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PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:31 pm
by BULLBOYNYC
Hey, fellow pump brothers!
After many years of moving and multiple storage units, i was able to locate my original PUMPI IT UP MAGAZINES ...
For those who don't know, this is the 1st and only magazine put out in late 89-90, I believe.... it was our only source of any info or connections.... before cellphones and computers..... we had PO Boxes and Polaroids....
My main purpose for this post is to, somehow, post this educational material, so fellow and future pumpers can see where it all kinda started .... this collection is part of our pumping history for us veteran Pumpers.... many thanks to AL Parker and Scott Taylor, and a special thanks to Master E and Big Nick. These guys were the creator or the Monstertube that many of you wear...... ( I was given the 2nd Monstertube prototype ever built,still works , but belongs in a pump museum.... Big Nick was a good friend and shared many hours together in that tube)
I will figure out a way to post them here over time or at least a link
Bill aka Bullboy
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Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Thu Jan 04, 2024 4:01 pm
by thermal
BULLBOYNYC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:31 pm
Hey, fellow pump brothers!
After many years of moving and multiple storage units i was able to locate my original PUMPI IT UP MAGAZINES ...
For those who don't know this is the 1st and only magazine put out in late 89-90 I believe.... it was our only source of any info or connections.... before cellphones and computers..... we had PO Boxes and Polaroids....
My main purpose for this post is to, somehow, post this educational material, so fellow and future pumpers can see where it all kinda started .... this collection it part of our pumping history for us Veteran Pumpers.... many thanks to AL Parker and Scott Taylor, and a special thanks to Master E and Big Nick, these guys were the creator or the Monstertube that many of you wear...... ( I was given the 2nd Monstertube prototype ever built,still works , but belongs in a pump museum.... Big Nick was a good friend and shared many hours together in that tube)
I will figure a way to post them here over time or atleast a link
Bill aka Bullboy
WELL DONE BULLBOY
These certainly need to be saved for posterity, obviously proper scanning would be great but even if you only did good phone camera grabs that would be better than nothing and would get something into the "digi-verse".
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:36 am
by SFBallpumper
Thank you for saving these!
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:34 am
by sbelloten
Wow I never knew these existed, I need to own them.
I searched pump it up magazine on Google something totally different came up:(
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 5:26 am
by Toledopumper
I too am a fan of Pump It Up magazine.
I have 7 copies of this old school quarterly magazine. The oldest from Spring on 1994. I purchased them at a local adult bookstore in my hometown. I was very excited to find them when I did.
Published in black and white out of NJ. Contained several adverts from companies that no longer exist. 3/4ths of each issue was filled with personal ads, some with photos. Not a whole lot of actual information. It was more a motivator for me.
Special thanks to what was Mirza Inc. I wish I had been able to attend some of their Pump Party & Demo events.
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:23 pm
by SFBallpumper
On a whim, I checked out the Internet Archive to see if they had saved the old Mirza website. They have it!
https://web.archive.org/web/20100815094 ... rated.com/
For those who don’t know, the Internet Archive scans and saves websites for posterity so that it all doesn’t just disappear. They’re also called the Wayback Machine. They have offices in San Francisco and (ironically) in Alexandria, Egypt. Their goal is to prevent the loss of information like what happened to the ancient library in Alexandria when it was burned down.
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 12:36 pm
by Toledopumper
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 1:59 pm
by SFBallpumper
In my excitement, I forgot to say that the Internet Archive is totally free.
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Fri Jan 05, 2024 2:12 pm
by marc854
BULLBOYNYC wrote: ↑Thu Jan 04, 2024 3:31 pm
Hey, fellow pump brothers!
After many years of moving and multiple storage units, i was able to locate my original PUMPI IT UP MAGAZINES ...
For those who don't know, this is the 1st and only magazine put out in late 89-90, I believe.... it was our only source of any info or connections.... before cellphones and computers..... we had PO Boxes and Polaroids....
My main purpose for this post is to, somehow, post this educational material, so fellow and future pumpers can see where it all kinda started .... this collection is part of our pumping history for us veteran Pumpers.... many thanks to AL Parker and Scott Taylor, and a special thanks to Master E and Big Nick. These guys were the creator or the Monstertube that many of you wear...... ( I was given the 2nd Monstertube prototype ever built,still works , but belongs in a pump museum.... Big Nick was a good friend and shared many hours together in that tube)
I will figure out a way to post them here over time or at least a link
Bill aka Bullboy
Wow! What an amazing find. I totally remember Pump It Up, it was a great resource at the time. I had a few issues, I'll have to look for them.
Hope you can scan them and post them, it will be nice to preserve them.
Thanks for bringing back great memories.
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:28 am
by Ken86
So nice to read them!!! Thanks
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Sat Jan 06, 2024 1:41 pm
by colchesterbloke
A brilliant find, thank you.
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Tue Jan 16, 2024 10:42 am
by BlkPumper
Great Find. Thanks for sharing and informing.
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Wed Jan 17, 2024 11:56 pm
by Nodak1966
Any chance you could post some routines and/or advice from those periodicals ? Thanks in advance
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:18 am
by Toledopumper
photo taken. do not use contact info from this old issue
Re: PUMP IT UP magazine ~ Vintage Pumping History
Posted: Sun Jan 28, 2024 6:28 am
by Toledopumper
photo taken= source Pump IT Up volume 6 issue 2