Scott Beaumont (born 2 June 1978), nicknamed Boom Boom, is an
English
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pro
mountain bike racer,
specialising in the disciplines of
downhill
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and
fourcross. He lives in the UK.
Beaumont was born in
Northallerton
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,
Yorkshire
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in 1978. He started racing
BMX aged four, and went on to win several national titles, and was World BMX Champion in 1995 and 1996.
It was in 1996 that Beaumont first began to ride mountain bikes. The new discipline of
dual slalom
Dual slalom is a mountain bike racing discipline similar to 4X racing.
It consists of two racers racing two almost identical tracks next to each other down a slope. The courses are usually short; one run lasting about 30 seconds. It is filled w ...
had been created, and mountain bike teams were looking for experienced BMX riders to transition into the new discipline. When dual slalom was replaced by
four-cross, Beaumont made the transition. He remains a high-profile figure in the British mountain biking scene, and is one of the leading elite riders in the British national 4X series, winning the 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2021
British national 4X championship.
References
External links
*http://www.beaumontracing.com/
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Living people
English male cyclists
BMX riders
People from Droitwich Spa
1978 births
Downhill mountain bikers
Four-cross mountain bikers
English mountain bikers
Sportspeople from Worcestershire