300/440/550 freestyle back in the day

[FreestyleFreak]

Did they have freestyle in the 90's?What did they ride for freetyle then?Did they ride any 650sx?

 

[Frosty]

Pro Freestyle
2005 Eric Malone U.S.A.
2004 Eric Malone U.S.A. Polaris
2003 Masao Fujisawa Japan Yamaha
2002 Eric Malone U.S.A. Polaris
2001 Alessander Lenzi Brazil Yamaha
2000 Eric Malone U.S.A. Yamaha
1999 Eric Malone U.S.A. Yamaha
1998 Rick Roy Canada Yamaha
1997 Eric Malone U.S.A. Yamaha
1996 Rick Roy Canada Yamaha
1995 Marc Sickerling Germany Kawasaki
1994 Marc Sickerling Germany Kawasaki
1993 Jeff Kantz U.S.A. Kawasaki
1992 Jeff Kantz U.S.A. Kawasaki
1991 Scott Watkins U.S.A. Kawasaki
1990 Scott Watkins U.S.A. Kawasaki
1989 Larry Rippenkroeger U.S.A. Kawasaki
1988 David Gordon U.S.A. Kawasaki
1987 David Gordon U.S.A. Kawasaki
1986 David Gordon U.S.A. Kawasaki
1985 David Gordon U.S.A. Kawasaki
1984 David Gordon U.S.A. Kawasaki
1983 Brian Bendix U.S.A. Kawasaki
1982 Larry Rippenkroeger U.S.A.

Kawasakihttp://www.ijsba.com/ijsba/index.cfm?s=wf2006&t=2006/wf/champions.htm

they rode whatever stand-ups (or x-2s) were available at the time.

 

[FreestyleFreak]

freestyle

I didnt no they had freetyle in the 80's.

 

[special fx]

Scary!.......I started riding when Larry Rippenkroger won the title in 1982! As I remember, the cool tricks then were tailstand/spins, riding backwards, headstands and 360s.......and Mariner aftermarket ruled! (remember bronze impellers and steel Mariner pipes??)

 

[vomitspot]

cool info frost-miester

 

[FreestyleFreak]

back in the day

I bet back then they rode 550's more than 650sx because a 550 is lighter.Is their anyone on this sight that use to compete in freestlye/racing in the 90's and 80's.

 

[ballen]

if I remember right... Barrell rolls were performed by grabbing the rails and rolling the ski in the water... not in the air...

 

[Glory_Freestyle]

I bet back then they rode 550's more than 650sx because a 550 is lighter.Is their anyone on this sight that use to compete in freestlye/racing in the 90's and 80's.

Yep. I competed in Amateur Freestyle from 91-99, then again in 2003. Raced from 91-96. I know there's several others who competed/raced back then. RMBC Freeride, RonnyMac, Conzi_dv8, to name a few.


There were a lot of 440-550's, Squarenoses and 750SX's used in Freestyle back then. The 440's and 550's were pretty much phased out by 94 or 95.

I'm out of town now, but on Monday, I'll see if I can dig up some old pics.

 

[dbrutherford]

if I remember right... Barrell rolls were performed by grabbing the rails and rolling the ski in the water... not in the air...

I always thought that they called that a "log roll". But then again I didn't start riding until 2001.

DBR

 

[ballen]

I always thought that they called that a "log roll". But then again I didn't start riding until 2001.

DBR

You may be right... I've never done one... but when you look at freestyle from back then and freestyle from today, you can definitely see the difference.

 

[Big Kahuna]

freestyle today (Malone style) should not even be called freestyle....... nothing about it is freestyle anymore............ Toss and Flip show........

Flat water freeride.

 

[norcal ex]

freestyle today (Malone style) should not even be called freestyle....... nothing about it is freestyle anymore............ Toss and Flip show........

Flat water freeride.

whats freestyle then?

 

[Flash-FX]

freestyle today (Malone style) should not even be called freestyle....... nothing about it is freestyle anymore............ Toss and Flip show........

Flat water freeride.

Exactly

 

[gorilla]

thrill ride

 

[Mark Gomez]

Exactly

Seriously never saw a single hood trick or nuthin