SE Bikes is mourning the loss of Scot Breithaupt, the “Godfather of BMX” and founder of the SE brand. Breithaupt, who passed away Sunday at the age of 57, is credited with jump-starting the sport by organizing and promoting the first-ever BMX races on makeshift tracks in Southern California in the 1970s. He established the Bicycle United Motocross Society, became a national champion, was inducted into the U.S. BMX Hall of Fame, and lived his life as a devout promoter of BMX racing – now an Olympic sport – up until to his death.
Since Breithaupt created SE Racing back in 1977, the SE brand has grown, thrived, and evolved to now include many different styles of bikes. But at its core, SE remains deeply rooted in BMX and will forever be indebted to Breithaupt for his pioneering innovations nearly four decades earlier.
“Our entire line of retro BMX bikes is directly credited to Scot. They
BMX has lost one of the founding members in Scot Breithaupt. News arrived in the middle of the night and spread fast. The Old Man is no more. This morning I watched the Joe Kid video from start to finish and it's impressive to see what Scot has done for BMX. He was there when it started and made it bigger, and bigger. SE Racing stands for Scot Enterprises, his company which he sold later on but will live on with his name attached to it. In 1981 Scot made it over to The Netherlands with RL. Osborn and Mike Buff and did a demo in Venhorst, barely 15
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