Brian Foster (BMX rider)

Brian Foster

Can-Can X-Up on the Wheel Power team in 1987.
Personal information
Full name Brian Keith Foster
Nickname "Dirt", "The Blue Falcon", "BF"
Born (1972-06-29) June 29, 1972
Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 74.8 kg (165 lb)
Team information
Current team Retired (racing)
Discipline Bicycle Motocross (BMX)
Role Racer
Rider type Off Road
Amateur team(s)
1982–1983 JF&S Plumbing
1983–1989 Wheel Power
1989 S&M Bicycles
1990 TNT/Goodtimes
1990–1991 Cyclecraft
Professional team(s)
1991–1992 Cyclecraft
1993 Hyper
1993–1994 Airwalk
1995–1998 Schwinn/Airwalk
1998–2000 Schwinn
2000–2003 Airwalk/Fit Bike Company
2003–present Fit Bikes/Fox Racing/Primo

Brian Keith Foster[1] (born June 29, 1972 in Wilmington, Delaware (later raised in Joppa, Maryland) United States) is a professional American Bicycle Motocross (BMX) legend whose prime competitive years were from 1992–2000. Had the nicknames "Blue Falcon", BF" and "Dirt"[2] Brain Foster is one half of one of those sibling combinations that every so often that appear in BMX, usually brothers and along with his brother Alan they were the Mid School era's answer to Old School's *Brent & Brian Patterson and Eddy & Mike King. While neither gained as many titles in racing either collectively or individually as the Pattersons or the Kings (Brian was somewhat more successful in racing than Alan), they soon became respected pioneers and champions in the then new recognized BMX sub discipline of Dirt Jumping that began as an organized sport in 1989.

BMX racing milestones

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

Milestone Event Details
Started Racing: April 1981 at eight years old. He started a week after brother Alan because he had soccer practice the weekend Alan raced. Alan described how great racing was and Brian went with him the next week.[3]
Sanctioning Body:
First race bike:
First race result: Probably DNF. In his first moto the chain came off his bike and he stood in the middle of the track and cried because he did not know how to place it back on.[4]
First win (local):
First sponsor: 1982 JF&S Plumbing.[5]
First national win:
Turned Professional: September 1991[6] at 19 years old, shortly after the National Bicycle League (NBL) Grandnationals.
First Professional race result: Third place in "A" pro at the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Fall Nationals in Yorba Linda, California on October 27, 1991 (Day 2)[7]
First Professional win: In "A" Pro at the NBL Christmas Classic in Columbus, Ohio on December 29, 1991[8]
First Junior Men/Pro* race result: See "First Professional race result" above.
First Junior Men/Pro win: See "First Professional win"
First Senior Pro** race result: At the ABA Gold Cup Championships West in Reno, Nevada on October 4, 1992. He moved himself up to "AA" pro despite needing an additional $500 to be graduated madatorally. He won his very first "AA" Pro moto.[9]
First Senior Pro win:
Height and weight at height of his career: (1992–1998) Ht:6' 1" Wt:165 lbs.(1992)[10]
Retired: Retired: 2001. At a "La Revolusion" freestyle contest he decided to quit racing.[11] According to a defgrip.net interview in 2007 the specific reason he gave up racing to devote full-time to dirt jumping is that racing ceased to be fun. "....it became less about racing and more about doing squats at the gym."[12]

*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 used.

Amateur

Professional

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.

Amateur/Junior Men

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

*See note in professional section
Championships.

Professional/Elite Men

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

*Note: Beginning in 1991 the IBMXF and FIAC had been holding joint World Championship events as a transitional phase in merging which began in earnest in 1993. Beginning with the 1996 season the IBMXF and FIAC completed the merger and both ceased to exist as independent entities being integrated into the UCI. Beginning with the 1997 World Championships held in Brighton, England the UCI would officially hold and sanction BMX World Championships and with it inherited all precedents, records, streaks, etc. from both the IBMXF and FIAC.

Pro Series Championships

Notable accolades

BMX product lines

Product Evaluation:
Snap BMX Magazine June 1998, vol. 4, issue 4, no. 23, p. 48.
Product Evaluation:
Product Evaluation:
Product Evaluation:
Product Evaluation:

Significant injuries

Miscellaneous

Other significant sibling combinations in BMX

BMX 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.

Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

BMX Plus!:

Total BMX:

Bicycles and Dirt:

Ride BMX Magazine: UK & US versions

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

BMX Freedom:

BMX Rider UK:

Moto Mag:

BMX World:

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

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

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

USBA Racer (The official USBA membership publication):

Notes

  1. BMX Plus!, March 1993, vol. 16, no. 3, p. 63.
  2. Snap BMX Magazine, May 1999, vol. 6, issue 3, no. 31, p. 5 (table of contents).
  3. Snap BMX Magazine, March/April 1997, vol. 4, issue 2, no. 15, p. 65.
  4. Ride BMX Magazine December 2007
  5. Ride BMX Magazine December 2007
  6. BMX Plus! February 1992, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 9.
  7. BMX Plus! February 1992, vol. 15, no. 2, p. 24 (results).
  8. BMX Plus! April 1992, vol. 15, no. 4, p. 18.
  9. BMX Plus, March 1993, vol. no. 3, p. 63.
  10. BMX Plus! June 1992, vol. 17, no. 6, p. 28.
  11. Ride BMX Magazine December 2007
  12. defgrip.net June 22, 2007 interview.
  13. Go, August 1991, vol. 2, issue 10, p. 52.
  14. BMX Plus!, September 1989, vol. 12, no. 9, p. 49.
  15. 23mag.com Foster bio
  16. BMX Plus!, June 1992, vol. 17, no. 6, p. 28.
  17. Snap BMX Magazine, April/May 1996, vol. 3, issue 2, no. 9, p. 20.
  18. Snap BMX Magazine, March/April 1997, vol. 4, issue 2, no. 15, p. 11 (advertisement in this and subsequent issues).
  19. Snap BMX Magazine September/October 1997, vol. 4, issue 5, no. 18, p. 28.
  20. Transworld BMX March 2004, vol. 11, issue 3, no. 89, p. 92.
  21. Ride BMX Magazine December 2007
  22. Snap BMX Magazine January/February, vol. 5, issue 1, no. 20, p. 37.
  23. Snap BMX Magazine August 2000, vol. 7, issue 8, no. 46, p. 80.
  24. Snap BMX Magazine May/June 1997, vol. 4, issue 3, no. 16, pp. 14–15.
  25. Snap BMX Magazine, January/February 1998, vol. 5, p. 37.
  26. Snap BMX Magazine May 1998, vol. 5, issue 3, no. 22, p. 45.
  27. Snap BMX Magazine August 1999, vol. 6, issue 6, no. 34, p. 30.
  28. Transworld BMX, October 2002, vol. 9, issue 10, no. 72, p. 26.
  29. Transworld BMX April 2003, vol. 10, issue 4, no. 78, p. 30.
  30. Snap BMX Magazine March/April 1997, vol. 4, issue 2, no. 15, p. 65.
  31. Snap BMX Magazine, April/May 1996, vol. 3, issue 2, no. 9, pp. 20–24.
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