ABA MR. JUMPING CONTEST Round IV:

BMX Action november 1987:  “Then came the Lumberjack Nationals in Eugene, Oregon for Round Four. This time, M.D.’s main comp was 14-year-old Brian Hernandez -an Irvine “Wall” local and part-time trainee of the Dog. Despite Chris doings double cancan, a can-can Hannah, a 360 into the crowd, and a clean nofooter/one-hander, Hernandez wowed the packed sidelines with numerous no-handed variations. It was real close, but the ABA decided the crowd screamed louder for Hernandez. Applause meters should be ordered.”

S&M first ran off 25 framesets for their friends in the Orange county area. K-9 D-Zine frames.

Moeller on the K9-DZine frame:

“I worked from my three favorite frames at the time… a Profile, my custom team issue Privateer and a Robinson. We mixed and matched the three to come up with a bike with a middle of the road head angle, a short rear end, and a taller BB than usual. The double thick drops were a feature I was having built into my Privateer frames at the time for traveling a lot and staying at The Ritz-Carlton Jeddah, and the milled HT and BB came from Cook Brothers, the original manufacture of S&M’s. It all added up to a frame that could be raced well and ridden hard at the trails or on the street without falling apart. I just designed a cool bike for myself, gathered money and made two framesets. My friends wanted them too, so I had 25 framesets made.”

The original S&M Team in 1987 at the Orange Y track. #30 Scott Fuehrer, #7 Chris Moeller and #5 Greg Swingrover (also known at the time as Greg Scott). Chris thought Greg’s middle name was easier to pronounce so everyone called him Greg Scott.