Iconic Photos: Brent Patterson Bunny Hops a High Hurdle

Last week this image popped into my mind--a pro rider bunny hopping a high hurdle. I'd cut it out of a magazine as a kid and put it on my wall. I just couldn't remember who the rider was or which magazine, though I knew it had to be BMX Action or BMX Plus.

A google search turned up the pic right away--I knew the second I saw it. Legendary BMX racer Brent Patterson from Hayward, California.

Back then there was no internet, no Instagram. This stuff wasn't on TV, either. We only had magazines. The magazines were literally everything to us, and they delivered month after month.

A little internet sleuthing and I found it: the September 1980 issues of BMX Action. If you didn't know, you can check out full PDFs of tons of great old magazines at oldschoolmags.com

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