Word of legendary BMX racer Anthony Sewell's passing is floating around on the Internet. Apparently he passed away in his sleep Friday evening.
Sewell started his racing career in 1974 at the age of 12 at California's Palms park track. He was an accomplished track star who competed in the hurdles. When track meets and BMX races both fell on weekends he decided to drop the track thing and focus on BMX.
In 1978 he became the first "official" World Champion after winning the trophy dash at the '78 Jag World Championships. The following year, In 1979, at the age of 17, he turned pro.
Sewell had many sponsors including Jag, Kuwahara, huffy, Murray, KHS, GT, and even S&M. This paragraph from Wikipedia elaborates:
"After dropping out of racing for two years he raced at the ABA Bakersfield Nationals in Bakersfield, California. It was in response to Chris Moeller jokingly posted signs around the Orange YMCA BMX track as part of the 'search' for Sewell. Sewell heard about the search and the posters and went to the Orange YMCA track for those responsible. Not at all angry he was happy that people still knew of him after his retirement. He struck a deal with S&M Bicycles and given a bicycle two uniforms and his entrance fees paid. He was sponsored for only the weekend. He did not make any mains. He crashed in all three qualifying motos both days. Later, his S&M race bicycle was stolen. He then disappeared from the racing scene once again."
Sewell is credited as being the first person to do no-handers, the first pro to hold the Number 1 Pro title in two sanctions at the same time (NBA and NBL in 1980), and he was inducted into the ABA BMX Hall of Fame in 1998.
He will be missed.
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Posted by admin on Tuesday 07 April 2009 - 15:42:34
Friday 12 December 2008
Sorry Old Skool fans. Were slacking i know but were not gone were back starting of fresh with a Eddie Fiola interview. A lot of interviews got sent out but a lot of your never sent them back in. Come on the fans are waiting! If anyone is interested in contributing to the site were looking for mad old skool reporters! the sites for everyone so get involved
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Posted by admin on Friday 12 December 2008 - 18:04:37
Monday 28 July 2008
Right lets kick things off with a great little interview from one of the coolist Uk riders
He raced for the big midland teams bitd and is still going, when hes not partying or Snowboarding! You wont see him for years and then he'll just turn up one day and race...Antony But
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Posted by TheCat on Monday 28 July 2008 - 10:12:53
Tuesday 01 July 2008
Right then!!! It’s been far too quiet around here lately - Let’s get some action going!
First up Congratulations to the boss man DH on winning 2 world titles, Flemdog, Hilly and all the other guys that made us proud!
Interview coming soon - This guys been riding for years and will be forever - got to be one of the most stylish riders! Super Bad Super Cool! Anthony But. Stay tuned this week
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Posted by TheCat on Tuesday 01 July 2008 - 18:58:57
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