Matt Hoffman at my mom's house (1980's photos)

[LJ851]

Ahhhh, the good old days.

The Haro Freestyle Team Factory transport.



Matt Hoffman chilling in our living room.



Matt Hoffman busting some moves on our trampoline.

[flyboyx]

Damnit. One more person I need to google so I can figure out what's going on.

[sonomabimmers]

dude thats epic. matt hoffman dave mira(spelling?) and ryan nyquist they were the dude. haro was the shit! old matt hoffman video game had me stuck when i was younger

[sonomabimmers]

Damnit. One more person I need to google so I can figure out what's going on.

real pioneer in the BMX world. cool dude

[rturbo 930]

So what's the backstory here?

old matt hoffman video game had me stuck when i was younger

Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX? Pretty sure I still have it somewhere here.

[2mAn]

Theres a doumentary on netflix called big air, find it. you'll see why he was so badass. DMC was another revolutionary. shame was happened to dave mirra. I still have my schwinn

[TimeMachinE30]

What's your tie to the BMX Kings?

Hoffman was all over my room. Fell for John Purse since he raced the bike I loved and later purchased... a Balance Killer B. Had a buddy in the neighborhood sponsored by Cannondale, Jim Hollis. He never made it big but was talented.

[sonomabimmers]

So what's the backstory here?

Mat Hoffman's Pro BMX? Pretty sure I still have it somewhere here.

That game and the Dave Mirra game for ps1 I believe was the best. +1 for back story

[BECKSTER]

That game and the Dave Mirra game for ps1 I believe was the best. +1 for back story

I failed primary school because of these games.
It's to bad Dave Mirra is gone.
Rip

[Nick_S]

No way! That's awesome. As a life long BMX rider he has always been, and will continue to be a huge inspiration.

[jpod999]

So what's the backstory here?

Seriously, how are you going to post these photos and then not give us the backstory?!?

[LJ851]

Backstory.

My brother and i were ate up with bmx and freestyle from the moment we could pedal a bike as kids in the late 70's. We grew up in northern Virginia and while i was content riding my bikes and building jump spots, my brother got into freestyle competition pretty heavy and got to know/became friends with Rick Moliterno and Matt Hoffman at the AFA competitions during 85-86.

The pics are from 87 when the Haro team came and did a few shows in our area, they stayed at our house 2 nights and did shows during 3 days. Everybody slept on the living room floor.

Did you notice the folding quarter pipe built into the back of the trailer?

[LJ851]

Nobody liked my backstory, lol.

[Andy.B]

Nonsense. That whole history is really cool!

[Nesset]

That's totally wicked.