Warwick Stevenson - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

Warwick Brian Stevenson Jr. (b. 13 May 1980 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia) is an Australian professional "Mid/Current School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX)

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...

racer whose prime competitive years are from 1995 to current. Nicknamed the "Warlock" as a play on his given name Warwick.

Racing career milestones

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Started racing: 1990 at age 10 in Australia. He used to race motorcycle motocross

Motocross

Motocross is a form of motorcycle sport or all-terrain vehicle racing held on enclosed off road circuits. It evolved from trials, and was called scrambles, and later motocross, combining the French moto with cross-country...

(MX) until it got too dangerous and expensive.

Sanctioning body:

First race result:

First win (local):

First sponsor:

First national win:

Turned Professional: 1999 in Australia at the age of 19.

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:

Retired:

Height & weight at height of his career Ht:6'1" Wt:~210 lbs.

Professional

American Bicycle Association (ABA): Early April 1999 – 24 April 1999. This wasn't a formal sponsorship but the ABA did provide room and board and transportation to races in the first few weeks after Stevenson arrived in America:

Standard Bykes: 25 April 1999 – 31 July 1999. Stevenson got his first formal sponsorship in the U.S. three weeks after arriving. After leaving Standard he raced as an independent for approximately six weeks.
Diamondback Bikes: Mid September 1999-December 2002
Haro/Lee Pipes: December 2002–2004
Maxxis: 2004
Haro/Adidas: November 2004-Mid March 2006
Redman/Yamaha Waverunner: Mid March 2006 – July 2006
Kuwhahara Cycles, Ltd. : July 2006 – 29 December 2007
Formula Bicycle Company/Fly Racing: 2 January 2008-Present.

Amateur

Australian Bicycle Motocross Association (ABMXA)

Australian Cycling Federation (ACF)

National Bicycle League (NBL)

None

American Bicycle Association (ABA)

None

United States Bicycle Motocross Association
United States Bicycle Motocross Association
The United States Bicycle Association was a short lived Bicycle Motocross national sanctioning body based in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in March 1984 by five former members of the American Bicycle Association : Rich Mann, Dave Cook, Geoff Sims, Steve Schaefer and Rod Keeling, who became the...

(USBA)

None (defunct)

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

None

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

1998 Junior Elite Cruiser World Champion

Professional

Australian Bicycle Motocross Association (ABMXA)

Australian Cycling Federation (ACF)

National Bicycle League
National Bicycle League
The National Bicycle League is a United States based Bicycle Motocross sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio...

(NBL)

None

American Bicycle Association
American Bicycle Association
The American Bicycle Association is a United States-based Bicycle Motocross sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona created by Merl Mennenga and Gene Roden in 1977. It is the largest sanctioning body in the United States concerning BMX. It has tracks in Canada and Mexico as well as in the USA...

(ABA)

2001 World Champion.
2002 National No.2 Pro
2003 AA Pro Grandnational Champion
2001, 2003 National No.1 Pro.
2003 Race Of Champions (ROC) No.1 "AA" Pro.

None (defunct)

International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)*

None

Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)*

None

Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)*

2004 Senior World Champion

Pro Series Championships and Invitationals

2003 MOTO MAG Hess Cup Champion.

Notable accolades

He is a 1998, 2002 Australia Male BMX Cyclist of the year
He is a 2002 Pro Of The Year Golden Crank Award winner.
He is a 2004 winner of the GT Male BMX Cyclist of the Year.
He is a 2004 Transworld BMX Number One Rider Award (NORA) CUP winner.
He is a 2006 Number One Rider Award (NORA) Cup winner.

BMX product lines

"The Warlock" Warwick Stevenson signature BMX grip by Bruce Mayer, Applied Techtonics Inc. (ATi).

Significant injuries

Broke his left ankle in 1997 and was told by doctors that he would never race again.
Broke his wrist at the 1999 ABA Spring National in Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara, California
Santa Clara , founded in 1777 and incorporated in 1852, is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city is the site of the eighth of 21 California missions, Mission Santa Clara de Asís, and was named after the mission. The Mission and Mission Gardens are located on the...

on 31 May 1999.
Broke his hand at the 2003 ABA World Championships.
Suffered a collapsed right lung and internal bleeding at the ABA National in Oldsmar, Florida
Oldsmar, Florida
Oldsmar is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. The population was 11,910 at the 2000 census. The U.S. Census Bureau estimates the population to be 13,401 as of 2008....

in April 2004 after crashing onto a jump in the rhythm section on Saturday (day one). He was sent to the hospital and spent the entire next day in the hospital, where his lung re-inflated on its own. He could not fly home to Arizona and had to stay in Florida a few days when he was told that if he flew the change in the atmospheric pressure inside the aircraft could do serious damage. He was laid up for nearly three months.
In April 2005 he tore his anterior cruciate ligament
Anterior cruciate ligament
The anterior cruciate ligament is a cruciate ligament which is one of the four major ligaments of the human knee. In the quadruped stifle , based on its anatomical position, it is referred to as the cranial cruciate ligament.The ACL originates from deep within the notch of the distal femur...

in his knee. Unlike in tennis or basketball, cycling doesn't require lateral stability because the athlete doesn't need to be able to stop or launch himself sideways. He was able to race with a leg brace for much of the year. He waited until after the 2005 NBL Grand Nationals to have the surgery.

Had knee surgery in late October 2005 for the injury he suffered in April 2005 and was laid up for five months until 26 March 2006 NBL Nellis Silver State National in Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

.

Suffered distal radius fracture in his arm at the ABA Sooner Nationals on 4 February 2007 in Guthrie, Oklahoma
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Guthrie is a city in and the county seat of Logan County, Oklahoma, United States, and a part of the Oklahoma City Metroplex. The population was 9,925 at the 2000 census.Guthrie was the territorial and later the first state capital for Oklahoma...

.

On 10 May 2007 he had emergency surgery to have his spleen
Spleen
The spleen is an organ found in virtually all vertebrate animals with important roles in regard to red blood cells and the immune system. In humans, it is located in the left upper quadrant of the abdomen. It removes old red blood cells and holds a reserve of blood in case of hemorrhagic shock...

removed. He injured it after a serious training accident in Texas practicing on trails. According to Stevenson, He apparently nearly died as a result. Lack of care and infection caused a Staph infection and deep stomach scar. His first race back was the ABA Midwest National in Rockford, Illinois
Rockford, Illinois
Rockford is a mid-sized city located on both banks of the Rock River in far northern Illinois. Often referred to as "The Forest City", Rockford is the county seat of Winnebago County, Illinois, USA. As reported in the 2010 U.S. census, the city was home to 152,871 people, the third most populated...

on 15 June 2007.

Miscellaneous

In 1999 he set the ABA record for turning "AA" pro from "A" pro in just 33 days.
He was a coach on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's television show Made
Made (TV series)
MTV's MADE is a self-improvement reality television series broadcast on MTV. The series follows teens who have a goal and want to be "made" into things like singers, athletes, dancers, skateboarders, etc. The teens are joined by a "Made Coach", an expert in their chosen field, who tries to help...

(Originally aired Thursday, 27 January 2005 during the show's fifth season) in which he taught a girl to ride a BMX bike on a BMX race track over the course of six weeks.

He was featured on MTV
MTV
MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

's television show MTV Cribs
MTV Cribs
MTV Cribs and CMT Cribs, depending on which channel it airs, is a franchise reality television program that originated on the MTV Networks' MTV. It later aired on its CMT channel that features tours of the houses and mansions of celebrities. The first show aired September 2000...

(originally aired Tuesday, 3 May 2005 season 11, episode 66) which featured a tour Stevenson's former Scottsdale residence he had obtained with the winnings as a pro BMX racer. The Scottsdale home was foreclosed on. He bought some new furniture, borrowed friends vehicles for the driveway shot, displayed his Haro bike on his kitchen counter top and built a practice BMX track in his backyard just before filming began in March 2005. The one and only time he used the BMX track in his yard, later the track became overgrown with weeds and neglected. A satellite's view of Stevenson's Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, as of 2010 the population of the city was 217,385...

home in 2007.http://virtualglobetrotting.com/map/37624/
Stevenson has resided in Pennsylvania, Surprise, Arizona
Surprise, Arizona
Surprise is a city in Maricopa County, Arizona, USA. The population was 30,848 at the 2000 census; however, rapid growth has boosted the city's population to 117,517 at the 2010 census, an increase of 281%...

(2002),Long Beach, California
Long Beach, California
Long Beach is a city situated in Los Angeles County in Southern California, on the Pacific coast of the United States. The city is the 36th-largest city in the nation and the seventh-largest in California. As of 2010, its population was 462,257...

, Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas, Nevada
Las Vegas is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Nevada and is also the county seat of Clark County, Nevada. Las Vegas is an internationally renowned major resort city for gambling, shopping, and fine dining. The city bills itself as The Entertainment Capital of the World, and is famous...

, Texas, Illinois and now Kansas City, Missouri in the United States.

Post BMX career

Currently divorced, which is the second time from Sarah Moeller. No children. Was living in Missouri and sells portable heaters on the road through out the east coast. Recently, 2011, moved back to Australia to live with his parents and try to import heaters to Australia.

Hopes to start importing said heaters to the country of Australia.

BMX and general press magazine interviews and articles

"ONES of a KIND:The Jamie Staff/Warwick Stevenson Interview" Transworld BMX September 2002 Vol.9 Iss.9 No.71 pg.55 Joint interview of Stevenson and fellow racer Jamie Staff.
"The Warlock" Moto Mag May/June 2003 Vol.2 No.3 pg.21
"Warwick Seals The Deal" Transworld BMX March 2004 Vol.11 Iss.3 No.89 pg.46
"Life in the Fast Lane: Warwick interviews Randy" Transworld BMX April 2004 Vol.11 Iss.4 No.90 pg.36 article featuring both Randy Stumpfhauser
Randy Stumpfhauser
Randall Richard Stumpfhauser is an American professional "Mid School" Bicycle Motocross racer whose prime competitive years are from 1998 to the present...

and Stevenson with side bar interviews of them interviewing each other.
"Answers From Warwick" Transworld BMX October 2004 Vol.11 Iss.10 No.96 pg.30 Warwick answers submitted questions by the readers of Transworld BMX.

BMX magazine covers

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Minicycle/BMX Action & Super BMX:

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Bicycle Motocross Action & Go:

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BMX Plus!:

Snap BMX Magazine & Transworld BMX:

Twenty BMX:

Moto Mag:

September/October 2002 Vol.1 No.2 (1) in second place behind Kyle Bennett
Kyle Bennett
Kyle Bennett is an American professional "New/Current School" Bicycle Motocross racer and Dirt Jumper whose prime competitive years are from 1999 to the present. He has the moniker "Butter" for his smooth riding style...

(9).

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

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

External links

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