Joey Bradford

Joey Bradford
Personal information
Full name Joseph Bradford
Born October 10, 1989 (1989-10-10) (age 22)
Monterey, California, United States
Height 5 ft 8 in (1.73 m)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg)
Team information
Current team GT Bicycles
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Mountain bike racing (MTB)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
MTB: Downhill, four-cross
Amateur team(s)
1999
1999
1999-2000
2000-2001
2002-2003
2003-2004
2005
2005		 Haynes BMX
No Fear Racing
Kovachi Wheels
Fox/Specialized/Mt. Dew
Staats Bicycles
Avent/Bomshell
Hyundai/Mongoose
GT Bicycles
Professional team(s)
2006-Present GT Bicycles
Infobox last updated on
July 23, 2008

Joseph Bradford (b. October 10, 1989 in Monterey, California USA) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present. His nickname is simply "Joey".

Contents

BMX racing career milestones

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

Milestone Event Details
Started racing: July 13, 1997 at the age of seven.
Sanctioning body:
Home sanctioning body district:
First race bike: GT Mach One.[1]
First race result: Third Place in seven novice
First win (local): Early August 1997 in his third time racing in seven novice.
First sponsor:
First national win:
Turned Professional: December 2006 at age 17.
First Professional race result: Came in 5th in the semis and did not make "A" pro main of the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Silver Dollar Nationals in Reno, Nevada on January 6, 2007. He came in second place the next day.[2]
First Professional win: In Junior Men at the National Bicycle League (NBL) Lake Meed Nationals in Boulder City, Nevada on February 24, 2007 (Day1).[3]
First Junior Men/Pro* race result: See "First Professional race result".
First Junior Men/Pro win: See "First Professional win".
First Senior Pro** race result:
First Senior Pro win:
Retired: Still active.
Height & weight at height of his career (2006): Ht:5'8" Wt:175 lbs. (1.75m 75 kg).

*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.

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.

Amateur/Junior Men

Professional/Elite Men

Career bicycle motocross titles

Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in italics. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Only sanctioning bodies active during the racer's career are listed. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.

Amateur/Junior Men

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

USA Cycling BMX

Professional/Elite Men

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

USA Cycling

BMX South Africa (BMXSA)

Pro Series Championships

BMX product lines

Product evaluation:

Notable accolades

Significant injuries

Racing habits and traits

Miscellaneous

To aid racers who have fallen on financially hard times Bradford along with veterans of the sport founded the fund. As described at the fatbmx.com website:

:"The Foundation, a federally recognized and regulated non-profit organization, aims to ease the burden of medical bills, either by injury or illness, for BMX professionals as well as BMX industry professionals, those whose primary income comes from the BMX industry itself. “Getting injured is the worst thing that can happen to a professional athlete,” states Professional BMX racer Brandon Meadows. “When I broke my femur for the second time, things seem to go downhill real fast. I just started a family, lost my sponsor, broke my leg, no way to make any money, and it soon came to a realization that it was going to be hard to make ends meet.”

Applicants must apply themselves or via a family member and their case will be reviewed by the five person Fund Committee. If the application is approved, up to 50% of the fund can be released to help with monetary medical obligations."[5]

BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles

BMX magazine covers

Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted.

BMX Plus!:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Twenty BMX:

Moto Mag:

BMX World (2005–Present):

Bicycles Today & BMX Today (The official NBL publication under two names):

ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer (The official ABA publication under three names):

Post BMX Career

Mountain Bike career

Started racing: 2003

Sub Discipline: 4 Cross Downhil

First race result:

Sanctioning body:

Retired:

Career MTB factory and major Non-factory 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 MTB press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.

Amateur

Professional

Career Mountain Bike Racing (MTB) titles

Note: Listed are Regional, National and International titles.

Amateur

Professional

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

National Off Road Bicycle Association (NORBA)

USA Cycling

Notable MTB accolades

MTB product lines

Significant MTB injuries

Miscellaneous

References

  1. ^ a b sarahwalker96.com 2006 interview.
  2. ^ GT/Pacific cycle news of their sponsored riders.
  3. ^ NBL Lake Meed Nationals results.
  4. ^ joeybradford.com News section.
  5. ^ www.fatbmx.com December 12, 2008 post.

External links