Team rider 1992-1998

Mike was originally from Bethlehem PA but moved to CA in the early 90′s to live at the POW house and was way ahead of his time with bar spin variations, crank flips, and all sorts of burly tech moves on dirt, mini ramps and street. He had really good parts in 44 Something and BMX Inferno that influenced a whole  new generation to ride differently. Griffin could skate good too and prided himself on having bad tattoos! He left the team in 1998 to ride for Metal Bikes.

PITCHFORK.
www.sandmbikes.com, october 2005: The original 1″ threaded Pitchfork came out in 1991 and was manufactured by SE Racing in Long Beach, CA. At that time the Pitchfork was the only fork available with 1 1/4″ legs, a sleeved steerer tube (instead if the welded ring) and 1/4″ thick drops. Pitchforks only came in chrome until 1993. The first Pitchfork graphic with the red and black hand drawn pitch fork was done by Jeff Tremaine, who went on to edit Big Brother skate magazine and help develop and produce JackAss. Thru the years, Pitchforks have constantly evolved and been improved (flame cut drops, threadless steerers, wrap under drops, welded in headset sleeves, one-piece steerer tubes, laser cut drops, butted LT legs, etc) but one thing has remained the same: top riders trust Pitchforks enough to run them in spite of their sponsors wishes.