- Bob Haro
Bob Haro is a former freestyle BMX rider turned artist and business executive. He is the founder of
Haro Bikes . He was born in Pasadena,California onJune 29 1958 .He began biking in his high school sophomore year when he ran out of money riding dirt bikes. His father bought him a Honda 100 and he stripped the bike down to compete in
motorcycle races. He won over 50 dirt biking trophies by 1975.Around 1976, he got into BMX biking by racing his brother's bike out behind a bike shop in
San Diego . After moving toStockton, California as a result of his parents' divorce, Bob really got started racing and riding for a sponsor for Molina's Bike Shop. He was the first in that town to perform many of the common tricks.In 1978, Haro teamed up with R.L. Osborn to form the very first freestyle BMX team, which made its debut at ABA's Winternationals in Chandler, AZ.
In 1981 Bob Haro and Bob Morales traveled on tour together performing shows all over the Midwest, Eastern United States, and parts of Canada to enthusiastic crowds. Also, in 1981, Haro was involved in the
Steven Spielberg production of "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial " as a stunt rider.He stopped riding in 1985 after four knee surgeries and, in 1987, he was inducted in to the American Bicycle Association Hall Of Fame. In 1993 he founded his own company, Haro Design, Inc., a design and marketing company in Cardiff, CA. His latest venture is a line of hard-shell backpacks, laptop cases, iPod cases, etc. and can be found online via AXIO-USA.com.
Bob Haro also invented the style of
Flatland BMX .ee also
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Haro Bikes External links
* [http://23mag.com/gens/haro.htm Illustrated biography on 23mag]
* [http://23mag.com/com/haro/haro.htm Bob Haro's bikes]
* [http://www.harodesign.com/ Harodesign, Inc.]
* [http://www.axio-usa.com Axio USA website]
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