My best was a neon green Mongoose with white mags and white wheels. Aw yeah, white wheels. Rotor, pegs, and a crazy hot pink seat post. Aw yeah, hot pink.
Someone turned our local BMX track into an RC car track. An RC car track. Yeah.
Im only 16 but been racen bmx for 11 years and this is no doubt in my mind thee damn best movie ive ever watchd and thanks to my dads old vhs collection i found it along with fast times at ridgemont high BTW ON EBAY I PURCHASED FOR 10 DOLLARS A HD ENHANCED COPY OF RAD SO LOOK AROUND THE WEB THEY HAVE BEEN REMASTERING MOVIES LEFT AND RIGHT I LOVE RAD!!!!
I had a diamond back coolstreak with white mags wite tires .. Man that thing was sick, I remember walking in the living room and seein it . I shit my pants . Damn 450 dollar bike 21 years ago , wonder what it would be worth today if anything.at about 320 the blueish bike with white mags was identical to my bike..
i grew up racing bmx. in Ft Worth TX.. Cowtown BMX . i miss them days.. i watched this movie everday as a kid. i found it on dvd @ebay. i think it was just recorded onto dvd from vhs..still a great treasure of mine. love it.
My vhs that Ive had since I was like 5 just crapped out on me over a year ago. That was the biggest bummer. Anybody know if RAD is on dvd? Love this movie!!!
Every time I watch any part of this movie, or hear any of the songs, it makes me wanna cry like a baby! Huh the 80's were so bad-ass! Sucks getting old! Remember renting this VHS with the crazy colors on the cover, and when it used to come on real early in the morning on like a sat on HBO! Fuck Nostalgia!
Back when this movie was new, I wanted something nice like a GT, redline, haro, skyway, or even a CW would have done. Sadly, I had this shitty-ass Murray that I tried to fix up. I hated that bike with a passion. All the good parts in the world never made it into anything other than the joke of the neighborhood. It was basically the "ricer" of 20 inch bicycles.
@Lesrevesdhiver LOL! I had a Murray too, bro! My mom couldn't afford the Mongooses or the GT's and Redlines! Remember just wanting to get at least a cool set of handle bars or gooseneck, or mags for the tires! oh shit and don't forget pegs!
This has been my favorite movie since I first saw it. I'm 27 now and still watch it every once in awhile on a converted DVD. Makes me want to bust out my Diamond Back which is a Sky Blue Mike Dominguez signature.
I still have a GT performer sitting out in storage. Too bad I sold the mags when I was younger, and it's had spokes ever since. One day, I'm going to fix that boy up and ride again. Gosh, feelin' all emotional, haha.
Love this movie so much. Love all the music in it. Takes me back every time. 80s music was fantastic. I've got to go watch the whole movie now, hah.
I got my dad to take my friend and I to see this movie on my birthday. I think we were the only ones in the theater. I got a job at Mcdonald's to buy a 87 GT pro freestyle tour team model ($700 back then). I became really good at flatland and got sponsored by a local bike shop. I rode for years.... I miss those days.
Its funny so many people like me here, remember watching this movie and going out riding my GT pro series in the early 90s , im 34 now, time really flew by those were good times. I watched this movie so much I had my whole life ahead of me.
I use to freestyle with an '87 GT Pro Performer and then an '89 Haro Team Master and have a boom box blasting Master of Pups and other various thrash bands
mongoose expert pro man ,bulldog brakes !All the way ,,,Dyno wasnt bad and the old school original diamond Back was kikass Too !! ANyone got a moongoose expert for sale Pm me please.!
I remeber when the movie came out. there was one guy that had a gt performer and and all of us kids would want to try doing tricks on his bike.those were really fun times. I have the movie on dvd, and I just got "send me an angel" on vinyl original promo pressing. this movie rocks!
I remember watching this intro and then going out on my 1990 Haro Master and attempting this shit!!! I swear I've seen this movie 300+ times. Wore the vhs tape and the VCR OUT!!
Greatest movie of all time. Greatest film music of all time. God i wish i still had my BMX. In the 80s all you needed was your BMX. I need this and Megaforce on DVD but alas...can't find them anywhere.
i should have spent my time being myself instead of worring about what other people thought of me during my childhood. i also should have listened when adults told me life is short and enjoy your childhood! man if i could go back with the things i know now!!!!!! man i was a dumbass. if i could go back the first thing i would do is beat the shit out of myself for being so stupid!
Can somebody post the different intro where the title comes up as a wheel is sliding into the lens. It was the version we had in Australia. I loooove this film!!!!
ah the good ol' days :) i'm older now but i can still fuck it up on a bike :) ah the days of torker ll's redline pro lines, pk rippers, quadangles, rrs racing, rampar r10's etc etc :) i'm smiling right now..
The danish amatur boxing star Torben Keller actually uses this song for his entrance. He grew up with this movie. Amazing stuff. youtube.com/watch?v=kJmZcpvJ_RI
@dodgeramboggers late 80s Haro (saved lawn-mowing money for a year and purchased it on own)... also, watched Rad as part of a double feature with my younger sister who went initially for Care Bears but ended up hating having to sit through the next 8 times of Care Bears to get to Rad!
@gr187 Haro bikes were king back then. buddy of mine had a Haro Sport. when i was 11 in 1982 a kid in the neighborhood and a chrome Thruster and we all thought that was the hottest bike around lol. i always liked the Skyways too. there is a website dedicated to old style BMX and Freestyle bikes and there are some really hot old school bikes on ebay.
Dude I haven't even THOUGHT of this movie since I first saw it in 89'. Great flick and I need to get this song on iTunes. What is the name of the band/song?
here are the BMX bikes I had back in the 80's and 90's when I was in my teens and early twentys: Haro Master, Haro Sport, GT Pro Series, GT mock one, Free Agent, and all bikes were custom built with the best parts. each bike cost $500 to $700 to build.
MAN WAT CAN I SAY BOUT DIS FILM.I LUV'D DIS DAMN MOVIE.ITS LIKE IT EMBODIED DA VERY BEST OF TIMES OF DA 1980'S.LOOKIN AT DIS NOW IS LIKE REALLY WARMING MY HEART.AND I'M A BROTHA SAYN THIS.I HAD A FEW WHITE GUYS I WAS COOL WIT AND I HAV 2 SAY DIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A CONNECTION BETWEEN US BACK THEN.I'M A HIP HOP HEAD 4 REAL.BUT WEN IT CAME 2 GETTIN DOWN ON DEM BIKES.MAN I WAS NICE.I WAS JUS AS INCREDIBLE AS DA WHITE DUDES.SUM ACTUALLY TAUGHT ME SUM MOVES.DA MUSIC WAS EVEN SOULFUL.IT WAS ALL LUV MAN.
I love this movie!!!!!!! My dad got it for my brother and I in 1986 on VHS we had 2 vcr's and recorded it for all our friends....I can't begin to tell you how many times we tried these stunts to only end up unconsious or in the hosptial...Our parents even went as far as digging a pit in the backyard that was about 6' deep to resemble a pool!! My dad got this movie on dvd for my son who is 12..Like reliving my childhood all over!!!!!
My inspiration as a kid growing up.> Mongoose all the way :looking for a Mongoose Expert 1991.? Chrome with holes In the Rims for weight reduction > Now 34 and MAn classic for me ........ :)
i want my MOngoose Back >> sold MOngoose expert 1991 For $100 >will buy back for $1000 TOday Big mistake ,THis movie was so good In its day ,can remember the old diamond back original > worth Big Money today .... why are the Bmx bikes Today Painted And NOt chromed.?
@newcastlekingdom Yeah the Diamondbacks and Dynos were bad ass too. Just depended on your style, whether you were a Freestyler or a BMX'er. I was in love with both. Now I'm a car and truck junkie.........most of us from back then probably all are now........
Gosh those were the days, Peregrine Mags, ACS rotors, Dia Compe brakes, etc. If you didnt ride a Hutch, Haro, Redline or GT you might as well been walking!!!!!! I'm 36 now..................
@BO1974 I'm the same age... I had a Mongoose and my brother had a Hutch, don't forget Bullseye hubs, ELF frames, & 3 Piece cranks were a big deal too! Dude...Pacific Palms, Mushroom grips& Donuts, Skyway, diamond-back, BMX Action & Plus...we turned every mound of infield dirt at the ball field into whopty-doo's
@BO1974 Yep, I had a 86 GT Performer. Id love to find another one to fix up. Wish I still had all those GTs, Predator and redline bikes I had back then.
@BO1974 I rode a Diamond Back....Brother had a Dyno which I think was bought by GT.....
Having no chain guard, odyessy pegs that on the fork that folded up, laid back seat post, I didn't have a rotor, my brother did...Eddie Fiola, Mike Dominguez, etc and BMX PLUS! Magazine....
@BO1974 hey man, im 13, and im lucky my dad gave me his 87 hutch exel, im planning to fix the scratches and get new brakes and a sticker kit. its all original, and i feel awesome on that bike
@OnlyAKnife Good Luck Dude! Believe me BMX's and Mongooses back in the 80's were so awesome! Taking parts from one and putting them on another! or starting from scratch from ordering parts from a Bike magazine!
Filmed in Cochran Alberta Canada..some of the best natural bmx riding trails in the world around that town!
Hell track qualifying races were filmed in bowness park In the city of Calgary! I remember how pumped I was when I first raced my friends around that track...those trees are pretty tight in some spots!
There's an ISO of a high quality widescreen HD TV rip of this movie floating around... complete with professional looking DVD menu. Look it up... just a heads up for anyone who loves this movie as much as i do. The short lived official DVD release was an inferior & poor quality VHS to DVD transfer & it's probably not cheap if you can get your hands on it... not worth it for that kind of quality. They seriously need to do this movie justice & give it a proper decent quality release, long overdue.
This is what the 80's all about good rock music, new wave fashion clothing, good arcades, cutting edge technology ( like VHS and betamax) the decade of fun and innovated sport like BMX and FREESTYLE. Those days are gone forever.....just like bye, bye miss american pie and the 80's had become an icon.
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i seen this n da movies 2 weeks straight trying to do new tricks. i'm 39 now the shit they now do is amazing. we had it ruff back then wasn't that many tricks back then. do anybody remember bicycle and dirt magazine?
I can't even begin to tell you all how many times I have seen this movie. The first VHS copy ended up ruining from several hundred views and I have a bootleg dvd I have watched like 20 times as an adult...I used to get on my 1990 Haro Master(bashguard) and try this stuff after the intro scene....Talk about getting pumped!!
@poosmell My mom got this movie on DVD and gleaming the cube using swapadvd.com It's really cool♥ they have so many movies and if you have dvds you dont want anymore you can put them on there and get credits so you can get more dvds.
Thumbs up if you remember Skyway II Mag wheels! I had a set on my Mongoose Californian! When this movie came out I was doing all these same tricks. People would come watch me at the park at night when I would practice. My wife made me cut off my rat tail! HA! I used to braid it cause I was badass! PFFT! HAHAHA!
@killersushi99 Let me get your opinion on something then...my brother just got a bike. The bike frame is white, tires are black on spoke rims. He's getting Skyway mags off eBay...so with a white frame, black tires, should he get white or black mags? I'm saying white..what do you think?
Man! what great memories. This was one of my favorite movies growing up and still is. 1980"s was a great decade to grow up in. i wish they would release this movie out on dvd or blue-ray. come on if they have Howard the Duck on DvD why not RAD.
gees the stuff they do now on freestly makes these guys look like beginers, this is also when bikes were very light too, now they are so heavy and thick
@clevelandiscursed Yeah, you're right. I remember Dennis McCoy, I think it was, describing how he totaled at least one very light bike back in the day.
I love this movie! I have it on dvd and still watch it. I never understood how these guys do these flat land tricks. They defy gravity. I still try them every now and then, but usually end up hurting myself! Was it balance? Was it strength? What is the trick to doing them?
que lindos recuerdos me trae esta pelicula!!! yo era un niño. esas bicicletas no habia en argentina en los años 80. solo eran imitaciones baratas. gracias por el movie..... thank you
I used to be able to do about a 1/3 of these tricks. If I tried it now at 33 I would probably break my neck on the first try. Oh well, at least I can watch RAD and dream like I used to :)
I was going through old VHS tapes the other day, and found my copy of RAD. So I popped it in, and unfortunately the tapes age caught up to it, and it's all corrupted :( Will have to find a new copy now. But this movie will always be a classic for us that grew up with it.
back in 1985 (when i was 5) id be trying these moves on my ammaco mongoose and smashing the hell out of myself. I found that same ammaco mongoose in my parents shed recently and even though im 30 i thought id give it another go and guess what - i still suck!
Man , i was watching movie E.T. couple days ago and there is a scene in the movie where the kids are runing away from the cops on there bikes. And then i remembered one cool movie that i was watching when i was like 10 years old.
So i didnt remember the name of the movie , i went straight on Google to search and i found it , its "RAD" !!!
OMG , i totally forgot this movie , i didnt watch it probably about 10 years !
RAD intro and bike dance scene are simply amazing with great songs !!!
This inspired me to go and jump "down the steps" at the local primary school! The chick from "Full House" was in this movie! She was pretty then, and kept getting prettier! :)
I also loves this movie and BMX. I recently well 3 years ago got a BMX bike, but I really want a original bike like what these guys have. I also really would love to be able to do some of these tricks.
ron wilkersons cherry picker is totally flawless. makes it look so easy. that was the ultimate move back in those days.
what's amazing is that todays flatland while more technical is nowhere near as cool as the tricks in this video. i love bmx, always have but todays flatland is just boring IMO. technically harder? absolutely.
I still have this on vhs, love it! Watched it all the time growin up back in the 90s! Damn good movie, even though there is some horrible acting but ya dont notice it when youre so young haha
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My best was a neon green Mongoose with white mags and white wheels. Aw yeah, white wheels. Rotor, pegs, and a crazy hot pink seat post. Aw yeah, hot pink.
Someone turned our local BMX track into an RC car track. An RC car track. Yeah.
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Im only 16 but been racen bmx for 11 years and this is no doubt in my mind thee damn best movie ive ever watchd and thanks to my dads old vhs collection i found it along with fast times at ridgemont high BTW ON EBAY I PURCHASED FOR 10 DOLLARS A HD ENHANCED COPY OF RAD SO LOOK AROUND THE WEB THEY HAVE BEEN REMASTERING MOVIES LEFT AND RIGHT I LOVE RAD!!!!
gmanbmx485619 3 weeks ago
I had a diamond back coolstreak with white mags wite tires .. Man that thing was sick, I remember walking in the living room and seein it . I shit my pants . Damn 450 dollar bike 21 years ago , wonder what it would be worth today if anything.at about 320 the blueish bike with white mags was identical to my bike..
clemsontigz 1 month ago
Man this and Dirtbike kid was my favorite movies when I was 10 . Fkn nuts how time flies
clemsontigz 1 month ago
dude, back in the vhs days, we had rad and dirtbike kid on the same tape, i mustve watched it twice a day for 5 years.... ahh the memories.....
4776yankee 1 month ago
these people now drive a wheelchair!
santeam 1 month ago
I love to find it on DVD !!!!
jayman6677 2 months ago
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Best. Movie. Ever.
jross5531 2 months ago
i grew up racing bmx. in Ft Worth TX.. Cowtown BMX . i miss them days.. i watched this movie everday as a kid. i found it on dvd @ebay. i think it was just recorded onto dvd from vhs..still a great treasure of mine. love it.
oooFightinIrishooo 3 months ago
2 words, "BMX Bandits".
xDredgex 3 months ago
Hutch Windstyler. Hot Pink. Those were awesome times.
bman325 3 months ago
My vhs that Ive had since I was like 5 just crapped out on me over a year ago. That was the biggest bummer. Anybody know if RAD is on dvd? Love this movie!!!
AZcowboy25 3 months ago
"Lets rock this sucka"
"Alright!"
doitright82 3 months ago
Fuck The Dark Knight...THIS is the best movie intro of all time.
Damien333 4 months ago
I'm going to have "mostly" agree. I had a CW Z1000. That bike was one of the lightest bikes I'd ever ridden. I wish I still had it.
lewiswa02 4 months ago
i saw this in theater (twice) when it came out. tore it up at Pipeline park as well. Good times.
lammybacon 4 months ago
THE REAL BMX DAYS :D
jmillhitmaker 5 months ago
Mongoose FS1 Blue and white, love that bike! Long live the 80's!
kofbaron 5 months ago
Imagine if we all kept those little shitty GT, Mongoose..etc, parts that used to just lay around our basements! Uh what a Bike I could build!
jaee1 5 months ago
I think everybody wanted a Diamond Back! They were so damn expensive back in the mid to late 80's and into the early 90's!
jaee1 5 months ago
Every time I watch any part of this movie, or hear any of the songs, it makes me wanna cry like a baby! Huh the 80's were so bad-ass! Sucks getting old! Remember renting this VHS with the crazy colors on the cover, and when it used to come on real early in the morning on like a sat on HBO! Fuck Nostalgia!
jaee1 5 months ago
@jaee1 Those were the days
rtorres1833 5 months ago
Back when this movie was new, I wanted something nice like a GT, redline, haro, skyway, or even a CW would have done. Sadly, I had this shitty-ass Murray that I tried to fix up. I hated that bike with a passion. All the good parts in the world never made it into anything other than the joke of the neighborhood. It was basically the "ricer" of 20 inch bicycles.
Lesrevesdhiver 5 months ago
@Lesrevesdhiver LOL! I had a Murray too, bro! My mom couldn't afford the Mongooses or the GT's and Redlines! Remember just wanting to get at least a cool set of handle bars or gooseneck, or mags for the tires! oh shit and don't forget pegs!
jaee1 5 months ago
Norco spitfire was my weapon of choice with skyways mags
bcroadbuilder 5 months ago
6 people never learned to ollie
InjusticeGuy 6 months ago
This has been my favorite movie since I first saw it. I'm 27 now and still watch it every once in awhile on a converted DVD. Makes me want to bust out my Diamond Back which is a Sky Blue Mike Dominguez signature.
savir13 6 months ago
makes me miss my skyway
saifulizhan 6 months ago
I still have a GT performer sitting out in storage. Too bad I sold the mags when I was younger, and it's had spokes ever since. One day, I'm going to fix that boy up and ride again. Gosh, feelin' all emotional, haha.
Love this movie so much. Love all the music in it. Takes me back every time. 80s music was fantastic. I've got to go watch the whole movie now, hah.
vikingmetaldragon 6 months ago
The song is pretty awesome.
MacDragard 6 months ago
I got my dad to take my friend and I to see this movie on my birthday. I think we were the only ones in the theater. I got a job at Mcdonald's to buy a 87 GT pro freestyle tour team model ($700 back then). I became really good at flatland and got sponsored by a local bike shop. I rode for years.... I miss those days.
barrysj74 6 months ago
brakes are for pussies. bring on the giro or no brakes at all!!!!!!!!!!
deegz01 6 months ago
I ate KIX as a kid because of this movie!
xLEGOx 7 months ago
Its funny so many people like me here, remember watching this movie and going out riding my GT pro series in the early 90s , im 34 now, time really flew by those were good times. I watched this movie so much I had my whole life ahead of me.
iftmedic77 7 months ago
sky way all the way
spacemask 7 months ago
i hear that i had gt interceptor man i pimped that thing out iam 36 now also i was also on bmx team when i was 15
frost19752000 7 months ago
BREAK THE THIN ICE!
TheDap96 7 months ago
I still have my GT Dyno VFR...took it to the bike shop and they said 'in this condition you could easily get 500 for it'
*not for sale*
Jizanky 8 months ago
6 people are definitely not Rad!
pyromarko88 8 months ago
I use to freestyle with an '87 GT Pro Performer and then an '89 Haro Team Master and have a boom box blasting Master of Pups and other various thrash bands
thrasher123 8 months ago
I remeber skating in melbourne city square, Australia, watching the freestyle bmxers doing there stuff, good days.
benaberry 8 months ago
mongoose expert pro man ,bulldog brakes !All the way ,,,Dyno wasnt bad and the old school original diamond Back was kikass Too !! ANyone got a moongoose expert for sale Pm me please.!
getsbent 9 months ago
i remember recording this intro on a vcr and just looping it over and over, probably 8 or 9 years old.
funkymoneylove 9 months ago
6 people got worked in flatland
qwalznarg 9 months ago
I remeber when the movie came out. there was one guy that had a gt performer and and all of us kids would want to try doing tricks on his bike.those were really fun times. I have the movie on dvd, and I just got "send me an angel" on vinyl original promo pressing. this movie rocks!
vdoscanr 9 months ago
I remember watching this intro and then going out on my 1990 Haro Master and attempting this shit!!! I swear I've seen this movie 300+ times. Wore the vhs tape and the VCR OUT!!
dskeetgt 9 months ago
the cops used to bug me all the time about my bike
alienhddna 9 months ago
this was a cool 80s movie
alienhddna 9 months ago
Greatest movie of all time. Greatest film music of all time. God i wish i still had my BMX. In the 80s all you needed was your BMX. I need this and Megaforce on DVD but alas...can't find them anywhere.
ctaurus2111 9 months ago
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ctaurus2111 9 months ago
I had a tricked out Diamond Back Viper with Oakley 3 grips and Z-rims
catfisheddy 9 months ago
i should have spent my time being myself instead of worring about what other people thought of me during my childhood. i also should have listened when adults told me life is short and enjoy your childhood! man if i could go back with the things i know now!!!!!! man i was a dumbass. if i could go back the first thing i would do is beat the shit out of myself for being so stupid!
yourallbrainwashed 9 months ago
I had a skyway with araya 48s,hot pink grips,3piece cranks the whole nine yards,i miss those days
pogue953 9 months ago
I miss my Tioga comp III's...
3d8541 10 months ago
Best movie ever!
I met bill allen "cru" at interbike a few tears ago
xridesbikex 10 months ago
My son's favorite movie back in the day..
doublemage 10 months ago
Can somebody post the different intro where the title comes up as a wheel is sliding into the lens. It was the version we had in Australia. I loooove this film!!!!
johnnywad23 10 months ago
that was the most rad 2 minutes of my life thanks for the upload squirrelpiss
beammegill 10 months ago
ah the good ol' days :) i'm older now but i can still fuck it up on a bike :) ah the days of torker ll's redline pro lines, pk rippers, quadangles, rrs racing, rampar r10's etc etc :) i'm smiling right now..
fastestcararound 10 months ago
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fastestcararound 10 months ago
well that was rad
jam8 10 months ago
The danish amatur boxing star Torben Keller actually uses this song for his entrance. He grew up with this movie. Amazing stuff. youtube.com/watch?v=kJmZcpvJ_RI
PapandDK 11 months ago
had a constrictor with all chrome frame and alloy five spoke rims
chainsawearl 1 year ago
i loved this movie!! Had a 87 haro master, man i miss those days
dodgeramboggers 1 year ago
@dodgeramboggers late 80s Haro (saved lawn-mowing money for a year and purchased it on own)... also, watched Rad as part of a double feature with my younger sister who went initially for Care Bears but ended up hating having to sit through the next 8 times of Care Bears to get to Rad!
beauf2 1 year ago
6 People didn't have a childhood.
xianizradx 1 year ago
Sensational
Strat0Blues 1 year ago
I had a neon yellow Dyno Compe II with black GT mags. holy shit did i love that bike. and a black Mongoose Californian. i wish i was a kid again.
jb68025 1 year ago
@jb68025 sweet...I had a Haro Master and a GT Pro Freestyle Tour Team Model....I wish I still had them...this movie was f'ing awesome
gr187 1 year ago
@gr187 Haro bikes were king back then. buddy of mine had a Haro Sport. when i was 11 in 1982 a kid in the neighborhood and a chrome Thruster and we all thought that was the hottest bike around lol. i always liked the Skyways too. there is a website dedicated to old style BMX and Freestyle bikes and there are some really hot old school bikes on ebay.
jb68025 1 year ago
@jb68025 Skyways, wow... good times indeed. Rad - full house TV show chick too! And... Cru! Cru! or Crew Crew! lol...great memories!
beauf2 1 year ago
@gr187 actually saw Haro team perform live once... back then a 360 no-hands 6 feet above ramp was "rad"!
beauf2 1 year ago
I guess 6 people did not own freestyle bikes in the 80's :(
polarbear35353 1 year ago
I think we all wanted to be on the Haro world tour team! So awsome!
killersushi99 1 year ago
Dude I haven't even THOUGHT of this movie since I first saw it in 89'. Great flick and I need to get this song on iTunes. What is the name of the band/song?
notoriousnews 1 year ago
here are the BMX bikes I had back in the 80's and 90's when I was in my teens and early twentys: Haro Master, Haro Sport, GT Pro Series, GT mock one, Free Agent, and all bikes were custom built with the best parts. each bike cost $500 to $700 to build.
2point6x4 1 year ago
MAN WAT CAN I SAY BOUT DIS FILM.I LUV'D DIS DAMN MOVIE.ITS LIKE IT EMBODIED DA VERY BEST OF TIMES OF DA 1980'S.LOOKIN AT DIS NOW IS LIKE REALLY WARMING MY HEART.AND I'M A BROTHA SAYN THIS.I HAD A FEW WHITE GUYS I WAS COOL WIT AND I HAV 2 SAY DIS WAS ABSOLUTELY A CONNECTION BETWEEN US BACK THEN.I'M A HIP HOP HEAD 4 REAL.BUT WEN IT CAME 2 GETTIN DOWN ON DEM BIKES.MAN I WAS NICE.I WAS JUS AS INCREDIBLE AS DA WHITE DUDES.SUM ACTUALLY TAUGHT ME SUM MOVES.DA MUSIC WAS EVEN SOULFUL.IT WAS ALL LUV MAN.
visionkingdom 1 year ago
"oh my heart a backflip! hulk hogan eat your heart out!"
vinnieknish 1 year ago
I love this movie!!!!!!! My dad got it for my brother and I in 1986 on VHS we had 2 vcr's and recorded it for all our friends....I can't begin to tell you how many times we tried these stunts to only end up unconsious or in the hosptial...Our parents even went as far as digging a pit in the backyard that was about 6' deep to resemble a pool!! My dad got this movie on dvd for my son who is 12..Like reliving my childhood all over!!!!!
1978jmac 1 year ago
My inspiration as a kid growing up.> Mongoose all the way :looking for a Mongoose Expert 1991.? Chrome with holes In the Rims for weight reduction > Now 34 and MAn classic for me ........ :)
getsbent 1 year ago
i want my MOngoose Back >> sold MOngoose expert 1991 For $100 >will buy back for $1000 TOday Big mistake ,THis movie was so good In its day ,can remember the old diamond back original > worth Big Money today .... why are the Bmx bikes Today Painted And NOt chromed.?
getsbent 1 year ago
@getsbent rust man. terrible, terrible rust
terryorphin 1 year ago
This kind of BMX was like the Model T of cars! AWESOME!!!
TheNoisePolluter 1 year ago 2
I watch this movie now and laugh at how corny it was... But I still enjoy it...
TheBourneBlogger 1 year ago
3:08 RAD!!!
newcastlekingdom 1 year ago
RAD! me and my brother shared a badass chrome GT and my cousin had a badasschrome DIAMONDBACK.wed finish watching this movie and then go for a ride.
newcastlekingdom 1 year ago
@newcastlekingdom Yeah the Diamondbacks and Dynos were bad ass too. Just depended on your style, whether you were a Freestyler or a BMX'er. I was in love with both. Now I'm a car and truck junkie.........most of us from back then probably all are now........
BO1974 1 year ago
Gosh those were the days, Peregrine Mags, ACS rotors, Dia Compe brakes, etc. If you didnt ride a Hutch, Haro, Redline or GT you might as well been walking!!!!!! I'm 36 now..................
BO1974 1 year ago 35
@BO1974 SO TRUE I RODE A HARO FSX 1989
INTELMAXELL 1 year ago
@BO1974 I'm the same age... I had a Mongoose and my brother had a Hutch, don't forget Bullseye hubs, ELF frames, & 3 Piece cranks were a big deal too! Dude...Pacific Palms, Mushroom grips& Donuts, Skyway, diamond-back, BMX Action & Plus...we turned every mound of infield dirt at the ball field into whopty-doo's
3d8541 10 months ago
@BO1974 Don't forget Mongoose, Skyway and Dyno!
billj500 9 months ago
@BO1974 Yep, I had a 86 GT Performer. Id love to find another one to fix up. Wish I still had all those GTs, Predator and redline bikes I had back then.
rehab98 8 months ago 6
@rehab98
I still have my powder blue beauty hanging in the basement at my parents house. I lost my spleen riding that back.
patrickbateman54 1 month ago
@patrickbateman54 Bike not back
patrickbateman54 1 month ago
@BO1974 REDLINE is my life!!!
jrnavysealkid11 8 months ago
@BO1974 I rode a Diamond Back....Brother had a Dyno which I think was bought by GT.....
Having no chain guard, odyessy pegs that on the fork that folded up, laid back seat post, I didn't have a rotor, my brother did...Eddie Fiola, Mike Dominguez, etc and BMX PLUS! Magazine....
Jigsaw3477 6 months ago
@Jigsaw3477 Sounds like he had a bad-ass bike bro!
jaee1 5 months ago
@jaee1 he did...but didn't use it. I had a diamond back silver streak which was teal with pink lettering....
If you think the intro is good the credits are better....
Weird seeing Ron Wilkerson doing street tricks when he was the master of the ramp
Jigsaw3477 5 months ago
@Jigsaw3477 Dude, I used to well still do, think that trick at the intro where he hops up with 1 foot on top of the fence, was so fucking sick!
jaee1 5 months ago
Respond to this video... OH Shit, GT Predator! That was such a sick bike!
jaee1 5 months ago
@BO1974 hey man, im 13, and im lucky my dad gave me his 87 hutch exel, im planning to fix the scratches and get new brakes and a sticker kit. its all original, and i feel awesome on that bike
OnlyAKnife 5 months ago
@OnlyAKnife Good Luck Dude! Believe me BMX's and Mongooses back in the 80's were so awesome! Taking parts from one and putting them on another! or starting from scratch from ordering parts from a Bike magazine!
jaee1 5 months ago
@BO1974 Totally agree. I'm 40... (and still have a Haro Cruiser) ;)
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@BO1974 I had a white Hutch, with white tires and white mags. It was bitchin' .
kdubya1976 3 months ago
Thanks for the post. I remember waiting in line with all my freestyle buddies on opening night of this movie. About 1987?
bobbyBMC 1 year ago
@bobbyBMC
1986 actually....
Filmed in Cochran Alberta Canada..some of the best natural bmx riding trails in the world around that town!
Hell track qualifying races were filmed in bowness park In the city of Calgary! I remember how pumped I was when I first raced my friends around that track...those trees are pretty tight in some spots!
KnOwLeDgEsEeKeR78 1 year ago
There's an ISO of a high quality widescreen HD TV rip of this movie floating around... complete with professional looking DVD menu. Look it up... just a heads up for anyone who loves this movie as much as i do. The short lived official DVD release was an inferior & poor quality VHS to DVD transfer & it's probably not cheap if you can get your hands on it... not worth it for that kind of quality. They seriously need to do this movie justice & give it a proper decent quality release, long overdue.
dave4378 1 year ago
This was when BMX'ing was for the cool kids and skateboarding was for the Emo losers.
Eight1Eighty2 1 year ago
i want to see him throw the 2nd set of papers!!!! boo!!!! just kidding got the DVD!!!
robertegnacheski 1 year ago
my brother and some of his friends have started a petition to get RAD produced on DVD........type "RAD petition dvd" in goggle
aukema21 1 year ago
aint shit gay about this yo i love u tube
oram32 1 year ago
I missed the 80's
SUNCHIP2007 1 year ago
This is what the 80's all about good rock music, new wave fashion clothing, good arcades, cutting edge technology ( like VHS and betamax) the decade of fun and innovated sport like BMX and FREESTYLE. Those days are gone forever.....just like bye, bye miss american pie and the 80's had become an icon.
P.s: WHERE'S THE BEEF!!!!
SUNCHIP2007 1 year ago
my all time favorite movie of my childhood. GOD DAMN
varitekzh 1 year ago
Good music but beast riden
gmanbmx485619 1 year ago
love that 80's track, amazing!
jamestheposh 1 year ago
Is it just me...Or is it the mixture of awesome tricks and music make you wish you had a time machine...A time machine slash BMX bike...
CDeezntz 1 year ago 2
0:43 I CAN DO THE BACKWARD TIRE SPIN
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Gaylord767 1 year ago
Time machine back to the days of the baby blue Dyno Comp 2. Fuck yeah.
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natterthehatter 1 year ago
Mom took me to see this way back when. Looking back on it. This show was corny. But I did bug my pops until he got me a mongoose bmx bike though :)
snakecharmer117 1 year ago
i seen this n da movies 2 weeks straight trying to do new tricks. i'm 39 now the shit they now do is amazing. we had it ruff back then wasn't that many tricks back then. do anybody remember bicycle and dirt magazine?
djspoonyluvnbk 1 year ago
I can't even begin to tell you all how many times I have seen this movie. The first VHS copy ended up ruining from several hundred views and I have a bootleg dvd I have watched like 20 times as an adult...I used to get on my 1990 Haro Master(bashguard) and try this stuff after the intro scene....Talk about getting pumped!!
dskeetgt 1 year ago
I'd like to hit Justin Bieber over the head with a GT Pro Performer!
ptorrington 1 year ago 19
@ptorrington why would you bring up his/her name on something awesome like this
RockinGamma 6 months ago
I can't find the DVD anywhere. Anyone know?
poosmell 1 year ago
@poosmell My mom got this movie on DVD and gleaming the cube using swapadvd.com It's really cool♥ they have so many movies and if you have dvds you dont want anymore you can put them on there and get credits so you can get more dvds.
TypeONegativeSteele 1 year ago
@poosmell you can get them on Ebay......but they are HORRIBLE quality.....like it was home made...
gr187 1 year ago
313 people missed the dislike button
tronulu 1 year ago
man i miss the 80's! the best decade ever period!!!
mrshep357 1 year ago
En España eran "Los Bicivoladores"!!!!!!!
Modesto27 1 year ago
so 80s ! so rad ! love it
basshounder 1 year ago
Thumbs up if you remember Skyway II Mag wheels! I had a set on my Mongoose Californian! When this movie came out I was doing all these same tricks. People would come watch me at the park at night when I would practice. My wife made me cut off my rat tail! HA! I used to braid it cause I was badass! PFFT! HAHAHA!
killersushi99 1 year ago 2
@killersushi99 Let me get your opinion on something then...my brother just got a bike. The bike frame is white, tires are black on spoke rims. He's getting Skyway mags off eBay...so with a white frame, black tires, should he get white or black mags? I'm saying white..what do you think?
Emil308 1 year ago
@Emil308 lol that's some gay shit.
LaenPvP 1 year ago
@LaenPvP lol what's some gay shit?
Emil308 1 year ago
Man! what great memories. This was one of my favorite movies growing up and still is. 1980"s was a great decade to grow up in. i wish they would release this movie out on dvd or blue-ray. come on if they have Howard the Duck on DvD why not RAD.
micknight420 1 year ago
aww shit yeah these were the days
yarfl 1 year ago
I just got finished watching BMX Bandits, and thought of this movie......
free000d 1 year ago
gees the stuff they do now on freestly makes these guys look like beginers, this is also when bikes were very light too, now they are so heavy and thick
clevelandiscursed 1 year ago
@clevelandiscursed Yeah, you're right. I remember Dennis McCoy, I think it was, describing how he totaled at least one very light bike back in the day.
ptorrington 1 year ago
I love this movie! I have it on dvd and still watch it. I never understood how these guys do these flat land tricks. They defy gravity. I still try them every now and then, but usually end up hurting myself! Was it balance? Was it strength? What is the trick to doing them?
LongHairRocker 1 year ago
@LongHairRocker Both balance and strength. Today's freestylers (if you look at them) are ripped as HELL! But most of all practice practice, practice!
BermudaEntrepreneur 1 year ago
@BermudaEntrepreneur Cool. I don't think I have enough time to dedicate to it. I'll just keep watching the movie and wishing : )
LongHairRocker 1 year ago
que lindos recuerdos me trae esta pelicula!!! yo era un niño. esas bicicletas no habia en argentina en los años 80. solo eran imitaciones baratas. gracias por el movie..... thank you
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BMXFreestyleLegend 1 year ago
I used to be able to do about a 1/3 of these tricks. If I tried it now at 33 I would probably break my neck on the first try. Oh well, at least I can watch RAD and dream like I used to :)
polarbear3333333333 1 year ago
@polarbear3333333333 i agree..lol
mrshep357 1 year ago
one of the best movies to grow up to in the 80's!! long live the 80's!!!
mrshep357 1 year ago
I AGREE. GREAT TIMES...
ADRIANCUEVAS 1 year ago
Had the 86 Haro Sport like Ron Wilkerson! Long live liberty and our right to right to be free!
WashingtonMilitia 1 year ago
Man I miss the 80's! Transformers, bmx, "GOOD" cartoons, breakfast cereal, friends on the block, and just good times! Growing up sucks!
BermudaEntrepreneur 1 year ago 3
@BermudaEntrepreneur i agree with u 100%. the "new" generation of kids suck! waking up on a sat morning & watchin the "good" cartoons was the best.
mrshep357 1 year ago
I was going through old VHS tapes the other day, and found my copy of RAD. So I popped it in, and unfortunately the tapes age caught up to it, and it's all corrupted :( Will have to find a new copy now. But this movie will always be a classic for us that grew up with it.
EvilSpyderMan9 1 year ago
I pay anything to have my Haro Master and GT Pro Freestyle Tour again...
gr187 1 year ago
This intro is rad, to put it simply. I get incredibly nostalgic when I see this, makes me miss my childhood. hahaha.
Nudz 1 year ago
one summer me and my brother who are 7 years apart and didnt really bond much... watched this like everyday and just hung out it was a great summer!
adrianaguilar626420 1 year ago
eddie fiola and martin apario were the best !!!!
nben13 1 year ago
@nben13 yep...both road for GT....Mike Dominquez was great too....
gr187 1 year ago
they dont make movies like they did back then I would always get on my bmx after watching this movie...good times
jorang2008 1 year ago
back in 1985 (when i was 5) id be trying these moves on my ammaco mongoose and smashing the hell out of myself. I found that same ammaco mongoose in my parents shed recently and even though im 30 i thought id give it another go and guess what - i still suck!
trigga1uk 1 year ago
i still got the GT out in the barn,wow want to break it out after watching this.been along time.
zamot0 1 year ago
Rad is just awesome Ron Wilkerson is a bad ass in this movie!
mukwah70 1 year ago
how the hell did he just stand on the gate?
tssmsu 1 year ago
Man , i was watching movie E.T. couple days ago and there is a scene in the movie where the kids are runing away from the cops on there bikes. And then i remembered one cool movie that i was watching when i was like 10 years old.
So i didnt remember the name of the movie , i went straight on Google to search and i found it , its "RAD" !!!
OMG , i totally forgot this movie , i didnt watch it probably about 10 years !
RAD intro and bike dance scene are simply amazing with great songs !!!
TheMarsBus 1 year ago 10
I've seen this movie about 150 times. Not a lie. We 'd watch it and get pumped and go ride after. Thnks cru... When I was 10
eskalberg 1 year ago
LOL! me too. I thought I could go outside an do all this shit.
prowlaman 1 year ago
This inspired me to go and jump "down the steps" at the local primary school! The chick from "Full House" was in this movie! She was pretty then, and kept getting prettier! :)
NthEastern 1 year ago
God I grew up on this movie...I miss those times.
Jizanky 1 year ago 29
@Jizanky Me too!
Deee36 1 year ago
@Jizanky same here....
brw9284 1 year ago
@Jizanky Same here, my GT Pro Series is probably rusting away in my parents' garage
dubc35 1 year ago
@dubc35
What year and r u selling it?
bladdermetal 1 year ago
this is jus awesome
1phunguy 1 year ago
I also loves this movie and BMX. I recently well 3 years ago got a BMX bike, but I really want a original bike like what these guys have. I also really would love to be able to do some of these tricks.
dranzer26 1 year ago
ron wilkersons cherry picker is totally flawless. makes it look so easy. that was the ultimate move back in those days.
what's amazing is that todays flatland while more technical is nowhere near as cool as the tricks in this video. i love bmx, always have but todays flatland is just boring IMO. technically harder? absolutely.
Radicdj 1 year ago
Yeah, all flatlanders do nowadays is just go around in circles on the front wheel. Yaaaaaawn!
BermudaEntrepreneur 1 year ago
I still have this on vhs, love it! Watched it all the time growin up back in the 90s! Damn good movie, even though there is some horrible acting but ya dont notice it when youre so young haha
AZcowboy25 1 year ago