The Rad Canyon Indoor BMX season has sadly come to an end and on the final race day we finally had a Crazy Old Guys’ pit bike race. Here are 3 different cameras’ perspective of that race same race. ENJOY!
Buy a long sleeved t-shirt and we will throw in two Crazy Old Guys stickers!
We’ll have the first long sleeve t-shirt at the Rad Canyon BMX Indoor “yard sale” on Saturday, 2.20.2010.
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Steve Spencer asked that this be shared amongst the BMX community:
Borrowing from a quote of Samuel Johnson, “It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives”. That being the case, it defines our beloved fallen BMX brother Bryan Oblad who passed on this Saturday, January 2nd, at the youthful age of 37 while doing what he and his family loves… racing BMX.
Bryan and his two daughters, Brooke and Breanna, along with his brother Mike and father Steve were a passionate and dedicated BMX family and were fixtures at all of the local races in Salt Lake. You could not miss Bryan at the track as he was always on one of his tricked out SE BMX bikes and sporting his trademark baby-blue and brown SE Racing jersey. Bryan has been a BMX enthusiast since the 1970’s and he took great pride in his collection of old-school and new school SE BMX bikes that he kept in mint condition. His favorite bike in his collection was baby-blue Floval Flyer with black Skyway mag wheels and it was fitting that it was his ride of choice in his last race around the Rad Canyon Indoor track.
A tough competitor on the track, Bryan was an always smiling and an obliging volunteer off the track by handing out trophy slips with his family at the finish line at most of the local races. The Oblad family was a team of their own in a sense that they were always together. Outside of racing Bryan also had the challenge of raising two girls which is a huge feat in itself. BMX was in the girls’ blood too and they were also earning a name for themselves as great racers as they were often seen out front of their respective classes. In fact Brooke, the eldest, has earned the title of the fastest female racer in the state by winning the last two girls Pro-Am races. Needless to say, Bryan was very proud of his girls’ accomplishments in racing and in life and the beautiful young ladies they have become.
Bryan was a great friend to many and had a profound impact on all he met and that was evident in the outpouring of support at the race the day following his passing. The BMX community came together as a family this day in the memory of Bryan in celebration of his life and his contributions. His two daughters told us they wanted to be where their Dad’s heart was on the day after losing him. In honor of their father and brother, Brooke, Breanna and Mike showed amazing composure in suiting up in baby blue and brown SE uniforms and taking a memorial lap with Bryan’s cherished SE bikes. Though it was a sad gathering it was also uplifting to feel the love, friendship and Bryan’s spirit that filled the arena. The event strengthened each other’s mutual bond and heightened their appreciation of how special our BMX community is.
A fundraiser for the family will be held at the next Rad Canyon Indoor race weekend of January 22nd-24th which will be sponsored by Ken Garff Nissan of Riverdale. Please watch for updates on www.utahbmx.com or www.radcanyonbmx.com and other supporting websites on details of the fundraiser and other opportunities to help the Oblad family during this difficult time.
Thank you and god bless the Oblad family… R.I.P. Bryan, you will be missed but never forgotten.
b2 BMX designs and Crazy Old Guys have teamed up to bring you Crazy Old Guys number plates!
Standard “blank” number plates are $15 while a customized (with your name and number) version is available for $20. These plates come in two sizes: “pro” and “cruiser/mini”.
Below is the “blank” design. Jump over to b2 BMX designs for a couple examples of the customized version.
Interested? Just drop an email to brent@CrazyOldGuys.com.
We’re going to give CafePress.com a shot. This makes our t-shirts more readily available to you while we work on more inventory. Additionally, we have options for other products like water bottles, clocks, mouse pads and more. Check out our CafePress store.
http://www.cafepress.com/CrazyOldGuys
We can also try out new designs more easily.
Let us know what you think.
Thanks,
Brent Barton
CrazyOldGuys.
Check out the BMX racing action by Crazy Old Guys on Brent Barton’s (aka BMXingGeek) YouTube channel @ http://www.youtube.com/BMXingGeek.
Here’s the main from 28+ Intermediate on Saturday, November 21, 2009.
Dave talked with writer Wina Sturgeon and she wrote an article. It’s been picked up by four media outlets… so far.
http://www.bnd.com/outdoors/story/897896.html
http://www.miamiherald.com/sports/outdoors/outdoors-wire/story/1203663.html
http://www.thenewstribune.com/apheadlines/outdoors/v-lite/story/857638.html
Hello and welcome to CrazyOldGuys.com. We will be adding a way for you to procure your Crazy Old Guys goodies online. In the meantime, find Dave or Brent @ the track. We will use this site to update you on our goods and their availability. Additionally, you can find us on Facebook–search for Crazy Old Guys to join our group.
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See you at the track! And remember; NO PAIN, NO MAIN!
Crazy Old Guys will be giving away ONE free t-shirt to the person who captures the best action shot while wearing a Crazy Old Guy shirt–the shirt must be easily recognizable in the photo. Dave and Brent will be the judges. You have you post your picture on the Facebook group “Crazy Old Guys”. Deadline: July 20, 2009.
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