Matty Cranmer is an American BMX

BMX

Bicycle motocross or BMX refers to the sport in which the main goal is extreme racing on bicycles in motocross style on tracks with inline start and expressive obstacles, and it is also the term that refers to the bicycle itself that is designed for dirt and motocross cycling.- History :BMX started...

 Rider. Matty's sponsors are GT Bicycles

GT Bicycles

GT Bicycles is a large American manufacturer of road, mountain, and bmxbicycles. The company was founded in 1979 by Gary Turner, a welding engineer and Richard Long, a bike shop owner. The company merged with Schwinn in 1998, but the conglomerate went bankrupt in 2001, and was acquired by Pacific...

, Vans

Vans

Vans is an American based manufacturer of sneakers, skateboarding shoes, BMX shoes, snowboarding boots and other shoe types.- History :On March 16, 1966, at 704 E. Broadway, in Anaheim, California, brothers Paul Van Doren, James Van Doren, and three other partners opened up their first store...

 Shoes, Bern Helmets, SCActionSports.com (his family owned business)

Cranmer attends Christa McAuliffe

Christa McAuliffe

Christa McAuliffe was an American teacher from Concord, New Hampshire, and was one of the seven crew members killed in the Space Shuttle Challenger disaster....

 Middle school in Jackson, NJ. He started racing BMX at age 6 & riding freestyle at age 9. He enjoys riding bmx, Xbox Live, hanging with friends and spending time at The Incline Club Skatepark. His parents are Scott Cranmer Sr. and Donna Cranmer who own The Incline Club in Lakewood, NJ. Matty plans to become as well known as his older brother by practicing and learning BMX tricks.

Matty races competitively with CJBMX part of New Jersey BMX Racing.
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Television

Matty is now appearing on the NEW Disney Show, NEXT X, on Disney XD

Disney XD

Disney XD is a brand of children's TV channels worldwide targeting young males, owned by The Walt Disney Company. The channel was formerly known as Toon Disney and/or Jetix in most areas. According to Gary Marsh, President of Entertainment for Disney Channel Worldwide, "XD" does not "stand for...

. This show starts June 8 at 7:05pm EST.
Matty is competing against other BMX riders and Skateboarders to become the Next X Games star.

External links

• http://espn.go.com/action/bmx/blog?post=4241918
• http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2009/06/08/2009-06-08_nextx_spokesman_is_11yearold_jersey_kid_.html
• http://www.app.com/article/20090607/ENT/906070303/1031/rss09/Riding+to+the+top+of+his+game