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I am a huge fan of the 80’s and 90’s.
I grew up in that era and spent the majority of my formative years amongst neon, action figures, BMX, skateboarding, Swatch watch, Oakley, Nike Air, Vision Street Wear, and so many other influential activities and brands. Those years are burned into my memory and I still wholeheartedly embrace them. Reissues or anything that embodies the colors, logos, or essence of that golden era catch my attention (and my wallet).
Back then, information traveled in a completely different (and slower) way. I was lucky to get a magazine or two each month and read it cover to cover, over and over and over. American Freestyler, BMX Plus, Freestylin’, Thrasher, and Transworld Skateboarding were all staples of my youth.
It was a much simpler time... While hard to imagine in our current disposable, 15-second social media world, those of us that grew up in the 80’s and 90’s remember the pace.
After moving to LA in 2013 for the amazing cycling and connection to all my childhood heroes, I was working at Ritte Cycles with a guy named Spencer who said all I was missing was the red Porsche 944. Well, I had just moved to a sprawling car-centric city and, again, all of my BMX and skateboard heroes as a kid had Porsches. As a native of New England, I was ready for some California sun.
I began to think that maybe I too should get a Porsche and down a rabbit hole I went.
Bret Cleaver
@brettcleaver
Keiron Berndt
@keiron_berndt
April 2021 HT No.5
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