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that year, and a shoulder injury that his competitive nature prevented him from allowing to heal properly, all combined, led him to retire in July 1987. At age 29, he had largely made it his goal to race until he was thirty years old. However, he did race in large races that was both close to his Yorba Linda home and had large purses. For example, he did race at least once in 1988 at the ABA Winter
Nationals at Chandler, Arizona, with a 4th and 7th in Pro Cruiser at the two races over that weekend. This is in addition to him racing locally close to his home. He raced in the 1990 ABA Fall Nationals and made the Pro Open Main in the Sunday race, coming in sixth. He also raced the 1991 ABA Fall Nationals as well along with fellow "retired" pros
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years old racing for small amounts of money at track events when offered even before the NBA, regarded as the first true national BMX sanctioning body, had a professional division. The NBA started the first professional division in BMX in the 1977. For the sake of consistency and standardization noted professional first are for the first pro races for prize money offered by official BMX sanctioning bodies and not independent track events. Professional first are also on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
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or professional. This practice continued until the NBA's 1979 season in which the pros earned separate pro points and a separate pro plate from the amateurs. The NBL and ABA followed suit a year later for the 1980 season. These original Pro classes were the equivalent to Senior Pro/Elite Men at the time. In the following season, 1981, the pro class was divided into Junior and Senior levels in the ABA and NBL. The NBA remained with a single level pro class in 1981.
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colloquially known, wasn't a national but the final of a series of four races (including the Final) held at different tracks based in
California, but it was the first highly organized mass event in BMX involving a large number of racers and heavily promoted in the mass media in California. The first true National in which racers not from the state of California participated in and national points awarded to those out of state was the NBA Winter Nationals held in
1439:, one of his last sponsors at the time he briefly raced in Veteran pro class.) He naturally worked the BMX section of the store. That local shop with Thomsen as its mechanic would help maintain at least some of the bikes the Riverside Police Department had for their Bicycle Patrol program. That was the possible catalyst for his interest in law enforcement.
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Motorcycle Motocross when they reached adulthood. Of course as part of the first generation Stu Thomsen would remain one of the oldest riders throughout his career. These persistent rumors—at times aided by his own statements—would regularly crop up as people wondered what is the outer age limit of a competitive racer in this new sport.
1040:, a French BMX publication. As such it was also known as the Bicross de Paris Challenge Yop Champion (The Paris Yoplait BMX Challenge) in which American, English and German pros as well as French pros were brought together to compete in a single race. They were offered a 12-day all expenses paid holiday to compete in the race with a
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5,000 purse. As is typical in Europe, the public had greater enthusiasm for BMX than the
American public, in part because bicycle racing of any type was and is much more popular in Europe (and in Asia and South America as well) than in the United States. Thirteen thousand spectators ventured into the
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In the early days of professional racing, 1976 and prior, many tracks offered small purse prize money to the older racers of an event, even before the official sanctioning bodies offered prize money in formal divisions themselves. Hence early professionals like Stu
Thomsen turning "pro" in 1975 at 16
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anybody, and I haven't shot my hand gun at anyone. I was involved in a shooting where I had to shoot a rifle. I am part of a first responder team, and we were responding to a call of a reported shooting. I couldn't see him. He was a sniper shooting at us, and I shot in the direction of the gun fire.
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officer with whom he became friends. Then in 1994, after another sales job didn't work out, another friend of his went to take the Orange County
Sheriff's Department test since they were hiring new deputies at the time. Thomsen decided to "tag along". As they waited in line while his friend took the
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At the time there was no separate pro class for pros due to the relatively small number of pros. They raced with the 16 Experts, making it a Pro/Am class essentially. This is why during the early years of the pro division the national number one racer of a sanctioning body could be either an amateur
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Even with the resources of his bikeshop, Stu
Thomsen's Family Cycle Center, competition in the expensive national circuit did not make economic sense unless he could find a factory sponsorship. Huffy's decision to let him go, his search for a sponsor frustrated by the depressed economic state of BMX
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At the time, pro racing had been going on for a few years, but the prize money wasn't all that big yet. Redline was a much bigger company than S.E. Racing. The dollar signs were what attracted me more than just wanting to change. I needed to get more out of racing if I was to stay in it any longer.
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that runs society or their servants such as those in law enforcement). When he was a bike shop manager/mechanic at a local shop in
Riverside, California, he would help maintain bicycles for the local police department. Later he would move to a new house. His new next-door neighbor happened to be a
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Late 1973, 15 years old. He noticed a flyer about races at Scot
Breithaupt's B.U.M.S track in Long Beach, CA. Since he didn't have a driver's licence he had a friend's father drive him to the track with some friends, looking to race in real competition. The track was holding a championship race of
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Thomsen would manage to merge his love of racing with law enforcement, competing in the
California Police Olympics (in the year 2000 the name was changed to the California Police and Fire Games after Firemen were invited to compete). From 1995 to 2000 he was undefeated in the Mountain Bike racing
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He ran his bicycle shop, Stu Thomsen's Bicycle Center, with his wife Tanya for eight years. He decided to quit since it was in a highly competitive area with six or seven bike shops within a 10-mile radius of his. Despite being a good bike shop mechanic and was willing to dispense advice to other
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but did not make any of the Mains. He raced the Fall nationals again a year later reclassifying to "A" pro (along with Harry Leary) coming in third in Pro Cruiser on Day 2 (October 24). In 1993 he resumed racing on a serious level in Pro Cruiser and in the then new ABA Veteran Pro class for a few
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magazine (usually in the February or March issue) the following year it was considered awarded and not during the closing months of the previous year when the voting and tally takes place. This was done to give the rider (and the winners of No. 1 bicycle and No. 1 Factory Team) maximum
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He also won the 16 Expert Gold Cup. At this time the professional and the older amateur classes were not separate classes earning separate points. Professionals could still win amateur titles. The 1979 season was the first in the ABA for the professionals to have a separate points classification
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Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup a.k.a. the Bicycle Motocross Championship of California State on September 14, 1974, as an Expert, age 16* He won a Yamaha Moto-Bike winning one of the three qualifiers and for winning the final event a Yamaha motorcycle. Strictly speaking, the Yamaha Gold Cup, as it is
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This was almost just two years after he began racing. The cause of this was probably because at 17 Stu Thomsen was one of the oldest racers in BMX at the time. During this era BMX racing was still regarded exclusively as a kid's sport and at best a training ground and stepping stone to racing
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bike shop owners he didn't like being his own boss and sold his shop in 1992. He tried various sales jobs and was a counselor at a Family Fitness Center as a counselor but neither was successful and he went back to being a bicycle shop manager and bike mechanic (possibly Southridge Cycles in
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years. Today he still races occasionally as an amateur in the ABA 45-50 cruiser and 36 & Over Expert 20" class sponsored by Redline. His last Senior Pro win in the 20" division before retiring from serious Senior pro competition appeared to had been at the NBL National in
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This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous cosponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
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In the early days of professional competition professionals still could race in the amateur 16 Expert class and win amateur titles. Therefore, Thomsen was both the Professional and 16 & Over Expert Grandnational Champion for 1977.
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of BMX for his prolific success and domination of BMX racing during the sport's early days from the mid-1970s into the mid-1980s, Thomsen's considerable career accolades and legacy remain a benchmark for modern sports achievement.
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ary Harlow): Late April 1976 – October 1976. Stu was kicked off the DG Team for bad-mouthing and abusing his DG issue bicycle after a poor showing in a race. Chuck Robinson, DG team manager, heard Thomsen's outburst. According to
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I was laying down cover fire for my partner. I wasn't hurt, but my partner was hit. He was hit two times in the arm and has since fully recovered ... it was about an eight-or nine-hour ordeal. The suspect ended up getting shot.
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on April 3, 1977, when he won the Trophy Dash. It was a 100% payback race in which the racer gets back his entrance fee. This is one of the first officially sanctioned Pro BMX races held in BMX. Stu would go on to win about
1377:: "When you were interviewed by BMX PLUS! last year you said you were going to retire at the end of 1979. In fact you said you were going to retire every year since 1976. Are you going to tell us the same thing this year?"
1494:, in tribute of the officers who fell in the line of duty serving the people of California in general and Orange County in particular. The ride, usually held in the last week of May each year, also in support of the
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which raises money for the families of the fallen and seriously injured. In 2009 Stu Thomsen and his 44 colleagues raised $ 40,000. "It is the least I can do to pay homage to those who paid the ultimate price," he
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Stu Thomsen was one of the first of the "Old School" of professional BMX racers who gained fame in the early days of the sport beginning in 1974. His prime competitive years were 1976–1985. Sometimes called the
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Palais Omnisport de Paris Bercy (POPB) to watch a BMX race. In America you would be fortunate to seat 2,000. In the 1984 addition 330 racers were invited to France including United States professionals like
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In the early years of the NORA cup the year the balloting was done and tallied was the year it was considered awarded. In 1984 it was switched to when the winner of the cup was presented to the public in
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Classifications at the time were determined by size and weight and not age and proficiency, so his age in this case is irrelevant. The Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup was the first "National" to be held in BMX.
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The opportunity to earn money by riding someone's product, other than just going out and winning it, was a big push. I decided racing was what I wanted and I had to get the best I could out of it.
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November 22–23, 1986. This was a one weekend sponsorship in France for the Bicross/Yop King of Bercy championship race in Bercy, France. It was not a permanent position nor was it meant to be.
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Thomsen, in addition to being on the Bicycle Patrol Team, is on the Critical Incident Response Team (CIRT) and in 2005 was in training to be on the K-9 and as of that date was a K-9
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The International BMX Race of Bercy Paris was an invitational race sponsored by the Association Francaise de Bi-Crossing (AFB), the French BMX sanctioning body and was held in
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He is one of the winners of the first nationally recognized BMX Championship (albeit a state Championship); the Bicycle Motocross Championship of California State
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January 1, 1980 – December 31, 1983. After sometime on SE Racing he would move on to Redline. Financial reasons was the prime motivation as he explained in
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Thomsen was featured in the BMX documentary "Joe Kid on a Stingray" in 2005. The title of the film was taken from a comment he made during an interview.
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He now a 2008 NBL BMX Hall of Fame inductee, making him the first BMXer to be inducted into the Hall of Fames of three major Cycling organizations.
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1981 Knott's Berry Farm Pro Grand Champion (NBL, United Bicycle Racers (UBR) & World Wide Bicycle Motocross Association (WWBMXA) sanctioned.)
2272:"Deputy Thomsen AKA BMX Racing Legend Stompin' Stu" September 18, 2009. Orange County Sheriff Department blog article on Deputy Stuart Thomsen
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Late November 1986 – 1992 This is a Bicycle shop was started and was owned by Stu Thomsen beginning in November 1984 until approximately 1992.
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Stu said he'll be training more and plans on racing again this year. 'I still hate losing,' he said. 'I guess I'll always be that way.'
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Thomsen still races for fun occasionally. For example, he raced the amateur 41-45 cruiser at the November 2001 ABA Grand Nationals in
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during half time at the Super Bowl of Motocross motorcycle race on or around November 10, 1985. He was laid up for about six weeks.
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This was an exhibition invitational that Stu Thomsen and several other American professionals including (but not only) Greg Esser,
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test, Thomsen himself decided to take it. Thomsen passed while his friend failed and his career in law enforcement started in the
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As proof of that, he won the 50-54 Cruiser main at the 2008 NBL Grand National, amazing onlookers with his jumping ability.
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publicity and advantage financially. Therefore, under the new system Stu Thomsen was awarded NORA in 1980 and 1982.
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He was the first pro to win the No. 1 pro title with three different major sanctioning bodies (NBA, NBL, ABA).
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January 1, 1984 – Early November 1986. Thomsen left Huffy in part because, according to the December 1986 issue of
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1981* with 1,208 votes or 32.7% of the votes cast. He received $ 500 as a cash prize and a personalized jacket.
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1999–2014. He has reclassified himself as an amateur and represents Redline bicycles on the occasions he races.
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Stu had the penchant to "grandstand" and make a situation like someone colliding with him worse than it was.
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Rumors of impending retirement would repeatably emerge going virtually back to the beginning of his career:
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BMX officials to promote and celebrate the Venezuelan Bicicross Association's first national Championship.
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class at his high school in early 1975. He returned to competition at the Western Sport-A-Rama track in
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redlinebicycles.com September 2, 2008 report on Thomsen's efforts at the 2008 NBL Grand National.
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division, accumulating 15 gold medals during that time. He also participated in the 1997
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National Bicycle Association (NBA) District "X" (Orange/Los Angeles Counties) 1977–1981;
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1979 Pro Money, Pro Trophy and 15 & Over Trophy Dash Grandnational Champion (triple)
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Racer of the Year Award for 1982 via a reader ship survey in the October 1982 issue of
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444:(NBA) Jimmy Weinert Supernationals on "Weinert Mountain" at the Racing World course in
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A: "Just rumors. I may not race much anymore, but I will still like it very much."
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won, it was a hit in France with tickets sold out three months in advance.
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Ankle injury in April 1984. Tore two ligaments falling in practice at a
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Vol. 3 No. 13 p. 12 (British Publication) Model Year 1983
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January/February 1987 Vol. 9 No. 1 p. 46 (photo caption)
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Beginning in 1988, Stu Thomsen competed in mountain bike racing on the
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Huffy decided to end the "Stu Thomsen" signature line of BMX bicycles.
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August 1975 – Late March 1976. Webco disbanded its team in March 1976.
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Late 1973 – 1974 Thomsen won a ten-week race series at Palms Park in
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November 1987 Vol. 2 No. 11 p. 12 (Dear Gork, 3-B)
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2015–current. Stu rejoined SE and raced at Nationals on occasion.
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December 1992 Vol. 14 No. 11 pp. 61, 68 (results)
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August 1984 Vol. 7 No. 8 p. 33 Model year 1984
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1974 Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup California State Expert Champion
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January/February 1978 Vol. 4 No. l pp. 12, 13
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I have never hit anybody with my baton. I have never had to
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Q: "What about rumors that you are getting ready to retire?"
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for 1977. Also named by BMX News as number one top rider of
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He reinjured his shoulder in a fall at an ABA national in
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The original French language version of BMX "OLD SCHOOL"
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January/February 1978 Vol. 4 No. 1 p. 22
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Image of Thomsen racing at the 2008 NBL Grand National.
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1,500 in 1977. the equivalent to US$ 5,349.01 in 2008 (
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September 1984 Vol. 7 No. 8 pp. 19, 21.
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1977 15 – Up South Pacific BMX Championships Champion.
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Thomsen: (Laughing) "I always say that. You know me."
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1979* with 1,040 votes or 25.13% of 4,140 votes cast.
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Broke leg in January 1976 during a practice session.
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Broken Collarbone resulting from a football related
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signature line frame and fork and complete bicycles.
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1981 First Venezuelan National Championship Champion
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1986 Pro Cruiser North American Continental Champion
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Why Redline when you had been with S.E. for so long?
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1284:1986: ODI Inc. Collector's Signature Series Grips.
1171:He is a 1986 inductee of the ABA BMX Hall of Fame.
1015:1984 Bicross International de Paris Bercy Champion
951:International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
739:1975 Western Sports Arena (WSA) No. 1 Expert
645:Huffy Corporation (Huffman Manufacturing Company):
1988:December 1986 Vol. 11 No. 12 p. 30
1815:September 1983 Vol. 1 No. 12 p. 57
1803:September 1983 Vol. 1 No. 12 p. 57
1791:September 1983 Vol. 1 No. 12 p. 57
1779:September 1983 Vol. 1 No. 12 p. 57
2143:November 1984 Vol. 7 No. 10 p. 20
1964:February 1982 Vol. 7 No. 2 p. 50.
1952:February 1982 Vol. 7 No. 2 p. 53.
1827:December 1986 Vol. 9 No. 12 p. 14
1719:February 1987 Vol. 10 No. 2 p. 71
1647:April 1977 Vol. 4 No. 4 pp. 8, 10
1277:December 1986 Vol. 9 No. 10 p. 28
2262:The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
2095:February 1986 Vol. 9 No. 2 p. 74
1940:January 1980 Vol. 5 No. 1 p. 71.
1526:. That incident earned me a 'Medal of Courage'.
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2131:January 1981 Vol. 4 No. 1 p. 26
2107:August 1986 Vol. 13 No. 8 p. 20
2059:February 1976 Vol. 3 No. 2 p. 6
1885:Google English translation of BMX "OLD SCHOOL"
1133:magazine's Number One Racer Award (NORA) Cup:
508:Career factory and major bicycle shop sponsors
2119:August 1975 Vol. 2 No. 7 p. 20
2083:August 1984 Vol. 9 No. 8 p. 34
2023:August 1984 Vol. 7 No. 8 p. 36
1916:March 1989 Vol. 14 No. 3 p. 12
1863:April 1982 Vol. 7 No. 4 p. 49.
1839:April 1987 Vol. 12 No. 4 p. 13
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1976:March 1983 Vol. 10 No. 3 p. 5
1743:July 1988 Vol. 11 No. 7 p. 26
1671:June 1987 Vol. 10 No. 6 p. 35
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2047:July 1975 Vol. 2 No. 6 p. 10
2035:June 1975 Vol. 2 No. 5 p. 14
2000:June 1978 Vol. 3 No. 3 p. 43
1755:June 1977 Vol. 2 No. 2 p. 13
1659:June 1978 Vol. 3 No. 3 p. 12
939:United States Bicycle Motocross Association
474:Retired from Senior pro (NBL-"A"/ABA-"AA"):
2267:The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
1851:June 1978 Vol. 3 No. 3 p. 9
1767:June 1978 Vol. 3 No. 3 p. 9
1623:May 1975 Vol. 2 No. 4 p. 16
1611:June 1978 Vol. 3 No. 3 p. 9
1587:June 1978 Vol. 3 No. 3 p. 9
1097:1999 41-45 Cruiser Grand National Champion
1087:2008 50-54 Cruiser Grand National Champion
986:Pro Series Championships and Invitationals
463:Height and weight at height of his career:
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1731:May 1976 Vol. 3 No. 5 p. 9
528:Newport Design & Manufacturing, Inc.:
396:Newport Design & Manufacturing, Inc.
1161:At least one book was published by him:
822:1977 Open Pro-Am Grand National Champion
759:1977 16 Expert Grand National Champion.*
135:Newport Design & Manufacturing, Inc.
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1178:, the first BMX racer to be so honored.
1111:The Yamaha Bicycle Gold Cup along with
922:1984 Pro Cruiser U.S. Gold Cup Champion
918:1983 Pro Cruiser Grandnational Champion
784:National Pedal Sport Association (NPSA)
1488:Orange County Peace Officers' Memorial
43:"Stompin' Stu", "The Man" ,"Stu Magoo"
1409:National Off Road Bicycle Association
896:1978 Pro Class Grandnational Champion
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1176:United States Bicycling Hall of Fame
946:1986 Pro Cruiser National No. 3
914:1982 Pro Northwest Gold Cup Champion
880:1986 Pro Cruiser National No. 3
1480:California Peace Officers' Memorial
979:1983 Jag Pro Cruiser World Champion
877:1982 20" Pro Grandnational Champion
846:1981 "A" Pro Grandnational Champion
1462:Orange County Sheriff's Department
1174:He is also a 1998 inductee of the
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1092:American Bicycle Association (ABA)
850:1981, 1982 National No. 1 Pro
826:1977, 1978 National No. 1 Pro
799:American Bicycle Association (ABA)
744:National Bicycle Association (NBA)
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427:First Professional race result:**
351:(ABA) California 1 (CA-1) (1985)
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77:1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
1442:He is now a Sheriff's Deputy in
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870:National Pedal Sport Association
16:American bicycle motocross racer
1524:The whole thing was on the news
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864:1980 Pro Grandnational Champion
804:1977 16 Expert Gold Cup Winner.
702:Career bicycle motocross titles
676:SE (Sports Engineering) Racing:
1249:Stu Thomsen Replica STR Series
1006:went to at the request of the
573:, Stu said about the incident:
467:Ht: 6' 1.5" Wt: 200 lbs.
175:Redline (Reclassified Amateur)
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903:1979 National No. 1 Pro.
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617:Mid 1977 – December 31, 1979.
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909:1980 National No. 3 Pro
886:American Bicycle Association
815:National Bicycle Association
750:1977 Western States Champion
546:D.G. Performance Specialties
442:National Bicycle Association
349:American Bicycle Association
159:D.G. Performance Specialties
1472:World Police and Fire Games
1457:Fullerton Police Department
1163:"Stu Thomsen's Book of BMX"
1129:He is a multiple winner of
969:1981 Jag Pro World Champion
859:United Bicycle Racers (UBR)
831:1978 Jag Pro World Champion
789:United Bicycle Racers (UBR)
534:Dirtmaster Racing Products:
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625:Bicycles And Dirt Magazine
446:Trabuco Canyon, California
143:Dirtmaster Racing Products
85:90.7 kg (200 lb)
1753:Bicycle Motocross Action
1476:Project 999-Memorial Ride
1444:Orange County, California
1206:BMX-related product lines
455:Cost of Living Calculator
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724:Independent Associations
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1144:Thomsen is a winner of
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1264:product evaluation:
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1901:2007-03-30 at the
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1316:Memphis, Tennessee
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1299:Physical Education
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