Bio

Mike Day

Date of birth: October 9, 1984
Hometown: Santa Clarita, CA

At 6'3" Mike Day casts an impressive shadow from the starting gates at the top of the Supercross ramp. But it's not until he descends onto the track with seemingly superhuman speed that his true dominant nature is exposed. The tallest member of the GT team and one of the top contenders for a spot on the Beijing bound Olympic BMX Race team, Mike picked up his first BMX bike on his ninth birthday in an effort to be more like his older brother. However, he excelled as quickly as he grew, and soon overtook his brother to find himself on the way towards BMX super stardom.

With a string of successes over the last three years including the 2005 NBL #1 Pro, 2005 UCI Worlds 2nd Place, 2006 UCI Worlds 3rd Place, and the 2007 UCI Supercross 1st Place, Mike has been on a tear leading up to Olympic qualification. The fastest rider on Olympic style tracks, Mike has won every time trial on the UCI Supercross circuit for the last year and a half. Crediting his monster speed to his longer than average legs, Mike also clocked the fastest time of any athlete on the Beijing Supercross track during last year's test races. To say he has an advantage there would be an understatement.

Currently living and training at the Olympic Training Center in Chula Vista, CA, and sitting in 3rd place in UCI North American ranking points, Mike has his sites set firmly on a berth to Beijing. Despite his ultra competitiveness, Mike is a laid back gentle giant who likes to golf and chill with his bulldog Tater when's he's not ripping it up on anything with two wheels. As stylish as he is fast, a breakout performance from Mike could easily guarantee gold for the US.