Slightly O/T...On Any Sunday...the movie...

So 2 weeks ago, I'm watching "The Endless Summer", the surf documentary by Bruce Brown...have you seen it? Man...if you haven't...GO GET IT! Anyways...last week I got to check out "On Any Sunday", the motorcycle documentary by Bruce Brown with special guest Steve MacQueen...unbelievable!!! If you can't get stoked by either of these flicks...your dead! Besides the bike skills these guys have, you can't help but be seriously blown away by their lust for what they do!! If everybody did SOMETHING with HALF the level of commitment that these guys rode (or surfed) with...this would be a far better planet! I need to go back and get the rider's name, but he was quoted as saying..."You never know how fast you can go until you fall down." He rode dirt tracks and was one of the top 5 riders in the country! You watch these guys LIVE to do what they do...and loving it the whole time. Too much. Rent it, buy it...just GO GET IT!

O.k....back to your regularly scheduled programming.

This reminds me...Evel Rules! I got the DVD faster than I expected...gotta go get a DVD player tomorrow so I can watch all of this high energy stuff I've been seeing pieces of!! Thanks, man!

 

You know what struck me about both these movies was the overwhelming feeling that these guys were not about image. It was all about the fun and living life to the fullest. No attitudes. Some of the baddest ass guys in both films were downright goofballs, who cares? Simpler times to be sure. Not a surfer or a biker but you feel like you are right there with 'em. Great, great movies. Plus, no quick cutaway MTV bullshit.

Barnett, you got good taste man.

 

Yes, couple time's a year.Timless and Pure. Would'nt it be killer to see them both at a real big screen, like a movie theater? Like it was meant to be seen......HAMB mid-night movie? Dig it, I knew that you could.

 

Thanks. Yeah, the same things struck me! I'm not a biker or a surfer either ( I was a skater in the late 70's and early 80's, though!)...but these flicks go WAY beyond the sports they document. It's hard to describe...you just haveta watch the flicks and the feeling will eat you alive! Maybe I shouldn't watch these flicks affter a few iced teas or iced coffees. Bruce Brown did a great job of capturing the action and the vibe.

Slammed...that would be great to see them on the big screen!

 

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.......that's where I first saw the "Endless Summer!" If you like that, check out Bruces' son's movie on DVD, "Step Into Liquid." Quality surf stories that focus more in the personalities of the surf "culture." COWABUNGA!!!

 

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( I was a skater in the late 70's and early 80's, though!)

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Me too, same time. My knees scream at me all the time now. Riding long old fart boards now.

 

Just for you Barnett, Brown did a skateboard documentary on the hobie skate team in the 64-66 period, I may have it on tape somewhere. My favs are the aussie surf scene with the 40 coupe, the bike drags, hill climbs, and the "on any sunday I can fly" trio sequence.

 

Jeem...I'm still not very bright...been carving and doin laybacks at a couple of local ditches, lately, after about 15 years of NOT skating at all! yeah...it's not pretty, but it sure feels good.

Harpoon, I'd love to see that Hobie flick...I'll have to strat checking online for it! I think my favorite action shots are the dirt track guys sliding sideways around the turns at 80mph+!

 

the last day of my theory class (@motorcycle mechanics institute) our teacher had us watch any given sunday.i didnt watch most of it,i just stood outside and smoked.our teacher was an old racer guy.he was deep into the brits back in the 60's.he showed us a magazine cover of a norton he put i think it was a porsche turbo on.it was bad ass.he was an awesome teacher.i almost wish i could go back through his class,i learned so much shit.but then again im in screamin eagle right now and my teacher is the harley equivelant of him

 

like this

 

or this guy laying down the KRTT

 

how bout the whole pack

 

It's a very poetic film

 

Hey, I was in that movie! do you have any still shots of me?
the Barstow to Vegas race I was 923 bikes from the left side. Whitey Martino passed my 380 greeves on his Husky going up the hill to the smoke bomb I was fourth or fifth place when we hit the trail

 

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Thats Sonny Burris No 69 a Portland local on his Triumph leading those Harleys
Ray I know you're reading this post you were probably cutting hair when this was taken haha
who were the rest of the pack?

 

They also made a On any sunday 2 & endless summer 2, both are also very good, worth checking out.
If you want to see a pretty entertianing show what "Dogtown & he Z-boys" its about early skaterboarders who started skating pools & shit, also very good & whats good about it is they interview all the people in it!! there all still around, pretty cool!!
JimV

 

Jim, we use to drag race with Sonny at T-4 and Van-Port........OLDBEET

 

malcolm was way cool...

 

malcolm was way cool...

no where near as cool as my boyhood idol who won the 1970 AMA National Flat Track Championship in that movie Gene "Burrito" Romero I was lucky enough to go to some races with him when I was 11-14 yrs old I have one of his pair of leathers from the 1970 season and a number plate from when he rode for Yamaha as a team mate to Kenny Roberts

 

malcom had talent but I think he marched to a different drummer, he always seemed to be out there.
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In the early 70's Larry Brooks was the wildest thing on wheels. first 125 cc bike to ever win 1st over all in a district 37 race. every one said it was because it was such a tight course that the big bikes didn't have a chance to open up, till he won a half dozen more. "he had a 28 inch waist and wore a size 42 jock strap" is what I used to say. Larry Rosseler(sp) was another. when he was riding a 100 cc team Harley Baha. out in Lucerne Valley he past me on a down hill run to the finish line and I didn't have enough gear to catch him. I'm not bragging but I didn't get passed very often in those days My 380 QUB Greeves was running a leading link and over 46 HP had a top end over 90 mph

 

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I must be old , i remember standing in line to be one of the first people to see "ON ANY SUNDAY " on the big screen as a kid .Around the time that came out i was like those kids on the mini bikes and xr75's .After that movie was watched several times by me and all the kids , i was able to talk dad into gettin me my first bultaco .One of my FAV's of all time .And part 2 is great too .Mcqueen bank rolled that whole movie . The dvd momentary awesome !

 

Been tryng to buy a copy of On Any Sunday for a long time,
Does anyone know where I can order it on line?
Blockbusters don`t have it.
Thanks...JR

 

If you like Bruce's movies, check out his kid's stuff - Dana Brown.

Dana helped out on Endless Summer II, but his last movie "Step Into Liquid" was very good and his upcoming Baja 1000 documentary "Dust To Glory" looks like it will be a huge hit.

Blownranger, try Amazon, Blockbuster Online, Ebay, or any of the 10,000 online retailers that sell DVDs and VHS tapes.

 

I've got the DVD box set, and every time I watch it, I think about how these hill climbers and 'dirt bikes' are basically my street bike with knobby tires and scrambler pipes thrown on

Then I think about the Travis Pastranas of the world and wonder what they could do back then.. The suspensions were not there, and the bikes weighed at least twice as much.

Also, your crotchrocket showoff bikers that you see those dipshit videos at Best Buy like the Star Boyz (or whatever they are called)...

I'm curious if they'd have stood out back then with their skills.. I always wonder how much the machine at hand is responsible for the capabilities these riders exhibit.

I usually throw on any sunday in during the winter, when I'm jonsing to ride my own bike, and there's a foot of snow on the ground.

 

there is also a movie and book about the 6 day trials that mcqueen was in and i think was the only american team to win

 

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So 2 weeks ago, I'm watching "The Endless Summer", the surf documentary by Bruce Brown...have you seen it? Man...if you haven't...GO GET IT! Anyways...last week I got to check out "On Any Sunday", the motorcycle documentary by Bruce Brown with special guest Steve MacQueen...unbelievable!!! If you can't get stoked by either of these flicks...your dead! Besides the bike skills these guys have, you can't help but be seriously blown away by their lust for what they do!! If everybody did SOMETHING with HALF the level of commitment that these guys rode (or surfed) with...this would be a far better planet! I need to go back and get the rider's name, but he was quoted as saying..."You never know how fast you can go until you fall down." He rode dirt tracks and was one of the top 5 riders in the country! You watch these guys LIVE to do what they do...and loving it the whole time. Too much. Rent it, buy it...just GO GET IT!

O.k....back to your regularly scheduled programming.

This reminds me...Evel Rules! I got the DVD faster than I expected...gotta go get a DVD player tomorrow so I can watch all of this high energy stuff I've been seeing pieces of!! Thanks, man!

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I AGREE! both movies kick ass. I grew up watching them both. I remember seeing On Any Sunday II in the theater. I also watched Mad Fab again this morning. haha

Another movie I really liked that had a lasting impression was a movie called "10" or something like that. No not Bo Derek but a short flick by the Eames brothers? about 10x magnification inward and outward. Hard to explain and I could have the numbers wrong but its a dope little flick tying the human body with the universe. Trippy sounding but really slick. I only saw it once and I wish I could find it on DVD or tape. Anyone know what I'm talking about?

_Eric

 

Speaking of bikes, check out the NYC bike jump ,TONIGHT on TNT ,robbie is gunna jump the old uss intrepid .good luck to him !

 

http://www.intrepidmuseum.org/programs_robbie_knieval.html
Saturday, July 31 @ 8pm ET
Robbie Knievel to jump the USS Intrepid LIVE from New York. Jump to be followed by an encore of the TNT Original EVEL KNIEVEL at 9pm ET.

 

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You know what struck me about both these movies was the overwhelming feeling that these guys were not about image. It was all about the fun and living life to the fullest. No attitudes. Some of the baddest ass guys in both films were downright goofballs, who cares? Simpler times to be sure. Not a surfer or a biker but you feel like you are right there with 'em. Great, great movies. Plus, no quick cutaway MTV bullshit.

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Well put, Jeem, and a good observation.

--Matt