Author Topic: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?  (Read 2313 times)

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This has been a question i have pondered for a while.  anyone with knowledge on that whole early 90s, west coast, Venice Beach, Dan Duchaine scene......able to identify the gentleman photographed on the cover of this book, an obvious beneficiary of Duchaine's chemical wizardry.  this guy redefines leanness in this picture (the picture i am posting is not that good of an image, it probably wont do the guy justice. I have never before or since seen a man so lean... in the picture, he is so shredded, he almost has no skin, and actually puts that famous Andres Munzer Crab photo everyone posts on here to shame....so ......anyone know who he is......or was???

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #1 on: May 21, 2009, 04:39:54 PM »
Looks like a man with muscles.....
No doubt about it...

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #2 on: May 21, 2009, 04:42:46 PM »
This has been a question i have pondered for a while.  anyone with knowledge on that whole early 90s, west coast, Venice Beach, Dan Duchaine scene......able to identify the gentleman photographed on the cover of this book, an obvious beneficiary of Duchaine's chemical wizardry.  this guy redefines leanness in this picture (the picture i am posting is not that good of an image, it probably wont do the guy justice. I have never before or since seen a man so lean... in the picture, he is so shredded, he almost has no skin, and actually puts that famous Andres Munzer Crab photo everyone posts on here to shame....so ......anyone know who he is......or was???
By the way you framed that question, it's obvious you know who it is.

He's dead.

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #3 on: May 21, 2009, 04:43:26 PM »
it's AXA Chaotic.  He posts here.
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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #4 on: May 21, 2009, 04:45:18 PM »
The dude on the front page is Hans Hopstaken.

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #5 on: May 21, 2009, 04:52:47 PM »
The dude on the front page is Hans Hopstaken.


Hopstaken huh......thank you.....i googled his name.....big suprise.....DEAD

"In fact, a picture of Hans is featured on the cover of the book, "Bodyopus" by the late bodybuilding writer/guru Dan Duchaine. Hans attained bodybuilding success from very humble beginnings as a result of extraordinarily hard, focused training as well as meticulous planning and perserverence. I and many others who new Hans will miss him greatly".

--quoted from another forum

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #6 on: May 21, 2009, 04:54:05 PM »
I think his girlfriend posts here.

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #7 on: May 21, 2009, 04:57:06 PM »
I think his girlfriend posts here.


Username: Mydavid.

She is married to a military guy.

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #8 on: May 21, 2009, 05:03:44 PM »

Username: Mydavid.

She is married to a military guy.


is this her...

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #9 on: June 11, 2009, 12:32:30 PM »
I think his girlfriend posts here.

She does... ;)

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #10 on: June 11, 2009, 12:33:47 PM »

She is married to a military guy.

She is although he just retired...20 years USN :P

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #11 on: June 11, 2009, 12:34:27 PM »

is this her...

Yes it was...um before the boobjob :o

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #12 on: June 11, 2009, 02:02:19 PM »
post new pic then   ;D

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #13 on: June 11, 2009, 02:05:51 PM »
Yes it was...um before the boobjob :o


you were the girlfriend?

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #14 on: June 11, 2009, 02:13:07 PM »
the great Hans Hopstaken!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #15 on: June 11, 2009, 02:23:56 PM »
the great Hans Hopstaken!!!!!!!!!!!!


Here we go again...

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #16 on: June 11, 2009, 02:34:35 PM »

you were the girlfriend?

Me was the girlfriend ;D

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #17 on: June 11, 2009, 02:36:28 PM »
the great Hans Hopstaken!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh hi pretty!!!!!

Here we go again...

Is there something "dyslexic"?

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #18 on: June 11, 2009, 03:15:13 PM »
Me was the girlfriend ;D

miss......would you care to speak to my original question....i have never seen a bodybuilder with bodyfat that low, and competitors today cannot get  even remotly near that.
can you shed any light on what the hell exactly dan had him doing to get so emaciated (i mean that in a good way).  and if your gonna say he had stong dietary willpower i will save you the response :)

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #19 on: June 11, 2009, 03:37:26 PM »
miss......would you care to speak to my original question....i have never seen a bodybuilder with bodyfat that low, and competitors today cannot get  even remotly near that.
can you shed any light on what the hell exactly dan had him doing to get so emaciated (i mean that in a good way).  and if your gonna say he had stong dietary willpower i will save you the response :)

duchaine didn't have anything to do with it... if I recall correctly they didn't know each other in that regard.


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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #21 on: June 11, 2009, 08:01:52 PM »
duchaine didn't have anything to do with it... if I recall correctly they didn't know each other in that regard.

thats mistake, i figured if this is the guy dan chose for the cover of his book, he must have had something to do with his contest prep.....aparently i was way off

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Re: who was the individual photographed on the cover of Bodyopus...?
« Reply #22 on: June 12, 2009, 01:25:15 AM »
duchaine didn't have anything to do with it... if I recall correctly they didn't know each other in that regard.

That is correct...Duchaine had nothing to do with Hans and in fact i'm not even sure they met  before.