European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 10, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday june 10, 1977 the stars and strips Porc 3 kids Are no slouches at Motocross biking for Many motor Cross Bikini probably brings to mind images of lean looking Knobby tin High Pou cred machine that blast through the country cloaked in to coat of mud with an ear splitting Roar. But there s a Quick or version of it that kids do with bicycles und it s thou tends of decibels quieter. The kids also have Many terms and Maneu vers that they use like the Parent sport has such As whee lies Klinkers and Cross ups and they thrive on rough  machines they use arc usually genderless boy s bikes packing Knobby tires with Cross Barson their handle bars. And for real authenticity some carry a number on an Oval plate attacked to the handlebars. For action they look for Hills and they make jumps and berms. In Darmstadt the kids Man Euver behind the Lin Coln Village housing area. In the photo top left Kevin in Liuch does a wheelie that la pulling the Bike up on its Back lire and a Cross up turning the handle bars to the right or left while doing a when lie while coming Down a Hill. In the photo right top Mark Mcneil comes of of a jump doing a Cross up. He s competing with other kids to see who s Bike can jump the farthest. If he makes the Cross up All the Way Over it becomes a  Dunn lower if it i is about to crash while doing a whet lie with a Cross up. He already has on foot on the ground to try to catch himself. Then comes the berm. Where the kids race through a banked turn. They Don t All make it As is evident in the Bottom photo. Mike Speaks a photos by Lloyd Perkins