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Brian Thomas Lopes (born September 6, 1971, in Mission Viejo, California) is a professional mountain bike racer who specializes in four-cross. Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old.〔Lopes/McCormack, "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills", page 195, ISBN 0-7360-5624-6〕 He started mountain biking in 1993 and has since won a total of 18 titles – 9 NORBA National Championships, 6 UCI World Cup wins and 4 UCI World Championship titles.〔(Brian Lopes )〕 Lopes has also held world records in bunny hopping, in terms of both distance and height.〔 He was nominated in 2001 for an ESPY "Action sport Athlete of the Year"〔Lopes/McCormack, "Mastering Mountain Bike Skills", page 196, ISBN 0-7360-5624-6〕 and won two NEA (World Extreme Sports Award) for "Mountain Biker of the Year" in 2000 & 2001.〔(Brian Lopes )〕 Lopes has also co-written a book, ''Mastering Mountain Bike Skills'' with Lee McCormack. Lopes has also been featured in a videogame; ''Downhill Domination'' on the Sony PlayStation 2. Lopes is currently sponsored by Intense Cycles, Oakley, Lazer, X-Fusion, SRAM, Kenda, Novatec Wheels, WTB, ODI, Magura, Pearl Izumi, Go Pro, HT, KS, Troy Lee Designs, Kicker, Chris King & MRP.〔 On April 13, 2012, Lopes won the first race of the new cross-country eliminator World Cup series in Houffalize, Belgium. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Brian Lopes」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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