Of the two King Brothers, Mike had a more dominating career in terms of national titles he won as an amateur and professional.

In 1993, Mike took to mountain bike racing and instantly found success in his rookie year by winning the National Off-Road Bicycle Association’s Dual Slalom National Championships and the coveted Union Cycliste Internationale Downhill Mountain Bike World Championship title in Métabief, France.

After multiple international and domestic victories, world cup wins, and national championships, Mike retired from professional cycling in 2005.

Currently, Mike works for the City of Rock Hill, SC as the BMX Supervisor of the Novant Health BMX Supercross facility as well consulting and brand ambassador roles in the bicycle industry with companies Vee Tire Co, Felt Bicycles, Turbine, and XRCEL.

"[5]--Mike King, American BMXer July 1985Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors.

Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question.

National Bicycle Association (NBA) Bicycle Motocross Association of San Diego (BMXAOSD) *The Tijuana BMX Cup was a one time event held in Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, and sponsored by the International Cycling Organization, Coca-Cola, Carta Blanca, and the State Secretary of Tourism of Baja California.

As a result, while heavily promoted it had sparse participation with only 200 racers comprising about 22 motos (including 13 professionals from the United States) out of the hoped for 6000 tourist.

The reason for the low turn out are attributed to the lack of ABA and NBL points for racers touring those circuits, negating an important motivation to attend.

Eddy King's amateur status in the NBL and ABA was unaffected in part because no prize money was awarded.

say that clipless pedals reduce the excitement of BMX races, with the racers "following the leader" and only having the ability to pass on straights.

Despite the respect given by the BMX world to Mike King and Brian Lopes, clipless pedals were not used by the majority of pro or amateur racers until the end of the year 2000.

[32] Wade Bootes a highly respected Senior Pro was an early adopter of clipless pedals and helped with the move to them.

On August 20, 2007 professional BMX racer Bubba Harris completely dislocated ankle at the talus bone in Beijing, China on the official Olympic BMX racing track during the first run of his Time Trial in the "rhythm section", a series of closely but evenly spaced jumps that you use gravity and "body English" to navigate and maintain speed.

He was launched sideways by his momentum into the air, coming down on the back side of a jump with his foot still clipped into an SPD pedal.

First race result: Sanctioning Body: Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors.