Hall of Fame

It could have been a perfectly scripted come and try BMX advertisement - the day a young Sam Willoughby came home from school with a flyer to try out BMX at his local track in his home state of South Australia.  Sam quickly took to the sport and rose through the ranks to stamp his mark on what was to be the start of one of the greatest BMX careers, Australia has ever seen.

Tai Lee Muxlow began racing in 1981 at her home track of Cardiff in NSW. Who would have known that this little pocket rocket would become one of the most successful Australian BMX racers of all time. Tai-Lee instantly got a taste for winning, and would start one of the most iconic winning streaks in BMX. Throughout her career in the sport, Tai Lee would win no less than 13 number 1 State Titles, 9 National Number 1 Titles and in 1990 she finally added a World Number 1 to her impressive tally. She was without peer, absolutely dominating her class on the track. 

Natarsha Willams began racing BMX with the Innisfail BMX club in Far north Queensland in 1981. Aged just 5, she would go on to have a race Career lasting 25 years.

You don’t get nicknamed “The King” without good reason. Wayne “The King” McIntosh began his racing career in 1978 and was a regular at one of the very first BMX tracks in the country - Ryde Eastwood BMX Club. In 1980, before BMX Australia was even formed, the very first “Unofficial” Australian BMX championships were held over a series throughout NSW and QLD. It was here that Wayne stamped his mark on Australian BMX, claiming joint ownership of the very first Open Mens National Title. 

From the moment Paul Addams stepped onto a BMX bike, he was unbeatable. Beginning his career as a 10 year old in 1980, Paul quickly caught the attention of the Factory Sponsors, and Diamond Back came knocking, signing Paul as the very first Australian Factory Team rider. His winning streak was unbelievable. Racking up wins at the 1981 Australian Titles, he was known as the kid to beat. When you lined up on the gate next to Paul Addams - you were racing for second place.

Hailing from the regional Victorian town of Shepparton, Leigh Egan was known around the track as "The Master" of BMX. As soon as the Shepparton BMX club formed in 1981, Leigh was there - winning. A towering figure, there was no mistaking Leigh Egan, on or off the track. There must have been something in the goulburn river water in the early 80’s, as Shepparton produced Champion after Champion BMXer - none of course bigger than Leigh Egan. 

Jamie “Hot Shoe” Hales began his racing career in 1978, and quickly gained the attention of the BMX community. In a time when the sport was largely dominated by the more experienced NSW and QLD riders, it wasn’t long before Jamie Hales put Victoria on the Australian BMX map. BMX was one of the fastest growing sports in the country, and he became the dominant rider racking up dual National Open Mens titles. He won the first Official National Championships in 1981 and then backed it up with another in 1982 at his home track of Waverly in Melbourne.