Video break.
Dave Parrick is apparently hard at work on a long-awaited DVD transfer of all his classic Homeless videos, as well as Nowhere Fast. If you haven't seen 1993's Trash yet, here's a couple of sections. Kevin Gutierrez was so far ahead of his time it's silly. And while the vignetting can be a bit much, and the quality isn't the best, it's well worth your time.
Lee Sultimier
Sheps
Ed Koenning
The Gute
And now for something completely different:
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In a world where every new BMX "innovation" is met at best with praise and at worst with a shrug, there needs to be a voice of dissent. SPRFLS is that voice. Make no mistake—we welcome progress, provided it actually IS progress. You are not the width of your handlebars.
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22 comments:
Seriously, I can't tell you how many times we watched this video...Bobby and Andrew swore by it.
Day has started well. Thanks Russ!
Also, this blog needs more Corey Pintaro.
dear street riders, watch dave young's part in nowhere fast. then go re-think your existence as a bmx bike rider.
I'm amazed everyday that they were able to do anything on those pieces of shit.
Such a great video.
we keep a VCR hooked up in our shop and will occasionally pop in an older video and more often than not the newer riders just laugh at how big everyone's sprockets are and how baggy their pants are but rarely appreciating the skill to bike weight/technology ratio. pretty sad if you ask me. but i agree that Dave Young's part in Nowhere Fast is stellar.
a dave parrick collection? get in!
back from the days when people had their own style, not like now where most of the kids can't even pedal properly and all they want to do is try and emulate chase hawk/natan william/whoever's this month's 'cool' rider is.
...i forgot to ask, isn't Corey Pintaro the homosexual fellow that played Jonathon on "Who's The Boss"? maybe i'm thinking of someone else.
Once Parrick gets this stuff out on DVD, someone has to do something about getting 1201, Broken and Lights Out! re-released.
...and 101 Freestyle tricks and the GT Demo Tape and Haro Candy!
I believe the Scum videos are coming out with Anthem 2....
If Dave Parrick ever actually puts out nowhere fast on dvd it will be the greatest day of my bmx video life
todd- how can you say such good things, and then take away all your credibility by dissing on my MAIN-MAN dave- the mother fucking kill babies with a hatchet - young? he is the best. we have some things to discuss the next time you dial the 585 sir.
Corey Pintauro...
http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.channel&ChannelID=364427258
I was checking Google to see if anything else bad is being said about me when I went by the name of Corey Pintauro back in the day. Let me please set the record straight here once again. DANNY Pintauro is the gay guy who was a well-known actor. I am or was COREY Pintauro just another freestyle biker but definitely not gay. I would never lay with another male ever but I not opposed to gays or what they do, their lives have nothing to do with mine but I think most of the confusion lies with the last name which is why I have chosen to disassociate that name with any further entertainment work I do. I am still biking now in 2012 but have not used the last name Pintauro since Danny outted himself nationally back in 1997. I respect him as an actor but he and I are 2 completely different people on many levels. So please do not associate me the biker with anything that is said to be homosexual or gay please. I am far from experimenting with that and happily a straight guy and always have been. Thanks! =) -formerly known as Corey Pintauro
@former Corey Pintauro - what name do you go by now, and why did you hang out in a parking lot in Bartlett, IL lying about your "cousin" in the early 1990's?
I remember he drove the white spray painted POS with green wheels and Peregrine spray painted on the sides. I still have his old rims on my bike. I remember he told me "Mike" was his stage name. Even then I knew he was full of shit...but he was an interesting person...No knowledge of pedophile stuff...I am curious how he ended up in Bartlett of all places.
Idol threats from unimportant oral defecating fools =P What my real name is certainly not being put on public display for false accusations, just know anything you put out there in print across the internet that is damaging, harmful, and just pure hateful slander is going to get anyone arrested so you just might land yourself in court at some point. ISPs can be tracked from your messages, keep it up! I stated I am straight, always have been just ask your sisters ;) Ill lay out a few more answers that I deem appropriate to respond to, like me living in Bartlett? Bartlett Illinois right? I was on a bike tour and Schaumburg and Chicago were some of the stops but never lived there. Everything I have ever said has been truth, its many of you people who cant remember any details in past conversations since I can clearly see how distorted you all have turned everything around. Shame you cant identify yourself on here but thats understandable for shit-talkers who have nothing better to do with their time online. I attend lots of biking events so come find me and say anything to my face and youll get what you have coming to you if you keep this up. My girlfriend would probably like to hear what any of you have to say in person as well. Besides you all do know that if there is ANY child from back then who feels I molested them in any way, they can come forward and find me in the biking industry still and bring me to justice but guess what? They cant, they wont, cause it doesnt exist! I swear on everything in this world Ive never hurt or messed with any kids in any negative way. Id feel the same as most of you would if that happened to any child but youre wasting your time barking at my door. You should go after those guys the media is showing on the news every night, theres your targets! Now if anyone wants to hang and ride, look me up wherever you see a biking event in your area. Bikes is my passion and love, not people! People suck, many of you are living proof of that theory :/ But on the serious note, Im about biking still and any kids that ride near me are completely safe. Its about the sport with me so screw all this stupid talk and go ride a bike, hope to see you gentlemen out there sometime!
Stephen, I used to be friends with Bobby Fisher. You rode with him back in the day, right? Bobby would come to Virginia Beach VA every summer and ride with me back then every year his family came out. Id even stay at his hotel on occasion then. He rode so good I just knew he would eventually end up making it in biking. Good times for sure =) Have not heard from him in ages though. I still remember his Knoxville address by heart cause before there was the internet we wrote back and forth on occasion. Oh and whoever said I rode a Peregrine was definitely correct about that but I never had painted wheels, every one of mine were solid chrome so you didnt get those wheels from me then whoever you are out there. I do have a nice collection of Peregrine wheels today though that are worth a mini fortune ;) Got a warehouse full of bike parts actually. Anyway for those who remember me for riding flatland hit me up and we can catch up on whats happened and whats happening currently. But all seriousness, get off that homo shit, its not what I was ever about for real. I dont hate gays but Im certainly not one. As far as my real name goes? Just call me by my legal birth name... Mike! If youre about riding look me up =)
Corey Pintauro, I lived in Bartlett when you were hanging out with my friends and I, riding bikes. I never heard anything about molestation about you. My friends and I were watching you on TV, with you, freestyling on Dance Party USA on the USA cable network.(We thought it was odd that a freestyling guy was aloud to ride a bike on a dance show.)
I remember being confused about why you were hanging out with us for a few weeks. I asked you many detailed questions. You told me you were related to Danny Pintauro. You told me Danny's mom owned homes in 3 cities: I think those cities were Miami, Paris, and Los Angeles. You showed me your headshot proving that you were Corey Pintauro, since that name was on your headshot.
Do you remember that time? I remember my friends and I were happy to have you in Bartlett but we doubted some of your story.
Hey Erik, no never related to Danny but knew him well (hence using the same name for entertainment industry purposes as a stage name, my stage name is or WAS listed with the Screen Actors Guild until I went back to using my real name and decided to abandon all stage name uses forever. I never intended me using a famous persons name would end up placing me in the same spotlight with their personal life spotlighted in any negative undertone. I had biking friends in the west suburbs of Chicago would all wanted me to go their and so I did and while I was there I lined up freestyle biking shows mostly at schools. Im sorry I dont remember your name nor riding with you but we probably did since I rode with nearly every freestyle biker around. Shame people didnt keep in touch more from that area over the years. Most of the people that kept in touch with me were entertainment industry people. I do miss Chicago and the west suburbs but not the people who constantly want to throw me and my name into some twisted fantasy of me being in the same category as Danny Pintauros gayness. Im in my 50s now and still biking still a straight guy but not so much in freestyle competitions or for sport, I merely perform if the entertainment wants me for commercials, TV, film, etc. Hope I cleared up some more about me for more clarity. Oh one of my closest friends there was Michael Jason Bieda (11), did you know him? I stayed with him, his sister April (15) and their mom Barbara (50 ?) briefly while doing shows there in that area. After I moved from Chicago IL in 1992 I got a call from Barbara 6 months later that her son Michael died at age 12 in a horrific car accident on Carol Stream rd and Kuhn rd in Carol Stream. That hit me so hard man I just couldnt stop crying on the phone after hearing that news. I think about him and that family all the time, even lost contact with Barbara about a few years ago. Life sure takes you in a tailspin of directions over time. I ended up opening my own bike / skate / scooter shop in California and an indoor park for kids to ride in. Also ended up becoming a national vendor for WalMart assembling their bikes for them at over 500 stores all across the southern region of the US, made a great living at all that. Hope all is well with you brother? Take care. Sorry havent really been on here, just didnt feel the need to have to defend myself over other peoples false claims about me, I have nothing to answer for. Im about good people in this world. My friend and I were Googling names of people we know including ourselves and came across this page again. All the best bro!
No that was Danny Pintaro.
Back in the 90's we used to operate three roller skating rinks in NC and Mike, also known by his stage name Corey Pintauro worked for us for a couple of years performing freestyle on his bike at our skating rinks and local schools and he was around hundreds of kids all the time and we never had any problems nor were there ever any allegations or complaints made against him at any point during his tenure with us. Now while I can't give any input on the derogatory claims you've made against him because I wasn't there, I can attest to his exemplary character for the two years he was working with us and several of our affiliate skating rinks and if you have no proof of these allegations against him, just from my experience with him, then you are slandering this man in my opinion.
You did lie about who you were and related to in the early1990s! You were in NC for quite awhile with my brother and I riding freestyle. You told everyone that Danny Pintauro from Who’s the Boss was your brother dude!! I couldn’t care less but I don’t care for liars and fakes so I do have an issue with it. I always sensed there was something far fetched about your story but you were great at freestyle and never harmed anyone I knew of…. Just be honest man- from Sanford, NC
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