Chase Hawk and His Rise to Fame

Chase Hawk was born on the 25th of july 1986 in Austin Texas. He started BMX racing when he was very young much like other BMX pros like Aaron Ross and Tom Dugan. When he was 14 he had his first piece of fame where he had an article about him in Dig Magazine, in the article he is thought of as a great kid and its mentioned that it wouldn’t be a surprise if he became a top pro in the future.Since the Article chase began to concentrate more on riding trails and skate parks which earned him a lot of attention from companies like Empire, and fit. Robbie Morales who ran fitbikeco was Chase’ first big sponsor, he was put on the pro team and was then invited to ride on road fools 14 which meant the entire BMX world could see his Unique and “motocross Influenced” style.After Road Fool 14 Chase’ popularity grew and grew, he became a house hold name for BMX and the majority of the BMX community was copying his style by getting big bars and running their seats slammed. Due to his popularity he gained more big sponsors like Odyssey, Vans and Fox which all offered him signature products. In 2007 Fit Bike co released the Hawk Frame which was Chase’ very own Signature frame, they flew off the shelves and into the skate parks as everybody wanted to ride and look and ride like chase.After the first Hawk frame Chase had many more Signature products, from Shoes to Complete bike lines. In September 2009 Chase Hawk and other team member of Fit bike co quit the team due to Robbie Morales (face of and team manager for fit) leaving the company to start his own bike company named CULT, for months the bmx world was on edge not knowing what was next for Chase. Robbie Morales then revealed CULT and that Chase was riding for him as well as the other former members of fit. Since then Chase has had many popular web edits and bmx racing video parts.Chase is one of the many BMX pro’s of today that came from an average background, the reason he has become such a BMX phenomenon is because of his determination and love of riding.