Above, the hand made prototype that started it all...
As a kid, Bob Haro was one of my all time hero's. I met him in 1980 at a BMX race in Angel's Camp Ca. (home of the Frog Jump). At that time he was driving a lifted Toyota 4x4, and that was at a time when their were very few Toyota four wheel drive trucks on the road, let alone lifted with big tires. This was at the start of the freestyle deal, and he did some 1/4 pipe tricks and wowed the crowd. He signed a Action Now magazine for me and I was stoked. My parents bought me a Haro number plate for my Panda BMX bike, that they were selling off of the Toyota tailgate. I wish that I still had that plate, but it's long gone. That was a great day!
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