In the winter of 1992, Western Australian teenager Daniel Sprague was living every Australian BMXer’s best life!  At the tender age of eighteen, Dan packed up his race bike, his helmet and a small suitcase and headed for the bright lights of the United States of America, seeking fame and fortune as a professional BMX rider on the world’s toughest stage.

Daniel, and his good mate, had saved themselves enough money to buy a van and start hitting up as many NBL and ABA race meets as they could find on the East Coast.  By mid-season Dan, a full factory sponsored Cyclecraft rider, led the rankings in the 18+ class, and was hunting down the #1 plate for the top amateur rider in the U.S. What was originally pencilled in as a six-month trip to gain race experience, rapidly morphed into a four-year assault on the A Pro and AA Pro classes across the country. Daniel Sprague, along with a small band of other great Aussie riders like Wade Boots and Anthony ‘Howie’ Waye were kicking down the door, against the world’s best professional BMX riders.

Daniel started racing in 1984 in Perth in the under eights. Using his talents as a tactical, skilful racer, he quickly progressed, claiming national and world titles by the time he was ten. In his junior racing career, Daniel appeared in an incredible eleven World Championship Finals, winning twice, along with multiple national titles. By the age of fifteen Dan had his Level 1 BMX Coaching Certificate and had begun conducting BMX coaching sessions, sharing his expertise and his experience to improve the performance of the younger riders he was mentoring. It is a passion that he continues to this day, helping to develop the next generation of Australian BMX stars.

Daniel’s Pro career in the USA included touring and coaching, in addition to winning countless A Pro and AA Pro mains in both the NBL and ABA.  In 1996 he won two AA Pro Mains and was a finalist on eleven other occasions during the season. He featured regularly in BMX Action, BMX Plus, Snap, and many other publications. Daniel returned to Australia in 1997 to continue racing in Elite Men’s and finally Elite Masters into his mid-thirties. As if to place an exclamation point on the last race of his illustrious career, Daniel Sprague entered and won the Western Australia #1 plate in the Elite Men’s division.

Ladies and gentlemen, please congratulate Daniel Sprague on his induction into the Australian BMX Hall of Fame.