Bubba Harris

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Bubba Harris
Personal information
Full nameBurlin Buntster Harris III
Nickname"Bubba"
Born (1985-08-07) August 7, 1985 (age 38)
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight86.2 kg (190 lb)
Team information
DisciplineBicycle Motocross (BMX)
RoleRacer
Rider typeOff Road
Amateur teams
1993-1994AXO
1994-1999Answer Products
1999Redline Bicycles
Professional teams
1999-2008Redline Bicycles
2009-2010Answer BMX Products
2010-2012Supercross BMX
2012-2012Doublecross Bikes

Burlin Buntster Harris III [1] [2] (born August 7, 1985, from Palmdale, California U.S.) is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1999 to 2007; serious injuries in 2007 and 2008 affected his racing career ending with his retirement from professional racing around 2013. Harris usually goes by the moniker "Bubba", as did his father when he was young. [2]

Contents

Racing career milestones

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

Started racing: August 7, 1992, on his seventh birthday. His father took him to a BMX track and he was hooked. [3]

First race bike: Huffy [4]

Sanctioning body: American Bicycle Association (ABA)

Home sanctioning body district(s): ABA California District 7 (CA-7 1993).

First race result: First place 7 Novice.

First win (local): See above.

First sponsor: AXO approximately in February 1993. [5]

First national win:

Turned Professional: November 2001 Age 16 immediately after the American Bicycle Association (ABA) Grand Nationals. Redline teammate Kim Hayashi also turns pro on this occasion. [6]

First Professional race result:

First Professional win:

First Junior Pro* race result:

First Junior Pro win:

First Senior Pro** race result:

First Senior Pro win: The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Empire Nationals on May 18, 2003, in Kingston, New York. [7] [8]

Status: Not actively racing (last year raced was 2019 in USA BMX Vet Pro)

Height & weight at height of his career: Ht:6'0" Wt:190 lbs.

*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 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

  • AXO Sport: February 1993-Early 1994
  • Answer Products, Inc.: Early 1994-November 1999. Harris was the first racer Answer Products ever sponsored. [5]
  • Redline Bicycles: November 1999-July 21, 2008. Bubba would turn pro with this sponsor.

Professional

  • Redline Bicycles: November 1999-July 21, 2008. After eight years and eight months with the same sponsor Redline Bicycles released Harris from his contract. In a press release Harris explained why:

"On Monday July 21st, I was released from Redline Bicycles. With my injuries and recent surgery, I was unable to fulfill my obligations under the current contract.

After 8 years with Redline I want to thank them for everything they've done for me. I wish all my teammates the best in the future and will always consider them my teammates. As for me, I will be back and stronger than ever.........you haven't seen the last of me.

While the chapter of my racing career with Redline is closed, I look forward to beginning a new chapter with a new sponsor. I would like to thank my sponsors that have shown their continued support, VISA, Nike, Kronik, Lizard Skins and Inustrial. To all the Bubba Harris fans, I look forward to seeing you at the track very soon. I know this experience will make me a better person and BMXer in the future."

Thank you,

Bubba Harris"
[9]

  • Answer BMX Products: March 5, 2009 – 2010. After being without a major BMX sponsor since late July 2008 and in recovery from injuries Harris resigns with his second sponsor and first one he came to national prominence with as an amateur. His first race with his old but new sponsor was the ABA Winter Nationals in Phoenix, Arizona, on March 6–8, 2009. [10]
  • Supercross BMX: 2010–April 2012. Following over a year of sponsorship with Answer Products, Harris joined the Supercross BMX Factory Team. While on Answer, Harris rode the Supercross ENVY frame-set.
  • Doublecross Bikes: April 26, 2012 – November 2012. Less than 2 weeks after announcing his departure from Supercross, Bubba announced he will be taking his talents to Doublecross Bikes. He would remain with them through the 2012 USABMX Grand National Championship.

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

National Bicycle League (NBL)

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 1993 California District 7 (CA-07) No.1
  • 1994 10 & Under Cruiser Gold Cup West Champion
  • 1994 9 Boys Southern California State Champion
  • 1995 9 Boys World Cup Champion
  • 1995 9 & Under Cruiser World Cup Champion
  • 1995 10 Expert and 10 Cruiser Grandnational Champion
  • 1996 10 Expert and 10 Cruiser World Cup Champion
  • 1996 11 Expert and 11 Cruiser Grandnational Champion
  • 2001 16 Expert and 16 Cruiser No.1

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)

USA Cycling BMX:

Professional

National Bicycle League (NBL)

  • None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

  • 2002 Pro Cruiser National No.3
  • 2005 Pro Race of Champions (ROC) champion.
  • 2004,'05 World Champion
  • 2004,'05,'06 National No.1 Pro

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

  • None (defunct)

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

  • 2005 Elite Men World Champion

USA Cycling BMX:

  • None

USA BMX:

  • None

BMX product lines

Redline Aluminum Flight Mini, Flight, Flight Expert, Flight Junior, Flight Pro XL, Flight Pro XXL, Flight Series Cruiser frames and forks.

Notable accolades

Significant injuries

Post BMX Racing Career

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:

Moto Mag:

Twenty BMX:

BMX World (2005 version)

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

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

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References

  1. United States Olympic Committee document confirming Harris's first name (page.44 *.pdf file.) Archived September 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 usatoday.com June 10, 2008 article.
  3. BMX Plus! June 2006 Vol.29 Nol.6 pg.68
  4. bmxstars.com 2007 profile. Archived June 15, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  5. 1 2 Moto Mag May/June 2004 Vol.3 No.3 pg.23
  6. Redline website history section. Archived 2006-10-15 at the Wayback Machine
  7. 1 2 3 2004 BMX Mania Interview. Archived December 7, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  8. Fatbmx.com article.
  9. July 21, 2008 Fatbmx.com article
  10. 1 2 Bubba Harris signs with Answer BMX Products" March 6, 2009.
  11. BMX Plus! website report on 2004 ABA Grand National.
  12. BMX Plus! December 1997 Vol.20 No.12 pg.46
  13. bmxactiononline.com Bubba Harris interview by Gary Haselhorst Archived August 10, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  14. bmxtreme.com article. Search for "fractured" (without the quotation marks)
  15. May 19, 2006 Fatbmx.com article.
  16. BMX Plus! July 2006 Vol.39 No.7 pg.10
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  18. fatbmx.com June 24, 2008 article.
  19. Washington Post article June 15, 2008.
  20. rockymountainnews.com June 13, 2008 article.
  21. Supercrossbmx.com website report. Archived February 12, 2009, at the Wayback Machine