1.03.2008

Tom LaMarche FDR

... speaking of gettin pitted Tom LaMarche is what some would consider a pioneer in the whole track bike freestyle scene. He can be seen in the Bootleg Sessions and other track bike videos [including this one]

Here he is, flying over a hip in the famous concrete bowl at the FDR skatepark in Philly keepin warm in his Mishka Spetsnaz jacket.

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3 comments:

  1. Anonymous1/15/2008 01:59:00 PM

    Personally I think Keo is more of a pioneer of the freestyle track bike then Tom is. Tom is just taking BMX tricks and performing them on a track bike. Despite the fact that this is how Slopestyle mountain biking progressed(BMXers switching over to a MTN bikes) I think the future of freestyle track bike lies in a realm that you can't go on a bike with a freewheel. I am not saying Tom isn't skilled, I think he has more skill then most all riders including Keo, I do think most of what he does is just impractical. Most of it looks bad, between the timing, huge wheels, and lack of smooth landings.

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  2. Prolly1/16/2008 03:55:00 PM

    cough cough

    We're all 100 years behind and less manly than German women...

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  3. smoovebert6/30/2008 02:18:00 AM

    tom has got some skills for sure, but i've seen him at the brooklyn banks and i have to say, walton is right--skills or not, shit does NOT look good at all, still looks super, super sketchy.

    then again i look at bob haro, rl osborn, mike buff, etc. struggle on bikes that aren't designed to do what we want them to do and they looked like sketchy bastards too.

    i don't follow the "track bike swan lake skidder freestyle" scene really, but i'm sure we will see barspin friendly 700c geometry (sorry 650c deep v ebay sellers!!) and wholesale misappropriation of bmx technology (or bmx companies cashing in) bubbling up on the real very soon.

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