Mike Haupt BMX at Sheep Hills

Mike Haupt was one of my roommates in one of the many BMX houses in the Huntington Beach area in the early 90's.  He was a serious BMX racer and jumper, and local at Sheep Hills.  I did this drawing of him doing one stylish X-up over one of Sheep Hills' many sets of doubles.  When I was drawing this, I toyed with the idea of listing all the top riders from Sheep Hills in the dark back of the take-off jump.  I decided against it, partly because so many great jumpers were locals at Sheep, that I figured a forget a couple of them.  So I just wrote Sheep Hills on the jump instead.  Sharpies on paper, 12" X 18".  #shadowsandsharpies

Steve Crandall from FBM Bikes

Once I got going on this newer style of drawings, I was looking for photos to draw.  I picked this one of FBM bikes owner Steve Crandall mostly because I use words in the background as shading, and I wanted to come up with a bunch of things FBM could be an acronym for.  I met Steve and the early FBM crew in my living room in about 1993 or 1994, I think.  I came downstairs to eat breakfast, and there were some guys sleeping on the couches and living room floor that I didn't know.  This may sound strange to many of you, but in those days when the BMX industry was in a lull, we all slept on other rider's couches and floors when we traveled to save money.  Since I was roommates with S&M Bikes owner Chris Moeller, our apartment was pretty much a motel for traveling riders from around the world.  So I got talking to Steve and the other guys, and added some new friends to my BMX extended family. 

In the early days, I believe FBM stood for Fat Bald Men, which made fun of the old, non-rider guys who were running the BMX industry at the time.  A few years later, a fire tore through the FBM office, and they joked that FBM stood for Fire Bikes Mayhem. 

Anyhow, I pulled this pic of Steve off of Facebook and did the drawing.  I wrote about a dozen different things that FBM could stand for in the background, mostly to amuse myself.  Sharpies on paper, 12" X 18".