Todd Carter has some gems from the archives on his YT channel and social media, this week we feature Surfer master, Jeff Cotter’s run from Portland Oregon, March 1998.
Todd Carter has some gems from the archives on his YT channel and social media, this week we feature Surfer master, Jeff Cotter’s run from Portland Oregon, March 1998.
Thanks for posting, Effraim!
I’m surprised that handlebar design didn’t take off. Just kidding. Sick run though.
CROSS fire hydrant to decade , straight to Tischman-rang……don’t think I’ve ever seen that one before. Leap to bar ride was BURLY, too. It’s crazy old school moves like surfers and Garrido-rangs can be tough to re-learn. ( at least for me , anyway , ha. ) Cotter’s SCURFER variations are HARD along with all his other stuff. Double decades on lock , rolaids….dude ruled/ rules . Thank you , Todd ! So many O.G. BMX legends I’ve wondered about , wanting to see more of their riding from back before video footage was hard to really come by …….you’ve converted / uploaded online. I appreciate this. It’s also rad seeing all of your own riding from back then…….and of course now @ some events I’ve been to. ( A.F.A. / A.B.F.L. Space Jam contests- April 2022 and June 2024. ) Best forward ropes to lard glides in the business , Todd ! Shout out , Big- E on selecting another O.S.S. gem……………NOW….. you , Todd……..or anyone could find/ upload Jason Brown’s prelim AND finals 2nd place -contest footage from the 1999 , Louisville ,Kentucky’s E.S.P.N. contest , when he had just signed to Redline bikes , riding a blue G.T. show frame with Redline stickers on it , wearing a red Redline bikes T-shirt…….going crazy with his signature fire -flip hitchhiker , 180 and 360 bar twitch combos……..if THAT video footage could be uploaded………THAT would really stoke me…..FLATMATTERSONLINE.COM…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmWNumUF96Q —-clip of jason at 2 mins in.
Thank you , Jro . I’ve seen that footage before though. I’m referring to the preliminary rounds where I had heard from a rider that was actually there about how Jason was going bonkers , just freestyling his combos dominating the multiple rounds. ( I believe @ that event they were using a jam circle format that was introduced by, I think Scott Powell ? ) I’d also love to see MORE footage of his finals runs , too. ( more than the edited video that E.S.P.N. broadcast back in October of 1999. ) I appreciate the video link though , Jro ! Jro , I’m curious who are you ? A BMX Flatland rider from the mid -west , France , Texas ??? I’ve noticed you’re always commenting with really good video links , edits. Do you have any videos of your riding that you’ve shared or are posted on this site and online anywhere ?? I’m also guessing you’re maybe , a rider from California ?? Jason Hughes ? I have videos of me riding on this site under my name , Rodney Williams……I’d love to see videos of your riding . Especially if you’re Jason Hughes . Brett Foster , or Kris Ketchum……Thanks again , man…….
rodney, i am none of those people. just an old-old skool rider from the pacific northwest who looks on yootoob daily for new videos (or old ones). rode a few times with j. brown looonnngggg before he was good/famous. he always had a sort of style though, wanted to be dennis mccoy, then chase gouin. then yeeaarrrsss later, he started developing his own thing. he was always doing his own thing style-wise, just far from the best rider at comps, but he won a lot of the local ones regardless. anyways, i was loonnggg retired from riding and grabbed a ‘ride’ magazine in 1999 or 2000 at a cd/book store, and saw he placed at an x-games qualifier, even got a pic in the mag. was nice to see. and i was very sorry to hear of his passing, neverminding any past relationship stuff i had with him in 1990 or 1991. r.i.p. jason brown. and i hope jeff cotter still rides, or at least is around and sees this. he was a very stylish rider too. ^___^
Cool you got to session with Jason , Jro . I wish I could of gotten the chance to ride bikes with him. I did session in the same parking lot / Tennis court with him , though ! He was riding at the others ends. I was too star struck to actually pedal up and meet/ talk to him though , haha…around Fall of 2015 I had actually joined F.B. just to ” meet ” him and some other riders like Adam Guild , etc…..thing is Jason Brown’s long combo @ the end of his video part in the BMX video ,5 Combos…….that REALLY motivated me to chase doing long combos . ( along with seeing long combos by Effraim Big-E ! Catlow and Andrew Arroyo in other BMX videos. ) Jason Brown’s ” Raditude ” and demeanor while he was riding also made me a huge fan of his back 1995 . ( I was riding in the same parking lot and Tennis courts with him 1995 @ the Hoffman bikes O.K.C. contest , Labor day weekend……. and the E.S.P.N. X- Trials @ South Padre island , Spring Break in 1996 ! ) I’m sure you remember he was just ” electric ” on his bike , times 7….I became friends with him on F.B. in 2016ish and we’d message here and there . ( I remided him of his DOUBLE decade out of an INSIDE circle junk yard during he prelim run @ the O.K.C. contest in 1995. He was stoked to remember that ! I even got to tell him about his influence on my riding which he gave me some props on my long combos ! ) When I heard the tragic news I was bummed . ( still am. ) He was cool and really humble . Especially considering my first F.B. message to him…..I was in ” super fan ” messaging him the first time , haha….I’m grateful I got to at least be F.B. friends with him for a lil bit …….Yup , he’s one of the greatest and always will be forever. I hope Cotter still rides to this day , also. Jro , send Effraim some video of your riding . ( even old stuff. I’d be stoked to see it , man. You riding bikes with Jason personally has me very curious about your riding. What’s your name ??? ) Being from the Pacific Northwest I’m sure you were really , really skilled as all riders were in that area . especially back then…….myself , I’m ” mild sauce ” of a BMX Flatlander , I’m no Yoshiki Hoteke Uchino , haha. In 1990 , yeah I was riding ……but I sucked , haha……….