No fizzy drinks, no stupid looking hats that fly off each time you do a trick, no bike parts and not even a T shirt or a sticker. That’s what HDP has come to now. The only thing left to sell is the idea that the roadtrip never dies and that no matter how old or tired you feel, there’s still ‘one more’ left in you. There was a time when virtually every week in the year was spent on the road, driving somewhere new to ride new things and meeting new people, totally unaware that some of these misfits we encountered along the way would eventually become life long friends.
Time is a slippery little bugger and creeps up on you while your not looking and before you know it.....BANG. Forty has been and gone, you’re hair is thinning out , you’re riding is stiffer than ever before and now having to buy jeans that once would have been labeled as
After missing the first trip last year I couldn't wait to have it come around again so I could re visit the shenanigans and tomfoolery of yesteryear with some of my best friends. Though the curse of the HDP road trip struck me again for the umpteenth time, for those of you that don't know, I have a habit of breaking myself on day 1 of any Harddad trip and this one was no exception! Cue a separated AC joint in my shoulder, but happily not until after I had a chance to tear up Tiverton Skatepark for a couple of hours with my favourite rowdy bunch of misfits.
No fizzy drinks, no stupid looking hats that fly off each time you do a trick, no bike parts and not even a T shirt or a sticker. That’s what HDP has come to now. The only thing left to sell is the idea that the roadtrip never dies and that no matter how old or tired you feel, there’s still ‘one more’ left in you. There was a time when virtually every week in the year was spent on the road, driving somewhere new to ride new things and meeting new people, totally unaware that some of these misfits we encountered along the way would eventually become life long friends.
After doing a BMX 'zine for ten years (1987 - 1996) FATBMX made it on the internet. The year was 1998. Here to stay.