Daniel Dhers
Encyclopedia
Daniel Dhers is a professional BMX
rider. He is currently sponsored by Red Bull, POC, DC Shoes, KHE Bikes, Albe's Mailorder, and Verizon. Dhers resides in Greenville, North Carolina
, known as Protown USA because of the strong concentration of BMX riders that live there, including Dave Mirra
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in 2007, 2008, and 2010, and he was featured on several episodes of the American
TV program Nitro Circus
.
BMX
Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...
rider. He is currently sponsored by Red Bull, POC, DC Shoes, KHE Bikes, Albe's Mailorder, and Verizon. Dhers resides in Greenville, North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina
Greenville is the county seat of Pitt County and principal city of the Greenville, North Carolina metropolitan area. Greenville is the health, entertainment, and educational hub of North Carolina's Tidewater and Coastal Plain and in 2008 was listed as the Tenth Largest City in North Carolina...
, known as Protown USA because of the strong concentration of BMX riders that live there, including Dave Mirra
Dave Mirra
David Michael "Dave" Mirra is an American BMX athlete, Subaru Rally Team USA driver and business owner. Mirra holds the record for most X-Games medals, standing and has medaled in every X Games since they started in 1995. His current medal count as of July 31, 2009 in the X Games is 24...
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Career
Daniel started riding bikes when he was twelve, just to hang out with his friends. In 1998, he went to his first skatepark and rode around. When he was sixteen, he and his parents moved to Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he really started riding in parks and with better riders. In 2003, he entered his first contest, and in 2006, he entered the Dew Action Sports Tour. In 2006, 2007, and 2008 Dhers has won the AST Dew Tour. Daniel Dhers won gold medals at the X GamesX Games
The X Games is a commercial annual sports event, controlled and arranged by US sports broadcaster ESPN, which focuses on action sports. The inaugural X Games was held in the summer of 1995 in Rhode Island....
in 2007, 2008, and 2010, and he was featured on several episodes of the American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
TV program Nitro Circus
Nitro Circus
Nitro Circus is an American television series that featured Travis Pastrana and his friends traveling around the world riding dirtbikes, base jumping, and performing reckless stunts. It was originally run as a miniseries in 2006 on Fuel TV. In January 2009, it began running as an episodic reality...
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