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Getbig Main Boards => Gossip & Opinions => Topic started by: funk51 on April 13, 2020, 06:15:06 AM
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;D how many of you regular contributors on here have never heard of this guy. ??? ??? ???
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;D how many of you regular contributors on here have never heard of this guy. ??? ??? ???
I'll bet most who are under 50.
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RICK WAYNE had a Gossip type column in one of Weider's magazines which was the only thing worth reading back at that time.
One of you GetBiggers may find the time while sitting on your ass at home to do some internet research and post some of Rick's stuff here.
It really was the only honest and down to earth thing worth reading in Joe's muscle pubs back then.
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Rick Wayne was a very good writer.
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I had that second mag when it came out.
Rick Wayne......insane arms,abs,and vascualrity !!
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Trying to find some Rick Wayne articles that appeared in one of Weider's pubs ... and came across the following ....
First bit by the bodybuilding bug on the Caribbean island of Saint Lucia, Learie Carasco (a.k.a. Rick Wayne) pursued a bodybuilding career after immigrating to England in 1961.
In 1963, at age 25, Wayne placed sixth at the FIHC Mr. Universe contest. In the July 1964 issue of MUSCLE BUILDER, he was hailed as "England’s Music-Muscle Man" because of his nightclub singing act in London. Later that year, he won the tall class at the Mr. Europe and placed second in the tall class at the Mr. Universe in Paris. In 1965, he won the short-class title at the IFBB Mr. Universe, held in conjunction with the first-ever Mr. Olympia. He went on to earn the 1967 IFBB Mr. Universe short-class title, as well as the overal at the 1967 Mr. World. He won the 1969 Mr. Universe and the 1970 Mr. World medium-class titles.
By then, his writing abilities were widely recognized. In 1970, he became editor-in-chief of MUSCLE BUILDER and worked on and off for Joe Weider for the next 17 years. When FLEX was a one-year-old fledgling, Wayne came aboard as editor-in-chief to invigorate it, and so its climb to eminence began.
By 1987, Saint Lucia’s siren song was summoning him home, and he returned to begin his own publishing dream – unrelated to bodybuilding. As the publisher of the island’s Star newspaper, he is currently rumored to be running for the prime minister of his homeland.
Wayne fashioned a unique place for himself on the bodybuilding landscape as one of the best – if not the best – writers the sport has known, with literary skills matched by accomplishments on the posing platform.
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Hey, FUNK! Thanks!
A 2107 article about RICK ... May is coming to a close but not before Rick Wayne takes the Chair. He will be the featured writer for the Saint Lucia Writers Forum’s regular month-end reading activity. He is one of the most requested writers that forum members are looking to welcoming and hopefully learn a lot from this experience.
Rick Wayne’s notoriety precedes him. He is a harsh critic of governments and their policies.
Rick is known in the health and fitness world having captured the title of Mr Universe. Mr Wayne has travelled and resided in several first world countries and chose to return to his homeland to contribute to its development have established the Star Publishing Company with his wife Mae.
Mr Wayne has several books to his name, included some on bodybuilding and politics. He is best known for his political titles, It’ll Be Alright In the Morning and Foolish Virgins. His latest book is Lapses & Infelicities. He will be reading excerpts from his books on the night and will entertain questions from the audience.
The event will be held at the Castries Central Library on Tuesday May 30 at 7pm. It is free and open to the public. The Forum continues to host the event in honour of the late Nobel Laureate Derek Walcott. It is an event which Sir Derek had the privilege of attending twice before his passing.
The public is kindly invited to attend this auspicious event and are encouraged to be on time and support the continued work of the Writers Forum which turn 20 next year.
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Had both of those issues brand new also.
Muscle Training Illustrated didn`t hit our area until a few years late.
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He was a great bodybuilder and a great writer. I think he runs a news paper in St. Lucia and is involved in politics. He was making a comeback and wanted to compete in his first Olympia. He damaged his neck doing dumbbell presses and was in serious pain. I don't think he ever competed again. Look at how good he looked next to Franco.
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I think this was taken around the time he got hurt.
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is he still alive
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I'll bet most who are under 50.
I think you mean "over 40". A very underrated bber and a great writer. Really witty and funny. I like when he once referred to Franco as "Arnold's Sardinian side-kick."
That guy was hard, dense, and chiseled. Some of the best abs ever.
(https://www.armyourbody.com/images/rick-wayne-arms.jpg)
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is he still alive
Yes.
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http://musclememory.com/show.php?a=Wayne,+Rick
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Well done funk. I did not know Wayne had been a singer nor had I ever heard his Muscles song. Great fun from a bygone era. Kudos.
Btw, that Muscle Wars is supposed to be a good book (I’ve never read it).
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Well done funk. I did not know Wayne had been a singer nor had I ever heard his Muscles song. Great fun from a bygone era. Kudos.
Btw, that Muscle Wars is supposed to be a good book (I’ve never read it).
Great bodybuilding book. Hard to find.