With the lockdown, the Youtube suggestions have been going deep lately. Here’s one the popped up for all the old school BMX guys out there, or just the younger generation that wants to see what BMX was like in the 80’s! This is the full BMX Plus “Freestyles Raddest Tricks” video that came out in 1985! This video features a bunch of legends, some you probably have heard of, others you may not have heard off, showing you what BMX tricks were the raddest at the time. This is 28 minutes of riding with a little how to action mixed in as well. It’s pretty wild how much BMX has changed since this has been made from the bikes to the tricks and everything. Either way, it’s a good watch, so hit play and take a look at it! Who knows, maybe it will inspire some riders to mix things up and throw some old school tricks into the mix to freshen things up a bit!

“Made in 1985 by Trends In Professional Sound And Video Dimensions.

Features riders Ron Wilkerson / Mike Buff / Rich Sigur / Scott Freeman / Scott McCloud / Robert Peterson / David Nourie / Martin Aparijo / Brian Scura / John “Dizz” Hicks / Brian Blyther.

Footage at Pipeline as well as How-To instruction.” – Oldschool BMX TV

Well, here’s some unfortunate news to be announcing. After 37 years, BMX Plus! have decided to call it quits. They have made the announcement via Twitter and it sounds like their final issue will be the November 2015 issue. For those of you keeping track, that really only leaves Ride BMX as a major publication for BMX magazines now that DIG, Ride UK and BMX Plus! have discontinued print. There are still a few smaller publications that do print, but seeing a magazine like BMX Plus! go under is pretty rough. I’d be willing to bet the first magazine a lot of you saw were a BMX Plus! in your school.

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