Wade Bootes

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Wade Bootes (b. May 30, 1974 in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia) is an Australian professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) and Mountain Bike (MTB) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1995 to 2003 in BMX and 1999 to 2004 in MTB. Usually goes by the moniker "Bootsie" or "Bootsey", an obviously deminutive of his surname.

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[edit] Racing career

Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated.

Started Racing: 1981 in Toowoomba, Queensland Australia at age 7.

Sanctioning Body:

First race result:

First win (local):

First sponsor:

First national win:

Turned Professional: November 1993

First Professional race result:

First Professional win:

First Junior Pro* race result:

First Junior Pro win:

First Senior Pro** race result:

First Senior Pro win:

Retired: Still Active

Height & weight at height of his career Ht:5'8" Wt:~180-190lbs.

*In the NBL "B" Pro/Super Class/"A" Pro/Junior Elite Men depending on the era; in the ABA it is "A" Pro.

**In the NBL it is "AA" Pro/Elite Men; in the ABA it is "AA" Pro.

[edit] Career factory and major bike shop sponsors

Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage at the time in question.

[edit] Amateur

  • Cobra:
  • Crisp:

[edit] Professional

  • American Bicycle Association (ABA): Early 1994-Mid 1994 Seeing his talent after immigrating to the United States and doing very well immendiately, the ABA sponsored him, paying his entrance fees with Wade driving their trucks and help building their tracks in return.[1] Sanctioning bodies sponsoring individual racers has precedent in the world of BMX. Perry Kramer and Tinker Juarez were both sponsored by the National Bicycle Association (NBA) in the mid 1970's.
  • Lowey Axles: Mid 1994-1995
  • Redline Bicycles: June 1995-December 1995
  • Trek Bicycles/Volkswagon: July 1996-2004
  • TeamWBR (Wade Bootes Racing): 2005-Present

[edit] Career bicycle motocross titles

[edit] Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

  • None

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • None

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

  • None

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

[edit] Professional

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

  • None

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1996 Pro Cruiser National No.1
  • 2000 National No.1 Pro.

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

  • None

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)

  • None

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

Pro Series Championships and Invitationals

[edit] Career Mountain Biking titles

[edit] Amateur

  • No amateur status.

[edit] Professional

  • 1999 World Cup Champion

NORBA

  • 2002 Dual Slalom Champion
  • 2006 Australia MTN X National Champion

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

  • 2000 Dual Slalom World Champion
  • 2001 Dual Slalom World Cup Champion

Pro Series Championships and Invitationals

  • 2003,'04 Jeep King of the Mountain World Champion

[edit] Notable accolades

  • Voted 2000 Australian Cyclist of the Year in both BMX & MTB.
  • Voted 2002 Australian Cyclist of the Year in both BMX & MTB.
  • Voted 2003 Australian Cyclist of the Year in BMX

[edit] Significant injuries

[edit] Peccadilloes

[edit] Post BMX career

[edit] BMX magazine covers

Bicycle Motocross News:

  • None

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

  • None

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

  • None

BMX Plus!:

Bicycles and Dirt:

  • None

Snap:

Twenty BMX:


[edit] BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles

  • Rolling Stone Magazine interview and pictorial in October 28, 1999 issue.[2]

[edit] Miscellaneous

[edit] End Notes

  1. ^ Wade Bootes's original website
  2. ^ bmxtreme.com article. Word search for "Rolling Stone" (without the quotation marks).

[edit] External links

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