Kevin Jones - 1988 AFA Masters Round 3 - Tucson, AZ

[LAnonHubbard]

Wow.

[KChez17]

I'd draw the analogy of Kevin being more like the Beatles of flatland and Chase being the Hendrix...

[F3FisGoodforYou]

Kevin Jones: the Jimi Hendrix of BMX, without him we wouldn't have all the actual Satriani's of BMX....

[asmilton]

I remember feeling a love/hate thing for k. jones. he was so creative that by the time he was finished making over flatland the sport was in shambles. He might have invented more tricks than any other rider though and i think i spent a whole year rolling foward.

[ryanswain]

@xxdakxx, you nailed it. By 90...it was all over. 88-89 were the big years. I was 13 at the time, competing in the 13 and under division back then. Kevin was the Rembrandt of flatland freestyle.....unique, cutting edge and no one will ever compare. For a mild mannered guy.....he sure did kick some serious ass on his bike. Dorkin' in York 4 was unbelievable. (plywood hoods video around 90)

[F3FisGoodforYou]

He was really a few steps ahead of Martin Aparijo and Eddi Fiola at that time.... The Jimi Hendrix of BMX...

[F3FisGoodforYou]

I remember I was in France I was all over BMX flatland in the 80's but after 86-88 nobody was talking about that anymore, I guess our generation grew up... we stoped after Martin Aparijo in fact :-) what a shame we missed the best.

[prince1280]

What did Kevin place? His run was polished but it kinda lacked aggression, but overal a good run.

[Andythefunkman]

omg that is so cool!

I´m going to start riding this is sport

I´m so excited

thanks

[JohnnyGrass]

Great video, his run is tight, he's a legend.

[mikesbbody]

the best flatlander of all time

[xxdakxx]

Amazing to think about the fact that he literally invented 75% of the tricks he does here. Crowd reaction was appropriate: they had seen Locomotives and Elephant Glides (debuted by KJ at the Austin Texas AFA Maters 6 months earlier), but when he rolls out a Death-Truck, (rumor-only up until this point), the crowd goes nuts. This was the peak moment of the sport of Freestyle:1988. Then the bottom fell out, and by '90 it was all over.

[666tubeamp]

@xxdakxx Agreed. The runs of Kevin, Dennis, John Huddleston [awesome!] and Derek Schott have the rolling complexity of the new school but the individual style [plus some pacing] that older schoolers like Fiola had. I think 88-89 was the ultimate time for flatland, but after that, it became just a rolling whir of technical riding. I appreciate, admire and applaud the skills of the new riders, but frankly it bores the $hit out of me in 30 seconds.

[666tubeamp]

@666tubeamp ooops I meant Darren Pelio, not D.S., but no diss intended to Derek :)

[RossTylr]

ASOM

Ross

[bedlambikes]

Kevin Jones = the orginal legend killer.

[sniperpickle]

back in da day lol

[jrpolanco]

the afa,the only place in the universe where experts were better than pros,lol,kevin rocked it!ams nowadaysare pretty good,though,although,they dont know boomerangs,time machines,yes,boomerangs,no,lol­!thanks,krt!

[GlennMehltretter]

stubby foot killing pegs, mag wheels, and low psi. And Kevin still kills it. I remember watching super grainy footage of this a few months after the contest! Amazing.

[carlyivangarcia]

sick

[bedlambikes]

KRTS - the best video hoster on youtube!!!

[MASTERBBBLASTER]

How many ams in the year 2008 could do this run?

[gamster68]

Without old school there would be no new school jeez don't watch it then.

[NiteCamo]

Gah i just don't really enjoy oldschool as much as new

[anyphuckingthing]

Nice. :)