UPDATED: 12/20/2008
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2008 SLC DEW Tour                                                            1st A Pro Win :: Lancaster, CA

BIO
Travis Healey
Resides in Salt Lake City, Utah
20 Years Old
Raced BMX since Fall 1994
Graduated from Bingham High School – 3.7/4 GPA – 2006
Received AS General Education – 3.6/4 GPA – 2008

SPONSORSHIP TIME LINE
2008- :: Performance Bike Parts (Local Bike Shop)
2004-2006 :: BMX HEX (National Bike Shop)
2003 :: Marzocchi/Specialized (Factory)
2000-2001 :: Dope BMX (Factory)
1997-1999 :: Bicycle Pro Shop (Local Bike Shop)

SUCCESS

BACKGROUND
I am born and raised in SLC, UT, by parents who taught me that you need to be on your best behavior at all times and represent yourself, and your sponsors, in the best light possible. My father introduced me to BMX during my 6th Birthday. He took me out to the track to watch, to see if I was interested; after that, being on a bike has been apart of my life. Since 1998, the ABA brought the National series out to my local track RAD Canyon BMX, my family and I have been committed to racing BMX on a National level. We would attend 10-12 nationals per year. As a young person during that time, I learned much about the values of life, friends, and BMX. I would describe my amateur career as competitive and valuable. Competitive because my class was full of fast, tough racers. You never really knew who was going to win because every person in the gate was capable of winning. Valuable because it has allowed me to learn to respect the sport. During my amateur career, there were definitely highs and there were certainly lows; but now I feel that that has all prepared me for a successful professional BMX career. BMX definitely is not something that I have had natural, born in talent for; I have had to earn and work for everything that I can now do on my bicycle.

After the 2007 ABA Great Salt Lake National, I decided that it was time to take a break from racing. During that time, I picked up a long time interest of mine, basketball. This turned out to be one of the most valuable life lessons I have ever experienced. Because I had raced BMX for all of my life, that is what I could do well. After playing against people who, instead of racing BMX, had played basketball; I garnered a new respect for my sport and what I am capable of doing.

I decided to make a comeback to BMX at the 2008 ABA Great Salt Lake National. After much hard work, I made the commitment to turn Pro at the 2008 ABA Black Jack National. I made the main in my first A Pro race and ended up with a 4th; missing 1st by 3 points. Crashes in semis on Day 2 of the Black Jack and Day 1 of the Golden State National kept me out of the main; however, I made up for that by coming up with my first pro win on Day 2 in Lancaster.

2009 AND BEYOND
During 2008 as a Pro, I just wanted to get my feet wet in the A Pro class. I did not want to earn enough money to turn AA, so I decided not to go to the Grands. In 2009 I am planning on mostly racing the ABA National Series, a few NBL Nationals, and a couple UCI SXs. This year, I will not try to stay in the A Pro class; we’ll see how this year plays out and hopefully before the end I will earn enough to make the step into the elite class of BMX.

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