With the IBMXF BMX racing World Championships taking place in Japan back in 1984, with Martin Apparijo doing a quarterpipe demo on a Torker, it is fair to say that BMX in Japan was well alive at that time. On a trip through the city of Tokyo we took a visit to W-Base, a small BMX shop.
Thomas Fritscher and I were welcomed by
Motoaki Tanaka and his brother who seemed to know everyone and everything.