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John please try and interview Eddie Fiola he now has his own RUclips channel and is riding again, that would be RAD.

Cool interview! Jason was a cool roommate BITD. Thanks for the shout out. All those crazy jobs, now I can't find any job. Heh, heh, heh. Nobody likes "eclectic" resume's these days.

I remember Dan from Rom. He had a scruffy mate who would fly around the clover

When I met Fids at Bexley Hill around 95-96, he totally confused me because he had an American accent.

Enjoyed that 🍺 thanks fellas

In process of building my lamf. Can't wait. I bought it cause it reminded me of the haro mirra 540 air. I had the red one. Sooooo pumped to finish it

Legend fids!

Nice one John. Thanks for jogging my memory with these poddies

Never heard of him (no disrespect) after my time .. will give it a go though!! Mid school 😢 never really got it

Nose dive 360s before people were doing 360s! i feel his bar spins are on a level with stauffers tables, fucking goat 💪🏼

This one was so damn good

Picked up #007 LAMF frame from Powers! Just got it all together with the help of Coral Springs Bikes. It’s such a great ride! 👍👍

Legend dude. Tried to get his frame but sold out it seems now in the UK.

Was it Jess that was in “Action Bike” airing on a yellow gt without a crank and bits of tube welded to the frame ???

A random one for you but can you get James white for one I think he will show a light on so much know one knows about flatland 🤔👊🏻

Awsome. Again 👍

"Ramp building is where skaters and riders go to die" 😂

Hadn’t watched this one before.. what an absolute treat. So glad you captured all these memories and stories would have been lost without this video. Put of watching it for weeks but glad I did . Rest in peace Fids . We have lost a warrior

Bloody good tribute to an all time great ❤❤

Nice one John 🤘🏼

perfect tribute, thanks John

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Fids was such a dude I’d seen though the years and he was always a dude to talk to, then one day I went Epsom with peek and he turned up rode chilled chatted with us and for some reason would message back on ig. (Something he did not need to do.) legend 🖕🏼for ever 🖕🏼🖕🏼

Quality. So cool hearing his story, and that he was in the background of that iconic TLB/Glynn Lewis pic

Ride on in peace brother. Lord jibus look after this legend.

What a great tribute mate! RIP FIDS

Awesome tribute John 👊

Nice one John, thanks for making this

This is a really nice touch. Great stories and insight into the Fids journey. RIP 🖕❤

The warehouse you are talking bout mate I believe is the bus garage Canterbury . It had a shady as fk vert where all the panels of wood were coming away and the coping barely attached and then you had the other room with a deathbox and a quarter pipe. It’s all we had in the area after the Canterbury council removed the halfpipe outside the riverside pool but fids and jez made it the place to be. I also recall Neil you talk about who was a rave dj called xxx and had a human league haircut with one short curtain one side and shoulder length the other 😂

I knew fids when he lived in Canterbury in the early 90s he helped some of us locals build a skatepark in a disused bus garage with the sketchiest vert ramp you ever saw ( a death trap 😂) and he could ride that like a pro on a bmx or a deck even then. We went as a group to the backyard jam 93 or 4 and that’s when things blew up for fids with s&m bikes. He was a top guy , very unassuming and humble and quick to offer advice to those struggling to land or pull certain.tricks . He moved to America and that was the last we saw of him but I’m proud to have known him and he will live long in the memory of those he inspired with his boundless enthusiasm , determination and his sense of personal freedom RIP 🫡

The legacy of Fids lives on. Love hearing your stories and seeing the photos and footage, especially his young punk style. Got some laps with him in Portland in 2023 and he ripped some huge nothings on the jumps. Shed a tear for a real one.

God bless mate rip

Lovely tribute John, thank you! Brought back a lot of memories for me, loved skating vert with Fids or just skating in our home town, wherever it was it was always a good time. Spent more time on trains with him than I can remember, going to meet him early mornings at his Mum’s house and if it was raining he always said if the curb opposite was dry we’d go hahaha he was a total one off! RIP Fids!!! 🖕🏻

Great tribute John!

funny that fuf on that beam if you ever been to the Wearhouse you'll understand that that almost seams impossible you have no space at all . scott was a big inspiration to me being a local rider as i grew up

That was really good John, thanks for this. Love hearing stories from around this time, I was over in Wiltshire where there wasn't a decent BMX scene so everything came from the mags and the yearly trip down to Hastings for Backyard. When you only see these people in videos and magazines they become superheroes which is what Fids was for me back then.

What a legend RIP Fids.

I first met Fids in the late 80s when he had come to Canterbury as a skater. If memory serves me correct, he was on pacer hogs shoes sponsorship and had come to Canterbury to get some sort of flow sponsorship from “wheels and waves” I believe he got this via his connection with Jez ? Who was at the time a well known street skater in Canterbury. I am not sure if he was getting any help from “No Softies” over at Gillingham at the time, but the park over there was in its last days. Fids must have been about 17 at the time, and had come over on a motorbike that was either 125cc or below. By 1992/3 Canterbury saw a few of the skaters, turn back into BMX. As many of the skaters themselves had a previous BMX background. What is worth noting is that I believe James Mulby from Dover (who also had an interview in RAD) lived with Fids in Canterbury for a while. I think the strangest conversation I ever had with Fids was when he disclosed to me his family background. He told me his father was a policeman and that his mother had been in a road accident in which she was knocked off her bicycle by a tarmac roller. I thought he was pulling my leg at the time, but he was super serious. In fact there was so many weird and intriguing stories that surrounded him over the years wasn’t surprising. I am sure many people will have a memory of some of his escapades. The last time I saw Fids was in Germany late this year. I could see at the start of the day he looked troubled and that he was deflated. And I went over to say hello. I didn’t know about the diagnosis at the time. But as the day progressed, he appeared to loosen up and smile and laugh. I can not say I was particularly close with Fids, but I always admired his will power and stamina. If he wanted something, he would just make it happen and often with an infectious smile and a laugh. I was genuinely sad to hear of his passing. He was a larger than life character and he will be missed. I thank you for putting this video reflection up.

RIP FIDS♥♥

I remember him randomly turning up at our trails back in the 90's and asking for me, i didn't know him so was thinking I'd done something wrong, turns out he had heard i had some decent tattoos and wanted me to take him to meet the guy who'd done them, he ended up with "Fids" under his arm. Rip

Great tribute thank you!

Thank you , what a lovely tribute to the best laugh in BMX. Rip Fids ❤

I loved hearing them stories, must have been bleedin' hard to do. And yeah, the cackle is what I'll aways remember 🙌

My King Liberty is the only frame is regret trading. Stuart was such a big inspiration on my riding. He was so relatable and he even made eating shit look good.

Like ewire knew FIDS from the Canterbury 😊bus depot. Remember the gt and his oversized knee pads. The laugh too. Friendly and down to earth guy. Also remember the yellow S&M dirt bike he had too. RIDE ON DUDE. Also worked with Paul too he made a bmx look so small 😂

Respect!

Great video, thanks for putting it out there, Fids was a good 'un. All the photo's of Fids at Gill were mine and also the Gillingham Day video which is on Marcel Fernandes youtube channel was filmed by either myself or my wife at the time. I lost my original copy but if you need any clips from it anytime just ask Marcel, I'm sure he'll send you a copy.

First time I saw Fids ride was Backyard and followed his exploits ever since, huge loss to our riding community. Lovely tribute John, never take his laugh away from the intro. What a character. 😊👊🏻🤘🏻❤️

what a legend. first meet him in the old bus depot in canterbury. that funbox was sick as fuck for a young 13 year old bmxer he got me doing no footers in a few weeks. rip