7 thoughts on “Old School Sundays with Jeff Cotter

  1. 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…..

    • 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…….

  2. 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. ^___^

  3. 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……….

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