Three years later, after an operation, he was able to ride professionally again, this time on the mountainbike.

But by 1978, despite having no peers in his region, he still had little thought of riding professionally.

At 17 he began riding professionally.

He rode professionally for 16 years, and was a founding father of the PBR.

Fires began riding professionally in 1964 and led all American apprentices in wins that year with 224.

Skip rode professionally for G&S surfboards and eventually created his own model for them in 1967.

He began riding professionally in 1989 and got his first win that year at Tampa Bay Downs.

He began riding professionally at age fifteen and in 1899 at age sixteen, won his first race.

After working as a groom, hot walker, and exercise rider, he began riding professionally in 1953.

He said he wanted his children to be able to ride professionally someday and not have to use drugs to succeed.