After he finished school, his first priority was working as an engineer for Rolls-Royce in England and he thought that was going to be his career.
He ended Dave Mirra's BMX three-year Vert reign in 2000, taking home the gold.
He won silver at X Games 2015, losing after winning 9 years in a row[1][2][3] Bestwick has also won a Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year and been nominated for a Best Male Action Sports Athlete ESPY Award.
In 2014, Bestwick spoke at Yale University alongside Ken Hill, Scott Russell, and Nick Ienatsch about motorcycle racing and success.
[4][5] He acted as coach to Charlotte Worthington when she won the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics and Declan Brooks when he won Bronze Medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics.