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Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 2006-10-29 11:02:25 Topic: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

Man, for some reason the other day I got the urge to pull my bike out of the shed and ride it again.

I went through a bunch of phases like paintball, nitro RC cars, then my real car which all pretty much overshadowed my flatland riding.

Well I've sold all my PB crap a long time ago, I sold the Camaro because it's way too expensive to insure(and I got a ticket.. doh!), and I still do the 1/8 nitro buggy racing but that's just a one Saturday a month sort of thing.

I was here back when everybody first migrated to the Pedal BMX boards from Backlash BMX since "Nev" I believe couldn't do it any longer.

Well. I guess I'm glad I never sold off my bike because it's been a lot of fun relearning all the tricks I had down like 4 years ago or something.

Are there any other Virginia Beach guys still around? Last I remember one guy named Matt got busted for dealing drugs or something, Chris P. had some problems and was in the hospital for a long time, Drew got enlisted to the army, and Mike went off to college.

In case nobody knows I was the one who organized all of the Virginia Flatland Jams years ago.

Did anybody else ever pick up and have more?

-Tony
(aka formerly "flatlander_14")


-Tony

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Location: Ghent - Belgium - Europe

Date: 2006-10-29 14:07:33 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

I remember you Tony... Red Hoffman EP back in the day... Spiky blonde hair and glasses. :)

Welcome back!


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Location: Ann Arbor, MI

Date: 2006-10-29 14:37:47 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

Welcome back, you made it just in time to drink the Kool Aid with the rest of us!
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Date: 2006-10-29 15:03:36 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

allthough it's good you're back you should be ashamed of yourself for taking a four year break ! You diserved better than 4 years of not riding your bmx, quit your job or school and make up for the lost time.


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Location: Chesapeake, Virginia

Date: 2006-10-29 18:46:53 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

GOOD.............seriously.  Yeah, its been pretty shitty around here lately.  My arthritis is back in full fuckyou mode, and i haven't ridden since last december 29th.  Chuck is getting married in like, 6 days, but never rides cause, nobody to ride with.  Last time i talked to john, hes too busy with work, and bills, and engaged, so, he doesn't ride too much.  Ed Joined the Marines, Drew joined the Army and I believe is in Iraq right now.  Yeah, matt went to jail i believe.  Ummm... yeah, that about sums it up.  Theres still a shitload of street riders out here, but, as for flatlanders, its pretty nill till i get better i guess.  Hopefully you can get something going, and maybe get a few people riding again.  And like ChyoD say, 4 years, damn, you deserve to be smacked in the head, haha.




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Location: Virginia Beach, VA

Date: 2006-10-29 19:22:40 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

Ha, yeah but I think everything has ended up for the better though.

I'm working at Hall VB Dodge now as an intern through my Votech program... Will be a line tech as soon as I graduate.

I got all the prerequisites taken care of so now I've gotta convince the boss to send me to Detroit for a week so I can become a Viper Specialist :-D

edit:

Forgot to add today I went down to the Kmart on General Booth(where we held the first VA Flatland Jam) and rode for a couple hours. Been trying to hold megaspins more than 1 spin. I got 2 a couple times... My goal is to consistently nail 3 spins before 2007.


-Tony

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Location: chicago

Date: 2006-10-29 20:47:23 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

Man, it's like a drug... keeps pulling you back. I was out for about 3 years(well i rode street still, but not often). then i shot my knee out(jump gone wrong) so i came back to flat for good. I actually have found that learning new(or new to me at least) tricks, has been easier than relearning some of the older stuff i've done before.


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Date: 2006-10-30 22:48:34 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

Thanks for proving me right, Tony. You Dumbass.

BTW - I sold my small fortune of RC cars a long long time ago, and boy am I glad I got out of that shit. What a fucking money pit. I have been browsing rc car action at the magazine stores though, and they have some awesome fucking new 1/18 nitro cars and shit coming out.


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Date: 2006-10-31 12:23:58 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.


Thanks for proving me right, Tony. You Dumbass.

BTW - I sold my small fortune of RC cars a long long time ago, and boy am I glad I got out of that shit. What a fucking money pit. I have been browsing rc car action at the magazine stores though, and they have some awesome fucking new 1/18 nitro cars and shit coming out.


I was heavy into that RC Nitro car crapolla too. I built a custom track 60' x 120' on my land with rythum sections, doubles, 20' tripples, and whoops, 8' to 12' wide lanes, perimeter lights for nightime - the whole 9 yards. I gave it all up! It was robbing my bank clean! All the constant broken this broken that and waiting for weeks for parts to arrive. I just got sick of that. Racing that thing around the track though was super super fun and totally addicting just like flatland.


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Date: 2006-10-31 16:45:19 Topic: Re: Whoever said that I wouldn't be able to leave flatland was right.

I have fond memories of riding with the VA Beach crew at a jam back in the summer of '02. I was so stoked to see so many young riders so into flatland. I hoped they would all keep it going, but I knew as they got older most of them would get into other things.
Welcome back, Tony.


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