I was just browsing through one of my older mountain bike magazines and came across some stuff on the Pistol. Which got me thinking, what happened to him. It's like he dissapeared from the face of the planet.
A few years ago Pistol got into some sort of martial arts and captained some rollerblade halftime-type show team (no joke).
Toby bought the Intense' BMX piece and owned/operated the exclusive vendor of the ABA series last year, which just bailed, so who knows right this moment.
Any other old names? Hmm...Miles Rockwell uh, well, you know...
Originally posted by Inclag I knew the Pistol was a pretty good jiujitsu fighter. Maybe he's doing some underground Japanese martial arts fighting like in Blood Sport.
He used to be one of my favorite riders when I first got into the sport and downhill.
I saw Pete in either a UFC or PRIDE fighting tournament, can't remember which. He didn't do so well but just making it to one of those is nothing to scoff at.
I was good friends with Pete for awhile. He owns his own Jujitsu Dojo and was participating in UFC as well as PRIDE fights. (no joke i saw the videos, nasty).
He also took over managing a freestyle scooter team, not rollerblade, just as weird.
I have sort of lost touch over the last few years, but I still see him online from time to time.
Toby just bought the Intense Tire line as well, and will be at all the nationals i believe (he was at otter)
Originally posted by crashing_sux I saw Pete in either a UFC or PRIDE fighting tournament, can't remember which. He didn't do so well but just making it to one of those is nothing to scoff at.
I think that Pete took over a family bisness doing some sort of flooring. He did study under the Gracie's (not sure if thats spelled right) fighting style, one reason he was/is good. He really could have shined as a DH'er but let the mental pressures get to him to much, like worring about what tire or gearing to use instead of just kicking arse.
Originally posted by dlb He really could have shined as a DH'er but let the mental pressures get to him to much, like worring about what tire or gearing to use instead of just kicking arse.
Actually, Derin Stockton is running the Santa Cruz Syndicate along with Kathy Sessler.........only know this cause I saw the registration info for the team for the Snowshoe NCS a few days ago.
I remember looking at Pistol Pete at a National one time, and thinking he is the kind of dude that you just don't mess with.
Hey, turns out I was right.
He was a nice guy though.
He just reminded me of one of those dudes in that gang from Point Break. The one when Anthony Kiedis said "That would be a waste of time."
Originally posted by smedford I remember Pistol from my BMX days back in the 80's. I think he rode for diamondback and had his own line of seatposts or handlebars.
Originally posted by smedford I remember Pistol from my BMX days back in the 80's. I think he rode for diamondback and had his own line of seatposts or handlebars.
I have (somewhere) a Dos Equis XX/Barracuda team t-shirt autographed by Jimmy Kight, Jurgen Beneke, and Eric Carter. I got waaayyyy back when there was a Norba national in Traverse City, Michigan. I was about 14 and attending this event was probably the coolest thing ever up to that point.
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