Jeffery Bottema (b. April 14, 1960 from
Norwalk, California
Norwalk is a city in Los Angeles County, California, Los Angeles County, California, United States. The population was 105,549 at the 2010 United States Census, 2010 census and an estimated 103,949 in 2019. It is the 58th most densely-populated ...
United States) was an American professional "Old School"
Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1976 to 1981. He had the nickname of "Battling".
Racing career milestones
Note: In the early days of professional racing, 1977 and prior, many tracks offered small
purse prize money to the older racers of an event, even before the official sanctioning bodies offered prize money in formal divisions themselves. Hence some early "professionals" like
Stu Thomsen turning "pro" in 1975 at 16 years old where racing for small amounts of money at track events when offered even before the NBA, regarded as the first true national BMX sanctioning body, had a professional division. For the sake of consistency and standardization noted professional first are for the first pro races for prize money offered by official BMX sanctioning bodies and not independent track events. Professional first are also on the national level unless otherwise indicated.
Started bacing: Mid 1974 at 14 years old. His father brought him a monoshock BMX bicycle and he tried out racing.
[''BMX Weekly'' October 1, 1976 Vol.2 No.4 pg.13]
Sanctioning body:
First race result:
First win (local):
Sanctioning body district(s):
National Bicycle Association The National Bicycle Association (NBA), later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association (NbmxA), was a United States-based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie A ...
(NBA) District "X" (Southern California/Los Angeles) 1973–1981.
First sponsor: Two Wheeler's BMX 1974.
First national win: In 14-17 Novice Class at the
National Pedal Sport Association (NPSA) Eastern Nationals in
Atlanta
Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ...
on September 7, 1975.
Turned Professional:
First Professional race* result:
First Professional* win:
Retired: At the end of the 1983 season. During the last two years of his career he mostly raced 24" Cruiser Class.
Height & weight at height of his career: (1983) Ht:5'11 Wt:165 lbs.
*At the time there was no separate pro class for pros due to the relatively small number of pros. They raced with the 16 Experts, making it a Pro/Am class essentially. This is why during the early years of the pro division the national number one racer of a sanctioning body could be either an amateur or professional. This practice continued until the NBA's 1979 season in which the pros earned separate pro points and a separate pro plate from the amateurs. The ABA and the NBL followed suit a year later.
Career factory and major bike shop sponsors
Note: This listing only denotes the racer's primary sponsors. At any given time a racer could have numerous ever-changing co-sponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor company advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are given.
Amateur
*Two Wheeler's BMX: 1974-May 1975
*Webco Inc.: May 1975-March 1976. Webco disbanded its team in March 1976.
*D.G. Performance Specialist (The initials stood for ''D''an Hangsleben, ''G''ary Harlow): Late April 1976-July 1979. In April 1977 Bottema supposedly briefly "retired" to race
motorcycle motocross (MX) for D.G., much like how
David Clinton
David Clinton (born January 2, 1960 in Sun Valley, California) is an "Old School" former professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "Dynamite" early in his career David Clinton coul ...
briefly "retired" from BMX to race MX in early 1976 for his then sponsor
Kawasaki Motors. However, Bottema totally retiring from BMX was an incorrect announcement. He concentrated on MX while racing some BMX. Bottema started racing BMX full-time again in early 1978.
Professional
*D.G. Performance Specialist: Late April 1976-July 1979.
*Raleigh Cycle Company of America: July 1979-Mid January 1981. Raleigh dropped its racing team in January 1981.
[''Bicycle Motocross Action'' February 1982 Vol.7 No.2 pg.80] According to teammate Toby Henderson Raleigh allegedly strung himself and Jeff Bottema along with false promises of a new contract for the 1982 season only to abruptly dropped by Raleigh:
Toby Henderson: ''"...I was getting a couple of good contracts coming up, and I turned them all down, because I kept calling Raleigh, and saying, "Well, are we going to do something next year?" "Oh yeah, oh yeah, we're really going to be full force next year."'' aleigh's alleged response-''ed.''''So I turned some good contracts down, and I let it all slide, until the middle of January, when I called them up and said, "Well, where's the contracts? Let's get some contracts going", and they said, Well, we decided we're going to go TV advertisement", and that's all they said, like "Click."'' mitating a phone hang up-''ed.''''And we'' enderson and Bottema-''ed.''''said, "Huh?" Here we turned down like three or four good contracts in October, when all the other teams were setting their budgets up and looking for their riders for the next year''." ---''BMX Plus!'' October 1982
:Ironically, Raleigh would restart its BMX sponsoring program a year later.
*Mountain Dew: Late 1980-Mid 1981. During the early spring and summer of 1981 he was part of the
Mountain Dew
Mountain Dew, stylized as Mtn Dew, is a carbonated soft drink brand produced and owned by PepsiCo. The original formula was invented in 1940 by Tennessee beverage bottlers Barney and Ally Hartman. A revised formula was created by Bill Brid ...
exhibition team that toured the US demonstrating BMX racing, freestyle and BMX safety. His teammates included
Perry Kramer
Perry Kramer (born October 6, 1959 in Santa Monica, California U.S.) is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1974-1981.
Among his accomplishments is his co-founding with ...
,
Harry Leary
Harry may refer to:
TV shows
* ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin
* ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
* ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...
,
Stu Thomsen,
Brent Patterson,
Bob Haro
Bob Haro (born June 29, 1958, in Pasadena, California) is an American former (retired from active competition) professional freestyle BMX rider turned artist and business executive. He is the founder of Haro Bikes and was one of the most important ...
and
R. L. Osborn
Robert Lewis Osborn (born April 9, 1963) is a BMX rider. His father Bob Osborn started BMX Action magazine. He, along with Mike Buff and Bob Haro are considered the forefathers of BMX freestyle, a style of BMX bike riding that involves flatland ...
(this was concurrent and in addition to their primary sponsor at the time).
*Murray of Ohio Corporation: August 1981-December 1983* Jeff Bottema became road team manager as well as a racer in May 1982.
Scott Clark succeeded him in that position after Bottema retired from racing.
[''BMX Action'' May 1984 Vol.12 No.5 pg.20]
*As an active racer. After his retirement at the end of the 1983 season he took an office position with Murray.
[''BMX Plus!'' May 1984 Vol.7 No.5 pg.14] He later became the Murray Road Racing Team Manager.
Career bicycle motocross titles
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in ''italics''. "Defunct" refers to the fact of that sanctioning body in question no longer existing at the start of the racer's career or at that stage of his/her career. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Series and one off Championships are also listed in block.
Amateur
National Bicycle Association (NBA)
*1975 14 & Over Intermediate Grandnational Champion #1 (
Tinker Juarez
David "Tinker" Juarez (born March 4, 1961) is an American former professional BMX and cross-country mountain bike racer. His prime competitive years in BMX were from 1978 to 1984 and in mountain bike racing 1986 to 2005. Since late 2005, he has ...
was the winner of the second Main).
*1977 16 Expert NBA/Mongoose Exhibition winner (First race;
David Clinton
David Clinton (born January 2, 1960 in Sun Valley, California) is an "Old School" former professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1973 to 1979. Nicknamed "Dynamite" early in his career David Clinton coul ...
won the second group of 16 Experts). In 1977 the NBA held an
exhibition
An exhibition, in the most general sense, is an organized presentation and display of a selection of items. In practice, exhibitions usually occur within a cultural or educational setting such as a museum, art gallery, park, library, exhibition ...
race during the halftime period between the
Philadelphia Eagles
The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football team based in Philadelphia. The Eagles compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. The team plays ...
and the
Los Angeles Rams
The Los Angeles Rams are a professional American football team based in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Rams compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member of the National Football Conference (NFC) West division. The Rams play ...
NFL
The National Football League (NFL) is a professional American football league that consists of 32 teams, divided equally between the American Football Conference (AFC) and the National Football Conference (NFC). The NFL is one of the major ...
football game at the
Los Angeles Coliseum
The Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum (also known as the L.A. Coliseum) is a multi-purpose stadium in the Exposition Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, California. Conceived as a hallmark of civic pride, the Coliseum was commissioned in 1921 as a mem ...
in
Los Angeles
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in August 1977 (the Rams moved from Los Angeles, California to
St. Louis, Missouri
St. Louis () is the second-largest city in Missouri, United States. It sits near the confluence of the Mississippi River, Mississippi and the Missouri Rivers. In 2020, the city proper had a population of 301,578, while the Greater St. Louis, ...
in 1994). The racers in the mains during halftime were invited after an NBA race at Rancho San Diego on September 19, 1976 in
San Diego, California
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National Bicycle League (NBL)
*1976 Class F (15 Expert) NML/Schwinn Gold Cup winner††
:††In 1976 the National Motocross League (NML) (the motorcycle motorcross racing parent organization of the NBL) with the sponsorship of the Schwinn Bicycle Company held the final Gold Cup mains races (after having two qualifying events several days before) as an exhibition during the
halftime
In several team sports, matches are played in two halves. Half-time (also written halftime or half time) is the name given to the interval between the two halves of the match. Typically, after half-time, teams swap ends of the field of play in or ...
period in a pre-season NFL football game between the
Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football team based in the Miami metropolitan area. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member team of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) East division. The team pla ...
and the
Minnesota Vikings
The Minnesota Vikings are a professional American football team based in Minneapolis. They compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the National Football Conference (NFC) North division. Founded in 1960 as an expansion ...
in the
Orange Bowl
The Orange Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game played in the Miami metropolitan area. It has been played annually since January 1, 1935, making it, along with the Sugar Bowl and the Sun Bowl, the second-oldest bowl game in th ...
in
Miami, Florida
Miami ( ), officially the City of Miami, known as "the 305", "The Magic City", and "Gateway to the Americas", is a East Coast of the United States, coastal metropolis and the County seat, county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, Miami-Dade C ...
on July 31, 1976 in front of and estimated 50,000 spectators.
American Bicycle Association (ABA)
*None
Fédération Internationale Amateur de Cyclisme (FIAC)
*None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
*None
Independent race series and invitationals:
*1975 Heavyweight* Intermediate Nevada State Champion
*Classifications of the racers were based largely on the physical size of the racers at the Independent i.e. non sanctioned track the Championship race was held at.
*1976 16 Expert California Cup winner.
:The California Cup was a non sanctioned series of three qualifying races held at three tracks (for a total of nine separate races) in three different regions of Northern California. Then the finals were held. The series was sponsored and promoted by ''BX-Weekly Magazine'', a BMX newspaper and Rick Varner (R&R) Racing Products. The finals were held at the famous
Corona Raceway
Corona (from the Latin for 'crown') most commonly refers to:
* Stellar corona, the outer atmosphere of the Sun or another star
* Corona (beer), a Mexican beer
* Corona, informal term for the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2, which causes the COVID-19 dis ...
on September 5, 1976.
Professional
National Bicycle Association The National Bicycle Association (NBA), later known as the National Bicycle Motocross Association (NbmxA), was a United States-based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Soledad, California that was created by Ernie A ...
(NBA)
*None
National Bicycle League
The National Bicycle League (NBL) was a United States–based Bicycle Motocross (BMX) sports sanctioning body originally based in Deerfield Beach, Florida, but after several moves it was based in Hilliard, Ohio. It was created by George Edward Ess ...
(NBL)
*None
American Bicycle Association
The American Bicycle Association (ABA) was a US-based BMX sports governing body in Gilbert, Arizona. In 2011, the ABA merged with the former National Bicycle League and became the current USA BMX. The organization was founded by Merl Mennenga ...
(ABA)
*None
United States Bicycle Motocross Association The United States Bicycle Association (USBA) was a short-lived Bicycle Motocross (BMX) national sanctioning body based in Tempe, Arizona. It was founded in March 1984 by five former members of the American Bicycle Association (ABA): Rich Mann, Dave ...
(USBA)
*None
International Bicycle Motocross Federation (IBMXF)
*None
Pro Series Championships
Notable accolades
*He was one of the founding members of the Professional Racing Organization (PRO) racers
guild
A guild ( ) is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular area. The earliest types of guild formed as organizations of tradesmen belonging to a professional association. They sometimes ...
in 1977.
*In 1980 with then fellow Raleigh teammate Toby Henderson, Bottema became one of the first Americans to be invited to Europe to promote and demonstrate BMX racing.
*Created and manufactured one of BMX's most popular and famous bicycle components: the Bottema Bullet Fork. It was a tubular unicrown fork manufactured by his company that was the most popular and respected component of its type since Redline Engineering came out with the very first unicrown tube fork for BMX bicycles in 1974. The original M-1 Bullet Fork had extra thick chromoly tubing at .065" and extra long fork legs than other tubular forks of that period to reduce flex while the weight was still competitive with the lighter forks on the market. They are also of the "straight design, .i.e the fork legs are parallel with the head tube as opposed to the legs being angled forward slightly giving the bicycle a longer wheelbase. To compensate the Bottema M-1 fork had a one inch axle lead. These first models were particularly popular with BMX freestyle skatepark bowl riders like Jeff Watson and
Eddie Fiola
Edward Lynn "Eddie" Fiola (born Sept 28,1964) is an American former professional freestyle BMX rider, and a film stuntman.
In 1982 Bob Morales started up the ASPA (Amateur Skatepark Association which would later become the AFA or American Fre ...
for their extra durability. Bottema had also came out in 1979 with C-1 cruiser models for 26" cruiser racing bicycles. In early 1981 he came out with the M-2 racing model with thinner tubing with the axle line further down the tube legs.
*In 1987 he won what was called the 1st Annual Masters Series, an exhibition Veteran's Pro class of old time racers of the early 1970s that was held at the ABA Supernationals in
San Bernardino, California
San Bernardino (; Spanish for "Saint Bernardino") is a city and county seat of San Bernardino County, California, United States. Located in the Inland Empire region of Southern California, the city had a population of 222,101 in the 2020 cen ...
on January 18, 1987. It was staged and promoted by
Scot Breithaupt
Scot Alexander Breithaupt (July 14, 1957 – July 5, 2015) was an entrepreneur, "Old School" professional motorcycle MX and bicycle motocross (BMX) racer and a founding father of BMX in 1970 whose prime competitive years were from 1970 to 1984. ...
a pioneer in BMX racing. It was the equivalent of
Major League Baseball
Major League Baseball (MLB) is a professional baseball organization and the oldest major professional sports league in the world. MLB is composed of 30 total teams, divided equally between the National League (NL) and the American League (AL), ...
's
Old-Timers' Day
Old-Timers' Day (or Old-Timers' Game) refers to a tradition in Major League Baseball where a team devotes the early afternoon preceding a weekend game to honor retired players who played for the organization during their careers. The retired play ...
exhibition baseball games in which retired stars of the past play a nostalgic friendly game to remember the greats of baseball. This BMX "Old-Timers game" not only featured past stars but their past equipment. The era of 1974–1976 was preferred. No bicycle frame made after 1978 was allowed in the race, although more modern components like Hutch Pedals and GT hubs were allowed for the comfort of the racers. However, for the most part the equipment and uniforms were vintage early to late 1970s. Some looked like they were in storage for years. Past stars like Dennis Dain wore his old Ralph's Bike Shop/Cook Bros. jersey along with his old helmet and number plate. Bottema raced his old DG frame, numberplate and his complete vintage DG uniform complete with helmet from the mid-1970s. Even a Yamaha mono-shock Moto-bike with front and rear suspension ridden by Mark Parerria made an appearance.
:The order of finish for this proto Veterans Pro Class were:
#Jeff Bottema
#Dennis Dain
#
Scot Breithaupt
Scot Alexander Breithaupt (July 14, 1957 – July 5, 2015) was an entrepreneur, "Old School" professional motorcycle MX and bicycle motocross (BMX) racer and a founding father of BMX in 1970 whose prime competitive years were from 1970 to 1984. ...
#Bryan Webb
#Jumpin' John Wells
#Pete Harrigan
#Friendly Fred Thomas
#Mark Parerria
:This race was the forerunner of the Veterans and Masters classes which started in the early 1990s by the ABA and NBL (respectively).
*He is a 1990 Inductee to the ABA BMX Hall of Fame.
BMX product lines
*1979: The Bottema Bullet Fork a unicrown tublar Fork manufactured by his own company.
:Product Evaluations:
::''Bicycle Motocross Action'' February 1982 Vol.7 No.2 pg.80
1980 DG #1 Jeff Bottema Team Issue Signature series frame.:Product Evaluations:
*1980 Raleigh Team Issue Bottema Signature series frame.
:Product Evaluations:
Significant injuries
*His most significant-and life-threatening-injury happened off the track and a couple of months after his retirement from racing. On March 16, 1984 Jeff Bottema was abducted and stabbed multiple times in a robbery in
Dallas, Texas
Dallas () is the third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 million people. It is the largest city in and seat of Dallas County w ...
while traveling with the Murray Bicycle
Road Racing
Road racing is a form of motorsport racing held on a paved road surface. The races can be held either on a closed circuit or on a street circuit utilizing temporarily closed public roads. Originally, road races were held almost entirely on publ ...
team. Police rushed him to
Parkland Memorial Hospital
Parkland Memorial Hospital is a public hospital in Dallas, Texas, United States. It is the main hospital of the Parkland Health & Hospital System and serves as Dallas County's public hospital. It is located within the Southwestern Medical Dis ...
(the same hospital that treated a fatally injured President
John F. Kennedy
John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 – November 22, 1963), often referred to by his initials JFK and the nickname Jack, was an American politician who served as the 35th president of the United States from 1961 until his assassination i ...
on November 22, 1963) where he was placed on the critical condition list after undergoing two operations and given many blood transfusions. By September 1984 he was virtually fully recovered and in good health.
Racing habits and traits
*He was known for his uneven teeth, much like
Anthony Sewell
Anthony Sewell (August 3, 1962 – April 3, 2009, in Los Angeles, California U.S.) was a professional "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1978 to 1984. He was nicknamed "The Panther". He got the moni ...
would later be known for his Coke bottle bottom glasses. ''Bicycle Motocross News'' once commented with in-joke irony when it announced his position on a new team:
:Colgate was a well known tooth paste manufacture. He would later correct his teeth with braces beginning around 1982.
Miscellaneous and trivia
* Bottema was the very first advanced subscription holder of ''Bicycle Motocross Action'' when he purchased one on September 5, 1976, at Corona Raceway at a cost of US$3.00
* In July 1982 Bottema purchased the industry-respected Pedal Power Bike Shop.
Post BMX career
*His immediate path after his retirement from completive racing after the 1983 racing season, he moved to
Nashville, Tennessee
Nashville is the capital city of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County. With a population of 689,447 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 U.S. census, Nashville is the List of muni ...
[ and took a position with Murray Ohio as the Murray Race Team coordinator and its in-house BMX specialist.][ His $35,000 a year position was responsible for both the Road and BMX racing teams. He was also the Race Coordinator of the then-annual Murray World Cup races.][ In 1985 he quit Murray and went to work for Lee World. He then joined Mor Distributing which manufactured the then-popular Scootster scooter. He also still had his famous fork manufacturing company.][''BMX Action'' December 1986 Vol.11 No.12 pg.22]
BMX press magazine interviews and articles
*"Win, win is motto" ''Bicycle Motocross News'' January/February 1975 Vol.2 No.1 pg.14. Brief profile within article about the Two Wheeler's Racing Team.
*"Jeff Bottema" ''Bicycle Motocross Action'' June 1977 Vol.2 No.2 pg.11
*"Interview: Jeff Bottema" ''BMX Weekly'' October 1, 1976 Vol.2 No.4 pg.13
*"Jeff Bottema-Superstar" ''The California BMX Rider'' September 1976 Vol.1 No.2 pg.2
*"Jeff Bottema" ''BMX Plus!'' October 1982 Vol.5 No.10 pg.82 Short mini article.
BMX magazine covers
''Bicycle Motocross News:''
*None
''Minicycle/BMX Action'' & ''Super BMX:''
*October 1982 Vol.9 No.10 (SBMX)
''Bicycle Motocross Action'' & ''Go:''
*August 1977 Vol.1 No.4 (60x) behind Neil Bonds (2) (BMXA)
*May 1979 Vol.4 No.3 (2072) ahead of Harry Leary
Harry may refer to:
TV shows
* ''Harry'' (American TV series), a 1987 American comedy series starring Alan Arkin
* ''Harry'' (British TV series), a 1993 BBC drama that ran for two seasons
* ''Harry'' (talk show), a 2016 American daytime talk show ...
(35x), tied with Kevin Jackson (7x) and behind Brian "Kronnuts" Curnell (12x) and Denis Dain (173x). (BMXA)
*November 1979 Vol.4 No.9 with teammate Toby Henderson
Toby S.Henderson (born October 10, 1961, in La Mirada, California United States) is a former professional American "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were between 1979 and 1985. He was given the nickname "Coca ...
(BMXA)
*December 1981 Vol.6 No.12 (BMXA)
''BMX Plus!:''
*December 1979 Vol.2 No.11* far left in fourth place behind Clint Miller
Clint Miller 1 (born April 29, 1962, in Pomona, California U.S.) is a former American "Old School" professional Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were from 1976 to 1984.
A popular nickname given to him was "Miller Time ...
(103X) leading (front and near center) and behind Stu Thomsen in second place (far right) and an obscured Jeff Kosmala
Jeffrey Kosmala (born September 16, 1961 from Van Nuys, California) is a retired professional American "Old School" Bicycle Motocross (BMX) racer whose prime competitive years were (1978–1981).
Racing career milestones
Note: Professional firs ...
(behind Miller) in third place.
*The publisher skipped an issue during 1979.
''Total BMX:''
*September 1982 Vol.3 No.3. This is the issue with Bottema on the cover wearing an American Broadcasting Company
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(ABC) television camera equipped helmet at the 1982 Murray World Cup I race.
''Bicycles and Dirt:''
*None
''NBA World'' & ''NBmxA World'' (The official NBA/NBmxA membership publication):
''Bicycles Today'' & ''BMX Today'' (The official NBL membership publication under two names):
''ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer'' (The official ABA membership publication under three names):
''USBA Racer'' (The official USBA membership publication):
Notes
External links
Short April 12, 2006 Ride BMX.com article on Jeff Bottema today with his (near) current photo holding his old racing uniform jersey, helmet and frame.
The American Bicycle Association (ABA) Website.
The National Bicycle League (NBL) Website.
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Living people
American male cyclists
BMX riders
1960 births
People from Norwalk, California