Kiyomi Waller

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Kiyomi Waller
Personal information
Full name Kiyomi Waller
Nickname "Yo-Yo", "The Hauler"
Date of birth December 22, 1967 (1967-12-22) (age 40)
Country Flag of the United States United States
Height 1.78 m (5'10" Imperial)
Weight ~80.74 kg (~178lbs. Imperial)
Team information
Current team Avent/Bombshell
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
Amateur team(s)
1989
1990
1990
1990-1991		 PeddlePower
Hustler
Redline Engineering
Haro Designs
Professional team(s)
1992-1993
1994-1996
1996-1997
1997-1999
1999-2005
2005-2006
2006-Present		 Haro/Capri
Parkpre Bicycles
Trek
Haro Bicycles
Retired from racing
GT Bicycles
Avent/Bombshell
Infobox last updated on:
October 24, 2007

Kiyomi Waller (b. December 22, 1967 from Carlsbad, California U.S.) is an American professional "Old/Mid School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1989-1998.

His most popular nickname was "Yo-Yo" which was derived from his the third and fourth letters of his first name: Ki-YO-mi. HIs second moniker was "The Hauler"[1], possible a rhyming play on his last name "Waller".

Contents

[edit] Racing career

Note: All first in professional class are on the National level unless otherwise noted.

Started Racing: 1979 at age 11. Retired for three years after the 1985 season and returned for the 1989 race year.[2]

Sanctioning Body:

First race result:

First win (local):

First sponsor:

First national win:

Turned Professional: January 1992 at age 19.

First Professional race result: Eighth place (last) in "A" pro at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Winternationals in Phoenix, Arizona in February 1992. He won US$50. He also took second place in Pro Cruiser that day (Saturday, Day 1).[3]

First Professional win: In "A" Pro at the ABA Summer Nationals in Sunol, California on May 23, 1992.[4]

First Junior Pro* race result: See above.

First Junior Pro win: See above.

First Senior Pro** race result:

First Senior Pro win:

Retired from Senior Pro competition: July 1999. After some forays into mountain biking and downhill BMX, he returned to racing in 2005. He currently races in the ABA Veteran Pro class.

Height & weight at height of his career (1989-1998): Ht:5'10" Wt:~178lbs.

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

**In the NBL it is "A" 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 ever changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX Press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.

[edit] Amateur

  • Returned to racing after a three year hiatus (1986-1988)
  • PeddlePower: January 1989-Mid January 1990
  • Hustler/Capri Parts: Mid January 1990-Late March 1990
  • Redline Engineering: Late March 1990-April 22, 1990.[5]
  • Haro Designs: April 23, 1990-December 1991.

[edit] Professional

  • Haro/Capri: January 1992-1993
  • Parkpre Bicycles: 1994-July 1996. At this time he was also Parkpre's bike designer and engineer.[6]
  • Trek: July 1996-October 1997.
  • Haro Bicycles: October 1997-Early 1999. After Haro dropped him and a few months of paying his own way to races Kiyomi retires for the second time in his career.[7]
  • Retired for six years (July 1999-2005).
  • GT (Gary Turner) Bicycles: Mid 2005-Early 2006. Waller returns to racing competing in the Veteran's Pro and Master's Classes of the ABA and NBL respectively.
  • Avent/Bombshell: March 28, 2006-Present

[edit] Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

[edit] Amateur

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

  • None

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • 18 & Over Expert and 21-27 Cruiser Grandnational Champion

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1989 17 & Over Boys Southern California State Champion
  • 1990 21-25 Crusier Gold Cup West Champion
  • 1990 17 & Over Expert Race of Champions (ROC) Champion
  • 1990 21-25 Cruiser Grandnational Champion.
  • 1990 21-25 Cruiser No.l (NAG)*
  • 1991 21-25 Cruiser Grandnational Champion.

*National Age Group
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)

  • None

[edit] Professional

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

  • None

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • 1997, 1998 Pro Cruiser Grandnational Champion.
  • 1997 Pro Cruiser National No.1
  • 2006 Masters Elite National No.1

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1995 & 1997, 1998 Pro Cruiser National No.1

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

  • None

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)

  • None

Pro Series Championships

[edit] Notable accolades

  • Named one of the ten hottest and fastest rookie pros of 1992 by BMX Plus! magazine.[8]

[edit] Significant injuries

  • He had an injured back during the weekend of August 19, 1990 and sat out the ABA Great Northwest Nationals in Seattle, Washington.[9]

[edit] Peccadilloes

[edit] Post BMX career

[edit] BMX magazine covers

Bicycle Motocross News:

  • None

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

  • None

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

BMX Plus!:

  • March 1992 Vol.15 No.3
  • February 1997 Vol.20 No.2 in bottom right insert. In middle insert Randy Stumpfhauser leading race of pros; in top right insert dirt jumper Matt Beringer.
  • June 1998 Vol.21 No.6 (18) with Danny Nelson (6).

Total BMX:

Bicycles and Dirt:

  • None

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

NBA World & NBmxA World (The official NBA/NBmxA membership publication):

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL membership publication through one name change):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (the official ABA publication through two name changes):

  • American BMXer March 1990 Vol.12 No.2 in the center panel with Todd Corbitt ay left and Eric Abbadessa at right inseperate panels.

USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):


[edit] BMX press magazine interviews and articles

  • "Bio: Kiyomi Waller" Go October 1990 Vol.1 Iss.12 pg.50
  • "Young Guns II"BMX Plus! June 1992 Vol.17 No.6 pg.27 One of ten rookie pro racers given a short listing profile article.

[edit] Miscellaneous and Trivia

[edit] End Notes

  1. ^ Go March 1992 Vol.3 Iss.5 pg.10
  2. ^ BMX Action April 1989 Vol.14 No.4 pg.13
  3. ^ BMX Plus! June 1992 Vol.15 No.6 pg.19 & 22 (photo caption & race results)
  4. ^ BMX Plus! October 1992 Vol. No.10 pg.30
  5. ^ American BMXer June 1990 Vol.12 No.5 pg.28 (BY)
  6. ^ BMX Plus! May 1995 Vol.18 No.5 pg.55
  7. ^ Snap BMX Magazine October 1999 Vol.6 Iss.8 No.36 pg.27
  8. ^ BMX Plus! June 1992 Vol.17 No.6 pg.27
  9. ^ American BMXer October 1990 Vol.12 No.9 pg.38

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