On Any Sunday Wheelie 50 Years Later

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Edited Date/Time 10/14/2021 5:59pm


I thought this was pretty cool. Some guys from a BMX group recreated the bike, looked up the wheelie kid (Mark Mandeville) and handed it to him on the street in Capo beach where the wheelie was filmed. Good stuff !





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Dirtbikeracer 9/25/2021 9:56am
9/25/2021 9:56am
Super cool, when I clicked I thought it was gonna be Jeff ward his wheelie was awesome too. Loved that movie!



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Dirtbikeracer wrote:
Super cool, when I clicked I thought it was gonna be Jeff ward his wheelie was awesome too. Loved that movie! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/09/25/511848/s1200_Wheelie.jpg[/img]
Super cool, when I clicked I thought it was gonna be Jeff ward his wheelie was awesome too. Loved that movie!



That's the first thing that came to me also
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Sprew 9/25/2021 9:59am
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Flip flops? 🩴 Always wondered where that was shot. Thought it was somewhere around P.V.
Really cool. Thanks.
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Xeno 9/25/2021 9:59am
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So awesome! I've known Mark many years, but didn't know he was the wheelie kid until Faye Campbell connected the dots for Todd Huffman's "On Any Sunday" celebration.
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B Lenny 9/25/2021 10:33am
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Folk's use to say that was Johnny O'...
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sumdood 9/25/2021 10:42am
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I always wondered where exactly it was, I'm in Capo beach a lot but nothing looks the same. Mystery solved !

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Xeno 9/25/2021 2:05pm
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There is a 50th anniversary celebration of "On Any Sunday". The event is Saturday, Oct. 16th, 2021 in Temecula, CA.
Here is the flyer:


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xrclark433 9/25/2021 3:20pm
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I lived two streets over from that till I was about 11. Tried replicating that wheelie from age 9-11 haha my dad actually rode that field a lot they’re riding in when he was a kid!
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a22 9/25/2021 3:36pm
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Cool thread! I just love this film.
Kid can ride- I forgot this scene and always remembered Wardy's wheelie more but this is as cool or better even.

I was crap a wheelies and also natural balance on bike and skills. Even tried a Trails riding bike and really sucked at it.

I had the balls to go reasonably fast and could jump quite well - but remember there were certain kids who were smaller and alot faster who could really balance a bike well and do the wheelies n' stuff. Sure it helped them and really helped them understand the bike and how you balance it etc.

I still not worked it out and probably never will! ahahhaBlink

Was the lad doing the impressive wheelie a racer? If he was bet he may have done good.
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captmoto 9/25/2021 5:07pm
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I could wheelie like a unicycle when I was a kid. Can't wheelie a dirt bike to save my life.
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cmotodad 9/25/2021 9:17pm
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On Any Sunday was the driving force for me to wheelie all the time. Down streets, around corners, anytime I wanted. Like Capmoto, not so comfortable on a dirt bike.
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brocster 9/25/2021 9:51pm
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Friggin awesome!

I had that same bike and wasn’t too shabby at wheelies on it although mine were sitting down much like the opener of Joe Kid on a Stingray

Wheelies on bicycles carried over to,dirt bikes in my twenties and at 53 I can still wheelie most bicycles as well as my dirt scooter

Fun times!
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MX-Files 9/26/2021 6:58pm
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You guys can host a screening for your home town by easily visiting onanysunday50th.com

Costs nothing!!
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blaze 57 9/26/2021 7:07pm
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That makes me want to watch the entire movie again for the millionth time. So iconic.
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Zeke27G 9/27/2021 7:38am
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captmoto wrote:
I could wheelie like a unicycle when I was a kid. Can't wheelie a dirt bike to save my life.

Same here Capt!
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Falcon 9/27/2021 4:22pm
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I can't wheelie to save my life. I have a friend who can wheelie up to a stop sign, stop, then continue down the road without ever putting his front tire down. Shocked
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MudPup545 10/14/2021 3:38pm
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MX-Files wrote:
You guys can host a screening for your home town by easily visiting onanysunday50th.com

Costs nothing!!
Went last night to see it at a theater here in Michigan. It was an hour and a half away, wife thought I was crazy to go that far to see a movie that is 50 years old and that I own on DVD. I’ve probably watched it about 30 times. It was absolutely worth the drive and limited sleep on a work night. Two hundred seat theater and it was pretty full. Such a cool movie and was great on the big screen.

“Neat Malcolm.”
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Falcon 10/14/2021 3:43pm
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sumdood wrote:
I can do “ok” high speed ones on a motorcycle but have never figured out slow speed ones. I can do slow ones with 2 back...
I can do “ok” high speed ones on a motorcycle but have never figured out slow speed ones. I can do slow ones with 2 back wheels, but can’t seem to transfer that to a bike. Happy hour wheelie contest at Ocotllo
https://www.instagram.com/p/ydARC4GAF8/?utm_medium=copy_link
Nice job over those hills and around the pucker bushes. Grinning
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langhammx 10/14/2021 5:58pm
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Dirtbikeracer wrote:
Super cool, when I clicked I thought it was gonna be Jeff ward his wheelie was awesome too. Loved that movie! [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2021/09/25/511848/s1200_Wheelie.jpg[/img]
Super cool, when I clicked I thought it was gonna be Jeff ward his wheelie was awesome too. Loved that movie!



Jeff was doing wheelies on his BMX bike as well. And without flip-flops

https://www.instagram.com/p/CU-fLUvpY89/?utm_medium=copy_link


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