Racing career milestones
Note: Professional first are on the national level unless otherwise indicated. Started racing: 1973 Sanctioning body: () First race result: First win (local): First recorded win records reveal was in 14 & over Novice on September 19, 1975, at the Van Nuys Youth Center. First sponsor: Gus Dando's bikes First national win: In 15 Expert at the National Bicycle Association (NBA) Supernationals in Trabuco Canyon, California on April 3, 1977. Turned Professional: 14 yrs First Professional race result: 1st Beat David Clinton First Professional win: First Junior Men Pro* race result: Not Applicable First Junior Men Pro win: Not Applicable First Senior Men Pro** race result: First Senior Men Pro win: Retired: Effectively 1983 shortly after he left Redline Engineering. Height & weight at height of his career (1978–1981): Ht: 6'1" Wt: 188–210 lbs.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 cosponsors. Primary sponsorships can be verified by BMX press coverage and sponsor's advertisements at the time in question. When possible exact dates are used.Amateur
*Mongoose (BMX Products): July 1977 March 1982 Kosmala turned pro with this sponsor.Professional
*Mongoose: July 1977 – March 1982 As the biggest, fastest cruiser rider in the world . Jeff would line up on the starting line everyone else would try and figure out who was going to get second, in 1980 Jef won 21 out of 24 Nationals the ABA national #1 and the NBA national #1 and the JAG World Championship in the same year. To this day there is not more of a demonating year in the sport by one rider. The Kos Kruiser is the most winning bike of all time. According to Kosmala Mongoose wasn't going to pay him for his name on the Kos Kruiser which he was owed, it cost mongoose a lot more than Jeff was asking for. *Redline Engineering: Early April 1982 – Early May 1983 Jeff took his talent to Redline Eng, where he designed and raced the "redline PL-24 " which he stayed on his winning ways. His first race for Redline was the NBLCareer bicycle motocross titles
Note: Listed are District, State/Provincial/Department, Regional, National, and International titles in ''italics''. Depending on point totals of individual racers, winners of Grand Nationals do not necessarily win National titles. Only sanctioning bodies active during the racer's career are listed.Amateur
National Bicycle Association (NBA) National Bicycle League (NBL) *''1980 JAG 15-29 Cruiser World Champion.''* American Bicycle Association (ABA) *1980 Cruiser Grandnational Champion *''1980 Cruiser National No. 1''* *Note: At this time the ABA Cruiser title was a Pro/Am tile. Racers who were Professionals in the 20" class could race the amateurs in Cruiser class and win the title, but only trophies, not cash rewards.Professional
National Bicycle Association (NBA) *''1980 Pro Cruiser National No.1'' *''1981 Pro 20" & and Pro Cruiser Western States Champion''. National Bicycle League (NBL) *NoneNotable accolades
*He won the first ABA sanctioned jumping contest in at the ABA Fall nationals in 1982. This jumping contest predated the King of Dirt (KOD) contest of the late 1980s and the emphasis was distance jumping and not aerial stunts maneuvers and height. He beat second-place finisher Ronnie Anderson by one inch.BMX product lines
Significant injuries
*Broke thumb at the NBA United States Grand Prix (U.S.G.P) inRacing habits and traits
Miscellaneous
His pants motto* was "Just Be Kos/ nice try/ Kid Kos "''BMX Action'' May 1983 Vol. 8 No. 5 pp. 66, 98Post BMX career
*He is still in Las Vegas has 3 beautiful kidsBMX press magazine interviews and articles
*"The Thrill Of Victory, The Agony of ... Victory" ''BMX Action'' January 1983 Vol. 8 No. 1 p. 42 *"Jeff Kosmala: Superstar" ''Bicycles and Dirt'' January 1983 Vol. 1 No. 5 p. 27.BMX magazine covers
Note: Only magazines that were in publication at the time of the racer's career(s) are listed unless specifically noted. ''Bicycle Motocross News:'' *None ''Minicycle/BMX Action'' & ''Super BMX:'' ''Bicycle Motocross Action'' & ''Go:'' *''BMX Action'' October 1982 Vol.7 No.10 (27) in top right insert. In center left insert Andy Patterson; in bottom right insert Jeff Ruminer (8) ahead of Bobby Woods. ''BMX Plus!:'' *June 1980 Vol. No. 6 ''Action Now:'' ''Total BMX:'' ''Bicycles and Dirt:'' *January 1983 Vol.1 No.5 ''NBA World, NBmx World'' (the official BMX publication of the NBA): ''Bicycles Today'' & ''BMX Today'' (the official BMX publication of the NBL): ''ABA Action, American BMXer, BMXer'' (the official BMX publication of the ABA under three different names):Notes
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