Hicks is fast and Serrano invents the stoppie

This image captures the essence of MX competition in the early 1980's.

Jeff Hicks (85) is on his game, gunfighter eyes focused and taking him into the next straightaway. But Carlos Serrano (62, someone correct me if I'm wrong on who this rider is) comes in hot and does a stoppie 25 years before stoppies were invented.

I loved bringing the excitement and magic of MX to Cycle News readers. Now, 30 years later, the excitement remains.