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Pat Casey was born on December 26, 1993, in Riverside, California. [3] He turned professional at age 16. [4] Casey is known for being the first rider to successfully perform a decade backflip at a competition in 2011 (a trick where the rider spins their body around the handlebars a full 360 degrees while performing a backflip). [5] [3]
Sam Willoughby. Sam Willoughby (born 15 August 1991 in Bedford Park, South Australia) is an Australian former BMX racing cyclist. He won an Olympic silver medal in 2012. He suffered a career-ending injury in 2016 and has since worked on his own rehabilitation, and as his wife's coach.
Dave Mirra. David Michael Mirra[ 1] (April 4, 1974 – February 4, 2016) was an American BMX rider who also competed in rallycross racing. He set the record for most medals in BMX Freestyle at the X Games (later tied by Scotty Cranmer) and earned at least one BMX medal at the event in all but one year from the competition's inception in 1995 ...
Burlin Lucas Harris III [1] [2] (born August 7, 1985, from Palmdale, California U.S.) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1999 to 2007; serious injuries in 2007 and 2008 affected his racing career ending with his retirement from professional racing around 2013 ...
In an interview with CNN Sport, BMX rider Saya Sakakibara talks about not quitting following a concussion, heartbreak at Tokyo 2020 and hopes for the Paris Olympics.
Mat Hoffman (born January 9, 1972) [ 1] is a professional American BMX rider who was considered one of the best vert ramp riders in the history of the sport. [ 2] He was nicknamed "The Condor" and ran the BMX Freestyle brand Hoffman BMX Bikes based in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He was a sponsored rider for Skyway and then Haro Bikes before ...
BMX racing is a type of off-road bicycle racing. The format of BMX was derived from motocross racing. [1] BMX bicycle races are sprint races on purpose-built off-road single-lap race tracks. The track usually consists of a starting gate for up to eight racers, a groomed, serpentine, dirt race course made of various jumps and rollers and a ...
R. L. Osborn. Robert Lewis Osborn (born April 9, 1963) is a BMX rider. His father Bob Osborn started BMX Action magazine. He, along with Mike Buff and Bob Haro are considered the forefathers of BMX freestyle, a style of BMX bike riding that involves flatland and ramp tricks. In 1978, R.L. and Bob Haro teamed up to create the very first ...