If I was going to put my name on a bike, I didn't want it to be at the mercy of bean counters. I should have been stoked, but my 'question everything' mind-set was provoking me to do a lot of soulsearching. In the past, I'd been offered a chance to have my own signature bike on Haro. They saw it as a number, and with the bike industry sales in decline, that number did not command much respect. The companies that still made freestyle bikes didn't seem particularly committed to, or even interested in freestyle as a sport. In short, I needed to get off my ass and make it happen. I needed a bike, I needed contests, I needed a community. From my perspective, I didn't really have a choice. But freestyle was far from dead -it was just underground. Mat Hoffman, The Ride of my Life, 2002: With the sport continuing its downward spiral, withering and shrinking, there were hardly any events or competitions left to attend. They were made by Kastan Engineering (Lynn Kastan invented Flight Cranks and helped make Redline what it was in the nineties). Prototypes were finished for winter trade shows. Mat Hoffman and Steve Swope decided to hit the drawing boards and came up with Hoffman Bikes. If you want to add any info, please contact 1991 Sources: Invert magazine, Dwix, The Ride of my Life, Ride BMX UK, BMX Plus!, Looking glass.
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