were "fads," these videos burst with the exuberant and rebellious spirit of these street sport pioneers.

This 1980 record of the first snowboarding contest is best when viewed as archival comedy. Today's big names in the boarding business, Tom Sims and Jake Burton, are shown handling with pride the latest technology in the then-new sport. Modified skates and truncated surfboards resemble cut-up toboggans with haphazardly attached Velcro straps, cut inner tubing and bungee cords serve as bindings while kevlar is touted as the way of the future. As the grand slalom competition is set to begin, there is a brief shot of two people inching along an imperceptible incline on reversed snow shovels, then with a kickoff provided by instantly dropped ski poles, the race begins. Flags are missed, and the participants spend more time in splayed horizontal stasis than in vertical motion. Shots of a hand-packed jump barely three feet high from which various skating tricks are attempted without a single landing are juxtaposed against contest footage from today. What is most apparent throughout this landmark competition are how the participants--including the hijacked jeans-wearing professional skaters, today's legends Sims and Burton, and random skiers attracted to the newness of this then burgeoning sport--recorded here for the first time, exemplify the free spirit and sense of adventure today's snowboarders are known for. Snowboarding Old School shows not only how far the sport has come in the years since the first ever snowboarding competition but how true to its roots the sport has remained. --DJ Alton

This is my 1982 Mongoose Supergoose. I bought it new when I was 12. It's all original except the Oakley B-2 grips, stem pad, Hutch lay-back seat post, Dia Compe hinged seat post clamp (although I put that on when the bike was new), tires, tubes, front sprocket (still have the original silver 39T) and brake cable. Oh, and the BMX Action Magazine sticker is from '84. I'll never sell it!

Winner for best old school bmx bike.
ACT Retro race series Easter classic.
Tuggeranang Viking BMX club at Kambah Track in Canberra. All BMX are pre 1986.

Huffy So Sweet Branded 20" Girls Bicycle. Comes in Purple. Specifications: Steel Y-Style Frame, Steel Unicrown Fork, Rear Coaster Brakes, Padded Seat with Graphics, Doubleguard Chainguard and Multi-Color Streamers

The Huffy 23317 So Sweet Girls Bike is an ideal bicycle for girls who have just learned how to ride a bike and are ready to graduate from smaller sizes to a "big kid" bike. With a vibrant blue and neon-green paint job and purple handlebar streamers, this bike features an aesthetic that girls will be sure to approve of. The bike has durable 20-inch wheels, built to withstand harsh terrain. The bike also comes with adjustable seats and handlebars, which ensure a good fit for a wide range of riders. Its steel Y-frame and padded seats are designed to perfectly accommodate children and provide them with superior comfort while riding. An exclusive double-guard chain guard prevents dangerous chain interference and wheel jamming for added safety.