This is the second of the six AFA videos I produced directed in 1987. Dave Voelker and Dino Deluca were still amateurs then, and Mike Dominguez, Josh White, Todd Anderson, and Ron Wilkerson battle it out in the pro class.
Unlike the previous post, of the AFA Oregon Pro Flatland video, this original VHS video has been watched... a lot. Yes, it really is a color video, but the tape was so worn out, it looks black and white on YouTube. That kind of thing happened in the world of actual video tape and generation loss, in the pre-digital era.
In any case, this is the second video I produced and directed for the American Freestyle Association in 1987. The flatland and quarterpipe/wedge ramp contest format had been going for two and a half years at this point. Ron Wilkerson took things to the halfpipe realm with the 2-Hip King of Vert contest series, following Dave Vanderspek's lead. Dave put on the first few halfpipe contests in San Francisco. But the AFA with the flatland and quarterpipe contests were the big dog in the 1980's freestyle contest world. Some of the AFA Masters national contests drew 400 riders or more in that era, and each got a 1 1/2 minute run. Let me tell you, there was nothing like having to judge 48, very comparable, 14-15 intermediate flatlanders, and try to get them in the proper order. Everyone hated the judging, but the winners. Since I had to judge contests sometimes, and I also competed, and was always in the middle (or back) of the pack in the national contests, I didn't bitch too much. Judging was impossible.
But the jam circles were a blast, and a week later, we forget who won anyhow, and just remembered the big tricks and the new tricks.
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