Up until today I have seen this footage of Chase Gouin at the War of Stars contest back in 1989. Whilst it might not be the best run by Chase’s standards, this does give an indication of what was to follow in the years to follow. The crank a ronin to decade out at 2:03 mark is amazing!
Even Chase was doing Kevin Jones’ tricks back then like everyone else in contests!But then Chase followed the K and together they changed flatland forever…including my mind!!
It’s certainly odd seeing Chase riding sketchy at any time.
was that Rich Upjohn with the Mohawk at the end?
I’m going to say no, Rich would never have been caught in blue.
Hahaha! That was Mike Drolet. I gave him my old helmet and he cut the middle out for when he had a full mohawk. So many stories with that dude!
I feel like I’ve seen this run, but it was better. Maybe because I saw him ride in practice? Maybe he tied, and I saw his run-off?
This was definitely a foreshadowing. There was so much buzz around him at this point. Notice that he’s already partially ambitrixtous.
Run offs were quite common back then, seems more than likely…