Letter from the past....
I received this late last week and figured some of you out there might like the read. All of you should enjoy it, it is a piece of Oregon BMX History. I know it brought one of those cheesy grins to my face. I wish more guy's from the past would surface with stories. Thanks Skud.-ben"I was reading some comments from Brice and he had mentioned Dave Thom was touring with one of the Megatour Events. I saw a pic and Dave and Shad are standing next to each other (boy we have all aged!). It has probably been 10 years since I saw Dave (probably out at the 30), but it brought back good memories. I remember when he and Pat use to live in Coos Bay, I was probably 15 then. They were flatlanding and riding street back then, Dave sure did love Dynos. We got him into riding dirt and around that time Pat moved to Seattle. I miss those lazy days at the 30 when we would spend all day riding and buildin.
I am the originator of the 30. It use to be called the 30 Foot Dip, located in Coos Bay, Oregon. I have an innumerable amount of stories from there including Looney, 30 Jams, Friends & Acquaintances: Gabe Gamble, Keith Harris, Frank and Eric Walters, Dave Thom, Josh Thom, Jason Thom, James Orr, Brice Neilson, Brandon Long, Chris Rock(Roggers), Derick Goodry, Kevin Frank, Sky, Ben, Curtis Easterbrook, Pat Jewbart (sp), Toast, Johnny Leavy, Josh Allen the list could go on. Anyway, it is good to see that people like Keith, Brice, and even good ol Dave are still riding. Maybe we will hook up for a jam in the Medford area, my bro, Keith and I are working on my jumps again,
Until then,
It is good to hear news from the Northwest even if you are down in the dirty southÂ
Skud
A.K.A. Eric Kelly"
posted by pdxbmx @ 9:04 PM
3 Comments:
Good to see your still keeping tabs on what's going on Eric. Hope your still getting on your bike.
-Frank W.-
Damn man, where you been hiding these days Eric?? Give me a ring sometime..tell Keith the same. R.I.P 30 Those were some fun times out at that place
Dave Thom siting last night! Watch out for a 26 ft Uhaul towing a car trailer and driving a wreckless 75 on the downhill! he's off to New Mexico in search of snakes and scorpions in the desert... watch out for the spitting types, Dave... "I'm 35 1/2, bitches!"
>Keith
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