Interview: Skateboarder april 1980.
My background was BMX and I did it for more than 15 years. Then I got into mountain biking and started in '86.
Silver Medal @ World Cross-Country Championships
3rd place @ 1994 World Cup Overall
| 196 | DOB: March 4, 1961 in Downey, California, USA. | |
| early years | Juarez started riding on BMX's in the early 1970s. His mother noticed him always working on his bike and thus dubbed him "Tinker." | |
| 1975 | Turned pro BMX. Tinker Juarez is racing BMX for Kawasaki. | |
| 1978 | Summer, 1978. Paramount, Lakewood and other Southern California parks begin reserving sessions or whole days exclusively for BMX. Tinker Juarez, a top bicycle motocross circuit racer, makes the cross-over better than most, innovating amazing freestyle moves on the vert. (Skateboarder magazine february 1980) | |
| 1980 | Cover: BMX Action april 1980. Interview: Skateboarder april 1980. |
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| 1983 | Interview in BMX Action january 1983. | |
| 1986 | He made the transition to mountain biking in 1986 when he bought a Roland bike. My background was BMX and I did it for more than 15 years. Then I got into mountain biking and started in '86. | |
| 1989 | Pro MTB. | |
| 1994 | 1st place @ 1994 NORBA champ Silver Medal @ World Cross-Country Championships 3rd place @ 1994 World Cup Overall | |
| 2002 | ||