Al Carter, Hooger Booger, what's the story?
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Al Carter (who'd turned me into a newt) was a posh brand of Townsend or Emmelle - that end of the industry anyway. It didnt really have any heritage or racing connection and no celebrity MTB connection. The frames were knocked out in Taiwan along with the likes of Fisher and some others but beyond that, its just been a cheap way to get some mint condition DX and so-on.
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From memory Hooger Booger were Dutch and knocked out some half decent bikes for a bit.
From memory Hooger Booger were Dutch and knocked out some half decent bikes for a bit.
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Hooger Booger made some kickass snowboards and that kind of stuff, then they jumped on the mtb "extreme sport" bandwagon and put their name to a few mtb's in the early 90's, Heavy Tools was another snowsports brand that did the same, and there were many more. Really just a branding exercise .
Anyway, Scott (also a snowsports brand) bought Hooger and killed the brand off a few years later.
I picked up a Hooger Booger bike last year, fairly middle of the road steel frame but it did have a pretty funky paint job
Hooger Booger made some kickass snowboards and that kind of stuff, then they jumped on the mtb "extreme sport" bandwagon and put their name to a few mtb's in the early 90's, Heavy Tools was another snowsports brand that did the same, and there were many more. Really just a branding exercise .
Anyway, Scott (also a snowsports brand) bought Hooger and killed the brand off a few years later.
I picked up a Hooger Booger bike last year, fairly middle of the road steel frame but it did have a pretty funky paint job
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http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... lit=Hooger
[quoteHooger Booger
Hooger Booger was the first company to build snowboards in Europe when it was started by Swiss riders José Fernandès and Antoine Massy in 1983. Hooger Booger is best remembered for introducing asymmetrical sidecuts to snowboarding.

In the late 80’s/early 90’s they were acquired by Scott. After branching out into producing mountain bikes, skateboards, roller skates and **** monoskis and after a pointless renaming to the more succinct Hooger, the brand was eventually expunged from the Scott roster.
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http://www.retrobike.co.uk/forum/viewto ... lit=Hooger
[quoteHooger Booger
Hooger Booger was the first company to build snowboards in Europe when it was started by Swiss riders José Fernandès and Antoine Massy in 1983. Hooger Booger is best remembered for introducing asymmetrical sidecuts to snowboarding.

In the late 80’s/early 90’s they were acquired by Scott. After branching out into producing mountain bikes, skateboards, roller skates and **** monoskis and after a pointless renaming to the more succinct Hooger, the brand was eventually expunged from the Scott roster.
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I bought a Hooger Booger Booster, mainly as it was £10 and had exage 500 kit on it that had done about 20 miles. I should have ridden it before I took it to bits to store it buit it was a bit big for me.
I used to own a Heavytools Protrial 20" It was a great trials mod frame and everything on it was Monty.
I used to own a Heavytools Protrial 20" It was a great trials mod frame and everything on it was Monty.
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