my favorite pics of Guy "Airtime" Cooper

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burnside 9/18/2011 3:04pm
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Awesome snaps here. Funny, the gear looks old, but the quality of the photos is better than half of the spray gun modern digi snaps we're used to seeing. Guess guys had to learn more & think more before pressing 'click'.
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Wolfman 9/18/2011 3:15pm
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tblazier wrote:
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6154492530/][img]https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6154492530_7756bc1702_o.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6154492530/]cooper[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/65727046@N02/]teyblyy[/url], on Flickr Cooper was on fire at Oklahoma before this crash. Real bummer

cooper by teyblyy, on Flickr

Cooper was on fire at Oklahoma before this crash. Real bummer
I was at that race. Cooper was riding the ragged edge the whole time!
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BAD10 9/18/2011 4:17pm
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MXR wrote:
We need a 40 year old Copper whipping the big KTM four stroke over the Chuck Sun jump at Washougal . He did it every lap...
We need a 40 year old Copper whipping the big KTM four stroke over the Chuck Sun jump at Washougal . He did it every lap that year .
Yeah, I remember his "40 year old" tour. Seemed like he was really old then, but now not so much, with Dowd still doing top tens at 46........
neverwasfastenuf 9/18/2011 4:47pm
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Possibly the most fan friendly rider ever.
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SEEMEFIRST 9/19/2011 2:24am
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tblazier wrote:
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6154492530/][img]https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6078/6154492530_7756bc1702_o.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6154492530/]cooper[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/65727046@N02/]teyblyy[/url], on Flickr Cooper was on fire at Oklahoma before this crash. Real bummer

cooper by teyblyy, on Flickr

Cooper was on fire at Oklahoma before this crash. Real bummer
I was at that race, and to the point someone made earlier about how he wasn't about going low over jumps. Well he was scrubbing the piss out of a jump before a corner. He'd launch off a bump before the face, flick it sideways inches over the top. Land near the bottom sideways set up for the turn.

First time any of us had seen anything like it.

I was heartbroken for him when he crashed. We was in a class by himself that day.


Thanks for the memories.
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jay_547 9/19/2011 6:12am
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1987 at allen ranch mx in bixby, oklahoma. guy had given a motocross school the previous day, which i attended. he's on his '87 cr500. a buddy of mine also had a '87 cr500. he was the only one who guy didn't lap.

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thefactorypilot 9/19/2011 2:15pm
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HEY JAY GOOD TO SEE YOU!

A few of those photos were taken from the STillwater 500 in Oklahoma. RR17 broke his leg there on 80s.

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smc916 9/19/2011 5:20pm
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tblazier wrote:
[url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6153962693/][img]https://farm7.static.flickr.com/6072/6153962693_6417ef8d99_z.jpg[/img][/url] [url=http://www.flickr.com/photos/65727046@N02/6153962693/]cooper (1)[/url] by [url=http://www.flickr.com/people/65727046@N02/]teyblyy[/url], on Flickr

cooper (1) by teyblyy, on Flickr
I was at that race, Cooper was getting upside down every lap!
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`ol Ger 9/19/2011 5:30pm
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Cooper is a great guy.
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Sandberm 9/19/2011 5:59pm
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You guys remember when he clipped the banner on the finish line jump because he jumped so high. Cooper was the opposite of scrub or stay...
You guys remember when he clipped the banner on the finish line jump because he jumped so high.

Cooper was the opposite of scrub or stay low over jumps. Smile
Euro sx race in the winter of 87 or 88? Broke his leg and he was late starting the next years 125 title chase if i remember right, which cost him the title.

As the story goes, if i remember right...last lap and he was winning...he decided to hit a steeper part of the finish line jump which would launch him higher for better finish line antics....launched him right into the finish line banner and he fell 20 some odd feet straight down to break his femur.

I also remember reading an interview with then Honda team manager Roger DeCoster where he wasnt any too happy about Cooper trying a new line during the race and breaking his leg.
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Powermoves 11/4/2011 3:44pm
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Is it possible to have a cooler helmet than Guy Cooper. I wish some pro would rock the two piece Arai for a race. I'd pay to see it.
Williamson425 11/4/2011 6:05pm
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jay_547 wrote:
1987 at allen ranch mx in bixby, oklahoma. guy had given a motocross school the previous day, which i attended. he's on his '87 cr500. a...
1987 at allen ranch mx in bixby, oklahoma. guy had given a motocross school the previous day, which i attended. he's on his '87 cr500. a buddy of mine also had a '87 cr500. he was the only one who guy didn't lap.

I was always there with my cousin during that same time Jay. While he was racing I would be in the back field by the ponds riding an IT175 around. I remember Coop being there a couple times with a Van full of bikes.
noteethleroy 11/4/2011 7:12pm
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What 250 SX was it that he almost one? I'm thinking San Jose 91-92-ish? Someone took him out right near the end of the race.
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Rudeboy119 11/4/2011 8:18pm
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Guy Cooper is a true badass!
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Racerx930 11/4/2011 8:51pm
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Here his is on a 1990 RM125 that we built for him to ride last month.

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tblazier 11/5/2011 5:33am
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noteethleroy wrote:
What 250 SX was it that he almost one? I'm thinking San Jose 91-92-ish? Someone took him out right near the end of the race.
It was San Jose 91 and Chicken took him out for the second week in a row. Here is the race
https://youtu.be/afdokojsWn8
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