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The Huntington Beach-based American Freestyling Assn., which has about 2,000 members, gives awards of up to $400 for competition winners. Bike and clothing makers sponsor freestyling exhibits and competitions. The sponsorship of big business is crucial to the sport. A freestyle model ranges from $200 to $375. The usual price of a BMX bike is from $135 to $250. “We haven’t been able to keep up with the demand because the market is better than we forecasted” he said.Īccording to market research, Hess said, the freestyle bike is most popular style among 20-inch bikes. in Camarillo, said sales of freestyle bikes have been increasing steadily. “Since the advent of the sport, bicycle manufacturers adapted their products with foot pegs off front and rear axles for footholds during tricks, and redesigned brake cables,” explained Larry Manayan, 18, a Mission Hills freestyler so good he has a sponsor-SE Racing, a bicycle manufacturer.īob Morales, president of the American Freestyling Assn., said freestyle bike sales have outpaced BMX sales. The magazine business isn’t the only one capitalizing on these young bike riders.
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BMX Plus magazine, which also contains freestyling features and is published by the same company, has a circulation of 102,000. Mike Carruth, a 20-year-old Sherman Oaks freestyler who is advertising director of Mission Hills-based American Freestyler, said the year-old magazine’s circulation is 60,000. Freestyle, circulation 42,000, started as a single issue in 1984, went quarterly in ’86 and went bimonthly in May. With a circulation of 45,000, Super BMX and Freestyle is in its 14th year (the “Freestyle” part was a later addition). They’re into heavy music, wild styles, and are definitely very outgoing.”
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Still, he said, “this definitely isn’t stamp collecting, that’s for sure. A popular skateboarder slogan is “Skate or die,” while a freestyler saying is “Ride, don’t pose.” “My crystal ball is kind of fuzzy as to its future, but as more people become aware of it, I don’t see it slowing down.”įreestylers are different from skaters and skateboarders, Giberson said. “When freestyling was first coming in, I was a little scared it was on the fad side,” said Steve Giberson, editorial director of the Canoga Park-based magazines called Freestyle, and Super BMX and Freestyle.
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Today, it would be hard to find a suburban adolescent who hasn’t attempted some level of freestyling on a patch of neighborhood pavement. Osborn, the son of the publisher of Torrance-based BMX Action magazine.Īfter Bob Osborn featured the two teen-agers in his magazine and as a between-races act at a BMX show, the sport took off. He later worked out routines, including steering a bike up a ramp and flying off (called “getting air”), with R. The bicycle motocross (BMX) racer experimented with stunts usually performed on skateboards. Domination through versatility.Freestyling was invented in San Diego in 1974 by then 16-year-old Bob Haro. We still call it the Haro Freestyler line: The Master, The Sport, The FST and FSX.
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In fact, over the past two years Haro Freestylers have convincingly captured five out of six possible AFA national pro freestyle titles. From super specialised to amazingly versatile., Haro continues to write the book on freestyle BMX. So today we offer eight Haro Freestylers. In the beginning, there was one bike that stood alone.
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And just when they've figured out how to duplicate our last years product we come out with something new. First pro in freestyle, now first in racing. First pro flatland, ramp, overall AFA national champion. Haro Designs thrives on the leading edge of BMX. From designing the firstBMX freestyle bike ever to last year's decisive debut over the industry's hottest new line of BMX race bikes, the Group 1. From our original Haro BMX number plates and visors to our innovative protective gear and casual wear.