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| Forever Stoked. |
Issue: April '88
Created by: Paridy
Format: 8 1/2" x 11"
Where: Kansas City, MO
When: 1988
Kansas City represent! How many professional bmx freestyle riders came out of the midwest? The west and upper-east coasts had far more notables than the middle of the middle of nowhere, but Dennis "DMC" McCoy showed up and turned all us Emporia, Kansas kids onto Haro Masters, Adidas and swap rock. DMC was hyperspastic? Yes, also hyperlocal.
While Paridy's production is a little on the nose since she was apparently dating DMC at the time (fanzine created by your biggest fan) and it's a bare-bones magazine-style layout, it's still a great piece of history from the midwest bmx scene, small as it was. Paridy did justice in representing KC. This issue has a Leo "Animal" Chen interview, a ton of Kansas City local news, contest run reviews from AFA Oregon and Florida comps, and some familiar local names - Tom Raniolo and Ben Mahoney. Look 'em up.
Notes: "We do shows, make money, go to contests, and rogue up." -Leo "Animal" Chen
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