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A Puppet No More

Does anyone have the two page spread from Freestylin' magazine of Ceppie Maes doing a lawn mower along with an article by Mike Daily called, "A Puppet No More?" If so would it be too much to ask to scan and upload it?

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Permalink Reply by Jonathan Fleming on March 27, 2009 at 10:25am

November 1986, "Off the Deep End" upload pending

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Permalink Reply by Kip Williamson on March 28, 2009 at 4:45pm

Did you see the FREESTYLIN BOOK that was released last fall??? I got one on eBay and it's sooo sick!

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Permalink Reply by Brian Rybak on March 28, 2009 at 10:32pm

Afro Pat had one I got to see. I'm on the cover of one of the zines in the zine collage section, STOKED. What did you pay for it if you don't mind my asking.

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Permalink Reply by Kip Williamson on March 28, 2009 at 11:14pm

I got lucky and paid $67 on eBay for the FREESTYLIN BOOK. I saw the same book go for $700 on eBay a few months earlier. They usually go for about $300 or more. That's the average price.... Usually they are "buy it now". The one I got for $67 was an auction and for some reason nobody really bid on it. I was stoked! I believe aprox 1,500 copies were made worldwide which isn't many.

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Permalink Reply by Dave Heineman on April 2, 2009 at 9:29pm

That book looks great. I really wish I would have known about it as I definitely would have tried to snag a copy. At least we can have a peak through that link listed below.

I still had most of my Freestylin' and BMX Plus magazines up until about 5 years ago. I kept a few of the favorites and got rid of the rest. Maybe I should have tried to sell them!

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Permalink Reply by Kip Williamson on March 29, 2009 at 12:20am

Here is a link to a web version of the FREESTYLIN book! Pretty rad! You don't have to buy the book to check it out, just click on the link: http://issuu.com/buissonrouge/docs/freestylin08?mode=a_p

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Permalink Reply by Andy Johnson on March 31, 2009 at 9:06pm

Here's a link to the Freestylin' book release party. Doesn't look like Andy Jenkins was there, but here's a link to his site where he's still cranking out the artwork.

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Permalink Reply by Kip Williamson on April 3, 2009 at 1:08am

They actually gave the books away for free, which came with a limited edition Michael Lau BMX toy (Around $250 just for the toy on eBay) and they came in a really cool plastic mud box.... All FREE for the small crowd at the Nike Party at Brooklyn Projects in Hollywood, CA. Nike also released a limited set of BLAZER and DUNK model shoes based around the FREESTYLIN book. The Dunks were modeled after Woody Itson's gold plated Trick Star. Long sleeve Nike SB shirts which looked like the old Hutch jerseys with the tornados were also for sale.

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Permalink Reply by Jamie Maldonado on April 3, 2009 at 12:31pm

I was just thinking about this the other day, crazy ... My older brother and I have a treasured collection of Freestylin', but I'm a few states up from him right now, so I can't scan it. I was in love when I found out about the Freestlylin' book. It was great to relive getting a new issue one last time.

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Permalink Reply by Rick Moliterno on April 13, 2009 at 9:34am

What about Bob Haro's Freestyle handbook? It is a small how to book. I have a couple. I'll look at the date and post a photo as well.

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Permalink Reply by Kip Williamson on April 14, 2009 at 4:22pm

Rick, I'd be interested in one of those.... depending on the price. I remember a book in my middle school library called "My First Book Of Freestyle" which had Tony Riddle in it! Anyone have that book on here?

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Permalink Reply by Gene Kneisley on April 14, 2009 at 7:12pm

Hi Kip, I do have one of those books plus every Freestylin' up to about '89. They aren't for sale though. Tony and I were in the Sprocket Rockets for quite a while and I would never give them up...pretty cool though...Chapter 12 "Freestyle and the Law".