BMX founding father Scot Breithaupt found dead at 57
Sad, but not surprised to read of Scot's passing. I was a Redline guy growing up, but always admired SE for their cool marketing and incredibly unique frames.
INDIO, Calif. (BRAIN) — Scot Breithaupt, an early BMX champion and founder of the SE Racing bike brand, was found dead Saturday in a tent in Indio. Local officials identified the body Sunday.
Breithaupt, a member of the BMX Hall of Fame, organized some of the first BMX races ever, in 1970 in Long Beach, Calif. He would later win a national championship and founded and led SE Racing, which continues today as SE Bikes, owned by Advanced Sports International (SE was originally an acronym for Scot Enterprises). At SE he created bikes including the PK Ripper, Quadangle and the OM Flyer, which was named for his "Old Man" nickname.
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"Although he had struggled with addictions and problems with the law over the past decades, we at USA BMX will always remember him fondly for his many contributions in making the sport of BMX what it is today," said Craig "Gork" Barrette, the chief communications officer for USA BMX.
According to the DesertSun.com, the coroner has not released a cause of death; there were no signs of foul play.
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