2012-08-13 HBFS Film Show - Rad

The August show of the Hackney Bicycle Film Society will be the cult BMX movie Rad whose reputation has only be enhanced by its extreme rarity having never been released on DVD and only released as a video in the states. Although it bombed commercially this film had a significant impact on the BMX scene and contains some amazing freestyle riding scenes and wonderful cheesy 1980's bits.
Released in 1986 and directed by Hal Needham, "Rad" charts the meteoric rise of a BMX riding paper boy named Cru Jones, who through hard work and determination, rises up to beat national BMX race pros on a track dubbed "Helltrack." The film additionally featured freestyle riding and acting parts from major BMX race and freestyle pros, including Eddie Fiola, Martin Aparijo, Danny Millwee, Kevin Hull, and Mike Miranda http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m2cv5XICbgg&feature=relmfu

A video review can be seen here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7FF4_5DmJGE

The evenings shorts will include videos of and by people from the current British BMX scene.
All HBFS events occur at
Calthorpe Arms,
252 Grays Inn Road
London WC1x 8JR and start
Prompt at 7:30
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Just heard we will have a group of 4 Chinese cyclists who have just cycle from Beijing to London coming so should be an interesting night

Well it turned out to be 5 Chinese cyclists and I am really excited that they will be at the show tomorrow