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About

“Coco” Zurita.
Dob: 04/15/84
Riding Since: 1998.
Sponsors: Vans - Woodward West - Spin Imaging - Troy Lee Designs - Ogio – Oakley – General Tire – meds – Mitch.

Originally from Santiago, Chile, Francisco Zurita – who goes by “Coco” – learned English in order to get to America – a move that has paid off in a big way. Known for his consistently huge airs and for going all out on every run, Zurita broke onto the BMX scene in 2002.

After making it to the U.S., Zurita lived on a temporary tourist’s visa and travelled back to Chile every six months to work numerous odd jobs and make money. After a gig as a door-to-door salesman selling water filters in Texas, Zurita joined the GT crew for demo shows and worked at Dew Tour padding up little kids in the Festival Village area.

He finally got the nerve to work his way onto the five-stop series and make his Dew Tour debut in 2006. Thanks in a large part to his sixth-place showing at the last stop of the ’06 season, Zurita closed out the year in ninth place overall. The following year, Zurita landed the first-ever triple tailwhip on a Dew Tour vert ramp and took 10th at the X Games vert contest, but an injury cut the rest of his season short.

Living full-time at Woodward West in California has paid off for Zurita, who has also claimed back-to-back sixth-place showings at the ’08 and ’09 X Games and third at the BMX Worlds contest in 2009, and a 3rd place at the ’10 Salt Lake City Dew Tour.

Heavily influenced by Taj Mihelich, Joe Rich & Ruben Alcantara style of riding, Zurita loves action sports of all kinds and claims that if he wasn’t a pro BMXer, he would be a Race car driver.

BIO

2011.
TVN interview, Chile.
4th Place Vert- 8th Place Mini Mega at Asian X-Games.
Chile 10 days Road Trip
6th PlaceMega Ramp Contest.
6th Place Dew Tour Ocean City ,MD
LA X-Games( Vert- Mega Ramp ) – due to leg injury couldn’t compete.
Fly to Chile to get surgery and do rehab.

2010.
Christian demo/Revolucion BMX Team, Cordoba Argentina. (Over 2.500 poeple).
Come back to America. (april 2010)
Vans demo, Guam island.
Video shoot for BNQT.COM
4th Place in Vert, Asian X-games, Shanghai.
6th Place in Mini Mega Ramp, Asian X-Games, Shanghai.
20 day’s of Demo’s at six flags, Theme park, California.
dew tour
Xgames
Dew Tour
Dew tour
Dew tour
Extreme Play Grounds, Berlin Germany.

2009
Vans Demo TOKYO JAPAN.
5th Place. LG action sports tour, Cincinnaty.
Vans demo, Las Vegas.
8th Place, Dew Tour, chicago IL.
3rd place, BMX Worlds, Cologne Germany.
6th Place Los Angeles X-Games.
9th Place, Dew Tour, Portland.
Vans demo Virginia Beach.
2nd Place, Extreme Playgrounds, Berlin Germany.

2008
6th place, Brazil,Rio X-Games .
Vans demo, Naples Italy.
12 place, Action Sport Tour1, baltimore.
Vans demo, New York.
2nd Place, Suzuky Masters, Cologne Germany.
11th place, Action Sport Tour 2 Cleveland OH.
8th place, Soul Bowl, huntington beach CA.
6th place, Los Angeles X-Games.
11th place, Action Sport Tour 3.Portland Oregon.
8th place, Action Sport Tour 4. Salt Lake City.
5th place, Action Sport Tour 5.Orlando Miami.
6th place, LG Action Sports Tour,Cincinnati.
3rd place, Extreme Play Grounds, Berlin Germany.
8th place final Ranking overall in the Dew Action Sport Tour.

2007
8th place, Dew Tour, Luisville Kentucky.
Vans Demo, New York.
6th place Dew Tour, Denver Colorado.
Performed the first triple tailwhip in competition.
Won Dew Action Sports Tour Play Station trick of the week.
6th place, Soul Bowl, huntington beach CA.
2nd place at BIG AIR.
10th, Los Angeles X-games.
3rd place Extreme play grounds, Germany Berlin.

2006
15th Place, Dew Action Sport Tour1, Luisville Kentucky.
9th Place, Dew Action Sport Tour 2,Denver Colorado.
12th Place, Dew Action Sport Tour 3,Portland Oregon.
8th Place, Dew Action Sport Tour 4, San Jose California.
6th Place, Dew Action Sport Tour 5, Orlando Miami.
7th Place, LG world championships, Dallas Texas.
9th place final Ranking overall, in the Dew Action sport tour.

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  Name: Francisco “Coco” Zurita.
  Dob: 04/15/84
  Riding Since: 1998.
  Sponsors: Vans, Woodward West, Xbalm,
  Skull candy, Ogio, Spin imaging, 50/50 Bike Shop.