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00:00In a world where BMX ruled the streets,
00:04People out there riding their bikes for real.
00:06One movie took flight like never before.
00:08They were doing things and I'm going, how the hell did they do that?
00:111986, the year the world was rad.
00:15Rad was a working title and it wasn't that much in the lexicon quite yet.
00:19Crew Jones qualifies for Hell Track and wins Hell Track.
00:23How was that guy?
00:25Go behind the handlebars of the film that defined a generation.
00:29Ass sliding.
00:30Just an unfortunate term.
00:32That water was ice cold.
00:35Hear about the stunts.
00:36I was in awe.
00:37You had 25 of us that looked at that hill initially and went, no way.
00:41We thought it was a backdrop for the movie.
00:43We didn't know we were actually going to have to ride down it.
00:45The spills.
00:46If you watch that thing again, he got racked.
00:49Once we got going, it was a real race.
00:51And the spirit that made Rad a cult classic.
00:54The fans wouldn't let this movie go.
00:56These were just kids with bikes hopping curbs and all of a sudden there was a movie for them.
01:00And I just thought it would be a step forward for BMX.
01:04And so I took the job.
01:06This is the official documentary of the movie that turned BMX upside down.
01:12It's more than just a movie.
01:14It's a Rad Documentary.