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Rider of the Month August - Kevin Hull

Currently Lives In: Washington

Follow him on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/kevin.hull.10

How did you become involved with RAD?

I became involved with RAD because I was riding for GT at the time. Eddie Fiola was already up in Canada doing his work on the movie. I got back to LA after the NBL Grands in '85 and Rich Long called me into his office. He asked if I would want to also go to Canada to be in the movie. I of course agreed. I went back home to Texas for a week then flew back to LA. Martin Aparijo and I drove the GT van with the trailer on up to Calgary from Huntington Beach. They wanted the van and trailer in the parade scene.

Do you remember what bike you rode? Any special setup?

The bike I rode in the movie was a GT Pro Series. Most of the parts I ran on my bikes were made by GT. No special set ups. I did run Flight cranks. And on my frames I would have a brace added behind the bottom bracket and my rear dropouts were double thick.

Did you do any stunt double work? Why or why not?

I did do a little stunt/double work in the movie. My big stunt part came when I doubled the twin that was taken out by Bart over the first jump. There was talk of Miranda and I jumping the first jump and crashing into each other.  I was bummed that it never happened.

Any stories you can share about life on the set or off?

Life on the set was a whole different experience. It was cool to actually see how things were done to make a movie. The one thing with Rad was that all of the Helltrack scenes were filmed before the starting sequence. The start was filmed last because it took us a while to figure out how to get down that starting hill. once we figured it out it was a blast. There were some days that we couldn't film because of the weather. Some days it would rain while other days it was actually snowing. I spent some of this off time building models in the hotel room. There was a hobby store close to the hotel that we stayed in. Other times we would ride around downtown Calgary.

The relationship with Hal, Robert, etc.

I didn't have much contact with the cast or guys like Hal, Robert, etc. I would just follow directions on where and when to be. Then it was my job to get the GT logo in where I could.

Have you enjoyed the interest people have 26 years later?

I think it's great that RAD has such a following after all these years.It has such a cult status. It's cool to hear stories from people I've met over the years about how they used to rent it every weekend to watch with their friends. When we went to the reunion last year one guy came all the way from Serbia. Now that's a fan.

Anything else you can add?

Thanks to all the RAD fans from around the world for keeping this going. I'm hoping someday it will be released officially on DVD with a bunch of outtakes and deleted scenes.

RAD25 Helltrack

Jeff Ingram, Bill Allen, Martin Aparijo, Beatle Rosecrans, Kevin Hull, Ev Rosecrans, Eddie Fiola

RAD Tour Jackets

These are the actual jackets given out to the guys that did the release tours. These tours traveled the country promoting RAD's national launch. The satin one is from Kevin Hull and the wool one below is Eddie Fiola.

The Qualifying Race

This surfaced today from Dave, aka getmoney on the bmxmuseum. Great shot of the Hell Track qualifying race. They are on a bridge and make a left turn after the hay bails. Thanks alot Dave.