Brian Foster (BMX rider)

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Brian Foster
Bicycle Motocross
(BMX)
RoleRacer
Rider typeOff Road
Amateur teams
1982–1983JF&S Plumbing
1983–1989Wheel Power
1989S&M Bicycles
1990TNT/Goodtimes
1990–1991Cyclecraft
Professional teams
1991–1992Cyclecraft
1993Hyper
1993–1994Airwalk
1995–1998Schwinn/Airwalk
1998–2000Schwinn
2000–2003Airwalk/Fit Bike Company
2003–presentFit Bikes/Fox Racing/Primo

Brian Keith Foster

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

  • JF&S Plumbing: 1982–1983
  • Wheel Power Bike Shop: 1983–1989[13]
  • S&M (Greg Scott & Chris Moeller[14]) Bicycles: 1989
  • TNT/Goodtimes: March 1990-Mid 1990
  • Cyclecraft: Mid 1990-December 1992

Professional

  • Cyclecraft: 1990 – December 1992
  • Hyper: January–April 1993
  • Airwalk: May 1993 – 1994
  • Schwinn/Airwalk: 1995–1998
  • Schwinn: 1998-November 2000
  • Airwalk/Fit Bike Company: November 2000 – 2003 Airwalk drops Foster in 2003.[15]
  • Fit Bikes/Fox Racing/Primo: 2003–present

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)

  • None

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • 1990 18& Over Expert Grandnational Champion
  • 1991 18 & Over Expert NBL National No.1

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1988 16 Expert Grandnational Champion

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

  • 1990 17 boys Second Place World Champion

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

  • None

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

  • None

*See note in professional section
Championships.

Professional/Elite Men

National Bicycle Association (NBA)

  • None (defunct)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • 1992 Superclass/"B"-Pro Grandnational Champion
  • 1992 Superclass/"B"-Pro National No.1 (Racing)
  • 1994 Summer Spectacular Series Champion
  • 1995 "AA" Pro National No.3
  • 1996 NBL Dirt Circuit Champion (Dirt Jumping)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1994 "AA" Pro US Open East Champion
  • 1995 ABA "Pros in Paradise" Champion. (Racing)
  • 1996, 1997 ABA King of Dirt (KOD) Champion (Dirt Jumping)

United States Bicycle Motocross Association (USBA)

  • None

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

  • None

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

  • None (FIAC did not have a strictly professional division during its existence)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

  • 1995 Elite Men Silver Medal World Cup Champion

*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

  • 1998 Summer X Games BMX Dirt Gold Medalist
  • 2001 Summer X Games Downhill BMX Silver Medalist

Notable accolades

  • Named one of the ten hottest and fastest rookie pros of 1992 by BMX Plus! magazine.[16]
  • Voted the "ABA Pro of the Year" in 1995[17]

BMX product lines

  • 1996 Airwalk Foster Bros. Signature shoes.
    Alan
    .
  • 1997 Schwinn Brian Foster Blue Falcon Frameset[19]
Product Evaluation:
Snap BMX Magazine June 1998, vol. 4, issue 4, no. 23, p. 48.
  • 2000 Schwinn Brian Foster Signature Series complete bicycle.
Product Evaluation:
  • 2001 Schwinn Brian Foster Super Stock Signature Series complete bicycle.
Product Evaluation:
  • 2003 Fit Brian Foster Street Frame[20]
Product Evaluation:
  • 2004 Fit Brian Foster Signature Model Bicycle
Product Evaluation:

Significant injuries

  • Broke collarbone in a race in New Jersey when he was thirteen years old in 1985.[21]
  • Tore anterior cruciate ligament and cartilage in left knee on March 1, 1997, at Sheep Hills.[22] He damaged it after a failed attempt at a mid air "360" and he landed wrong on his left foot.[23] The wind blew him off course during the Schwinn photography session. As a result, he missed both the ABA Winternationals and the Cactus Cup jumping contest.[24] He was laid up for four weeks after surgery.[25]
  • Broke hand racing at the NBL Christmas Classic in Columbus, Ohio on December 28, 1997 (Day 1). He sat out the next day.[26]
  • Hurt shoulder in the Pro Open Main in a pile up crash right in front of a jump in the second straight at the NBL Easter Classic National in Sarasota, Florida during the weekend of April 4, 1999.[27]
  • Broke a bone in his wrist at the CFB Round II freestyle contest in the Summer of 2002. He was out for approximately three weeks[28]
  • Had his
    bursa sack removed after pronounced infected swelling on his knee after he struck it against his handle bars in late 2002 before he went with the Fit team to Spain. He was laid up for approximately four weeks.[29]

Racing habits and traits

Miscellaneous

Other significant sibling combinations in BMX

Post BMX career

Brian Foster is currently a doctor who specializes in physical therapy. He was inducted into the USA BMX Hall Of Fame in 2018 as part of the Racing category.

BMX press magazine interviews and articles

  • "Foster Bros.", Go, August 1991, vol. 2, issue 10, p. 52. Two separate interviews of Brian and his brother
    Alan Foster
    .
  • "Young Guns II", BMX Plus!, June 1992, vol. 17, no. 6, p. 27. One of ten rookie pro racers given a short listing profile article.
  • "The Foster Files", BMX Plus!, March 1993, vol. 16, no. 3, p. 63. Joint interview with his brother Alan Foster.
  • "face: Brian Foster", Ride BMX Magazine, December 1993, vol. 2, issue 6, no. 8, p. 30.
  • "Double Interview: Christophe Lévêque & Brian Foster", BMX Plus!, April 1996, vol. 19, no. 4, p. 71. Two separate interviews of the events of the controversial 1995 ABA Grandnational, including Foster's losing his bid for National No.1.
  • "Brian Foster Interview", Snap BMX Magazine, March/April 1997, vol. 4, issue 2, no. 15, p. 62.
  • "tabletop how-to's:", Snap BMX Magazine, September/October 1997, vol. 4, issue 5, no. 18, p. 43. Foster gives a brief description on how to properly execute a "tabletop" maneuver.
  • "Q&A: Have you ever cheated racing?", Snap BMX Magazine, May 1999, vol. 6, issue 3, no. 31, p. 24. One of 10 separate interviews of different racers including Matt Hadan and Dale Holmes asking if they ever cheated during a race.
  • "Brian Foster", Snap BMX Magazine, May 1999, vol. 6, issue 5, no. 31, poster back.
  • "Brian Foster", Snap BMX Magazine, May 2000, vol. 7, issue 5, no. 43, poster back. Interview conducted by his brother
    Alan Foster
    .
  • "Double Down", Snap BMX Magazine, August 2000, vol. 7, issue 8, no. 46, p. 80. Brian discusses his double knee operation in April 2000.
  • "Wasted Land", BMX Plus!, October 2000, vol. 23, no. 10, p. 78. Foster's editorial article about the paradoxical effects of shrinking areas to dirt jump or to street/freestyle and the increasing popularity of the sport.
  • "Ask Brian", Transworld BMX, October November 2002, vol. 9, issue 11, no. 73, p. 40. Foster answers submitted questions by the readers of Transworld BMX.
  • "Four Pros & 3 wishes", Transworld BMX, July 2004, vol. 11, issue 7, no. 93, p. 20. He is one of four whimsical interviews with dirt jumping pros asked what are the three things they would have either inside or outside the BMX world. Brian Castillo, Adam Banton and Todd Walkowiak are the other subjects.
  • "Brian Foster and the TWBMX Ten", Transworld BMX, November 2004, vol. 11, issue 11, no. 97, p. 98.

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:

  • None

Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

  • None

BMX Plus!:

  • March 1991, vol. 14, no. 3, in virtual tie in between Dave Cullinan (4) in foreground outside and Christophe Lévêque in background inside.
  • March 1993, vol. 16, no. 3, (6) with brother
    Alan Foster (4) In bottom insert Mike King
    .
  • August 1993, vol. 16, no. 8, (1) on the left hand side slightly behind Eric Carter (25). In insert Freestyler Matt Hoffman.
  • May 1994, vol. 17, no. 5, in second behind Gary Ellis (1) in the lead and ahead of brother Alan Foster (4) in third.
  • July 1994 Vol.17 No.7. In insert four girls modeling T-shirts
  • July 1995 Vol.18 No.7. In top insert three girls modeling T-shirts; in middle left insert a full suspension Mongoose BMX bicycle.
  • August 1996, vol. 19, no. 8, In right insert. In main insert Andy Contes (1) along with two unidentifieds (3) & (14).
  • February 1997, vol. 20, no. 2, (3) in middle insert in second;
    Charles Townsend (10) in fourth; unidentified (16) in third. In top right insert dirt jumper Matt Beringer. In bottom right insert Kiyomi Waller
    (403). In bottom left insert various helmets.

Total BMX:

  • None

Bicycles and Dirt:

  • None

Ride BMX Magazine: UK & US versions

  • Ride US: February/March 1996 issue 20
  • Ride US: May 2004
  • Ride UK: March 2008 issue 113

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

BMX Freedom:

  • October 2002

BMX Rider UK:

  • November 2003 No.16

Moto Mag:

  • None

BMX World:

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

  • None

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):

  • None

References

  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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