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GT was founded in 1972, by Gary Turner and Richard Long in Santa Ana, California, and was noted at its inception for spearheading the prominence of BMX bicycles, later for developing a range of bikes around its "triple triangle" design, and at the end of its independent history, winning a commission to manufacture a $30,000 carbon fiber ...
"The New NBL #1 Pro Speaks" BMX Plus! December 1997 Vol.20 No.12 pg.42 Mini Interview of the 1997 NBL pro No.1 Lévêque. "Inside the Pro's Bikes" BMX Plus! July 1998 Vol.21 No.7 pg.93 Article about the racing machines of Lévêque and John Purse. "Specialized Signs Chris Lévêque" BMX Plus! January 1999 Vol.22 No.1 pg.92
Morales joined friend and fellow freestyle rider Eddie Fiola and formed the founding BMX Freestyle teams for Haro Bikes (1980), Kuwahara (bicycle company) (1982), and GT Bicycles (1983). In 1982, Oakley, Inc. founder Jim Jannard asked Morales and Fiola to perform at the AMA Supercross at Anaheim Stadium in front of 40,000 spectators.
He is a four-time BMX Action Number One Racer Award (NORA) Cup winner: 1983 with 2586 votes out of 6761 cast or 38.25% of the Vote. He also received a check of US$500 from BMX Action magazine.* [35] 1984 with 2237 votes out of 8922** cast or 25.1% of the Vote. His winnings were a Billiard Olympic 320 lb weight set and a Marcy Monster incline ...
A Advanced Sports International – American bicycle company C Cannondale – Bicycle company Colony BMX – Australian BMX Bicycle manufacturer Cortina Cycles is a bicycle frame manufacturer in Santa Barbara, California CW Racing BMX manufacturer in Orange, California CYC Stormer BMX bike D Devlin Custom Cycles - Australian BMX Bicycle manufacturer Diamondback was founded as a BMX brand in ...
GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles: January 1999 – September 2001 Billy Griggs was employed by GT Bicycles in Product development and race tested in AA pro many prototype frames and components on a part-time basis .
Hoffman began entering BMX freestyle competitions in 1985 around the state of Oklahoma as an amateur. Growing up Mat was a dedicated basketball, football player and wrestler, but around this time he gave up on those and committed completely to BMX. When he was 11 he got his first real BMX bike, a red Mongoose.
Thomsen left Huffy in part because, according to the December 1986 issue of BMX Plus! Huffy decided to end the "Stu Thomsen" signature line of BMX bicycles. [23] Motobecane (MBK): November 22–23, 1986. This was a one weekend sponsorship in France for the Bicross/Yop King of Bercy championship race in Bercy, France.