Place of birth: Liverpool, UK.
No foot back in 1986.
3rd place 13 years old vert @ 1987 world championships in UK.
3ème place rampe 15ans @ 1989 Worlds, St Ouen, France.
Simon Tabron termine 3ème, airs à 5-6 pieds, nofoot, 540°, barhop air, fakie no hands à 2 feet.
A group 3rd place @ UKKOV 1990 round 1 (cf photo)
5th place Master vert @ 1990 Worlds, Kenn, RFA, august 3-5, 1990.
Simon Tabron (Invert), complete with dreads scored even better and no doubt pulled : disasters, turndowns, candybars grinds smooth 540s, and a 900 which just went a little wrong.
1st place Master vert @ 1991 BMX Freestyle worldchampionships, Aalborg, Danemark, august 1991.
Simon Tabron was going very high (8-10 feet), invert, cancan, candy bar, one footer, 540 and a great 900 wich made everybody crazy and gave him first place.
2nd place A group vert @ 1992 Backyard jam, Hastings, UK, may 1992.
Mark Noble, Invert july 1992: Simon Tabron, the guy DMC shared 2nd with, was stoked: new bike, new tricks, new haircut. His 540's were rad - head height and pulled to perfection. Combine this with all his back to back variations all way high, lip trickery and even a good 900 attempt, Simon was on top form. As the final icing on the cake, Simon pulled a front flip onto the deck just like Matt does.
Simon Tabron forward flip over the bars at Slades Farm skatepark on the cover of Invert august 1992. Photos by Mark Noble.
Simon Tabron chinks the top of Taunton's quarterpipe with a toothpick on the cover of Ride BMX UK #13 october 1994 and gets an interview in the very same issue.
1995 Backyard jam, june 10-11, 1995, Hastings, UK.
Pipa et Simon se marient.
3rd place pro vert @ 1997 Worlds, Eindhoven, Holland, july 17-20, 1997.
Simon Tabron, Ride BMX UK december 1997: I've just signed a three year contract with Animal. Which means I'll be riding full time now.
Simon Tabron and his new Mongoose DMC in Ride BMX UK december 1997.
2nd place pro ramp @ 1998 World Championships, Portugal.
The battle of the contest was between Simon Tabron (UK) and Jay Miron. Simon Tabron looked very concentrated and was going to take it seriously. Jay was laid back because he had already won mini, but he still doesn't like to lose. Simon went OFF! His style has changed for the better and he does his variations at ten-feet plus. Simon did the highest 540 I have ever seen-nine, ten, or maybe even higher. A hard landing moved his bars forward in the beginning of his run and five Allen keys were thrown at him. One trick later the same thing happened. He put nine fingers in the air and we all knew what was coming up. A huge 900 attempt followed, but a crash was the result. The crowd went nuts and Simon was okay.
3rd place pro vert @ X-Games 1998.
Pippa Tabron, Ride BMX UK october 1998: Riding for queen and country was Animal's Simon Tabron. Si qualified in fifth and was riding with a cracked rib obtained in the first run of qualifiers. He hit some of the most technical variations of the contest - one-hand one-foot x-up, one handed rocket x-up - the biggest 540's of the day, all manner of barspin airs (regular, alley-oop, and opposite-air), and ended with a big and barely slid off a 900.
One hand one foot at the X-Games on the cover of Ride BMX US issue 36 october 1998. Photo by Mark Losey.
Simon, Ride BMX UK august 1999: I was looking to make it out to the States for the BS Series and I was having a hard time with my sponsors, and Trek came along and made me a really good offer, and since then they've been taking supergood care of me and I've been bringing in the results they want.
3rd place stuntmen vert @ X-Trials, BS 1999 round1, april 22-25, 1999, Louisville, KY.
Simon Tabron, full-factory Trek, se lache en flair.
3rd place pro vert @ 1999 X-Games.
2nd place pro ramp @ 1999 World Championships, Madrid, Spain.
Invert on the cover of BMX Plus! december 1999.
20th Century Heros in Ride BMX UK december 1999.
2nd place pro vert @ 2000 FISE, Palavas les Flots, France, 22 au 24 avril 2000.
bemx.free.fr: Simon Tabron a lui aussi laché la cavallerie, avec une ribambelle de 540°, 540° no hand, des alley hoops, no foot, one hand one foot et plusieurs tentatives de 900° ... presque passés.
5th place pro vert @ 2000 X-Games, August 17-22, 2000, San Francisco, California.
5th place went to Trek's Simon Tabron who could not pull off that 900 this time. Even the alley ooped version stranded on the flat bottom. Simon did plenty of tricks such as invert, barspin to barspin, candybar, X-up, cancan-1-hander, no-handed 540, ...
2nd place pro ramp @ 2000 Worlds.
Simon Tabron pulled two 900's in his runs, one of which was a revolutionary alley-oop 900, accompanied by high 540's and variations at 10 feet.
Simon Tabron interview in Soul BMX november 2000.
Simon Tabron interview in Ride BMX UK december 2000.
Inside the pro's bikes: Simon Tabron's Trek in BMX Plus! december 2000.
December, Simon left Trek to ride for Mongoose.
3rd place pro vert @ Bicycle Stunt Series/B3 round 3 & X Trials #1, May 18-20, 2001.
Leigh Ramsdell: Mr. 900, Simon Tabron pulled a perfect 900. He also does the most cracked turndown 540's. Simon went for an ally-oop 900 even though his back wheel was giving him a bit of trouble.
Simon Tabron poster in Transworld BMX june 2001.
First BS win @ BS vert finals, Bristol CT, june 2001
Mongoose's English connection, Simon Tabron has 900's wired to the point where he can throw them down in his first run. And to end it, he even did an alley oop 900 with a lot of backwards travel on it.
2001 Gravity Games Bronze Medalist.
5th place pro vert @ 2001 X-Games, august 17-23, Philadelphia, PA.
Leigh Ramsdell, www.expn.com: Looking a little tired, Simon Tabron still tore it up. No handed and lookdown 540's, no-hander to barspin and going for a regular 900 and an alley-oop 900. He was so close to both but still fell. Even though his run was well over he got back on the ramp and dropped in to pull the 900 clean. Fifth isn't too bad. This comp was insane.
www.bmxonline.com: Simon Tabron made everybody aware of when he dropped in; not only through his riding, but also his bike, which had Skyway Tuff Wheels. Everybody knows Simon has the 900 in his pocket, the question was if the wheels were going to take it. According to eyewitnesses, they did not. But still, Simon deserved to win, with tricks like beautifully stretched can-cans, alley-oop-540s, no-hand-540s, and high airs.
4th place stuntmen vert @ CFB 2002 round 3, June 21st-23rd, Joliet IL.
Simon Tabron's wife was in the crowd and most people were too busy checking her out to watch his runs, ha, he rode pretty well, high invert airs, doublebarspins, big inverted 540s, a flair, and he came real close to pulling a 900.
3rd place pro vert @ 2002 X-Games, august 15-19, 2002, Philadelphia, Penn.
1st place pro vert @ Euro X-games, Gravity Games, FISE.
1st place pro vert @ 2002 Worlds, Cologne, Germany, july 2002.
Simon Tabron (Mongoose) did flairs, 540s, high airs and ended the run with a 900, which he first overrotated.
Cover and interview in BMXair #2 decembre 2002.
Bike 2003.
Simon, www.snafubmx.com: The Bike 2003 event was good. There were bikes. It was good. Really, it was a very cool event. I managed to win the vert comp on what was the best contest vert ramp of all time ( Vertical Kingsize II - US organisers TAKE NOTE). I did all my usual 540 stuff and some airs and flairs and probably the smoothest 900 that I have ever done thanks to the incredible geometry on my prototype 04 Mongoose RAF. My new bike is so good that it WILL improve your riding and it will make you land smoother. That is a promise.
Mongoose/SNAFU team pro and British freestyle superstar Simon Tabron braved the trek to Portugal the last weekend of June to claim his second consecutive World Championship title on vert.
3rd place pro vert @ Gravity Games
Simon Tabron is now brakeless. Simon said that earlier in the week, Zack Shaw had broken his arm when his brake lever got caught in his pocket during a lookdown, and that prompted Simon to remove his brakes altogether. Even without the brakes, Simon still delivered his vert arsenal, including all of his spinning tricks, including a perfect 900 to end his last run.
Simon Tabron: Everything feels better without the restriction of a brake. I wish I had done it years ago.
4th place pro vert @ 2003 X-Games, august 14-18, 2003, Los Angeles, CA.
Mark Losey, www.ridebmx.com: Fourth went to Simon Tabron who was all over the ramp with 540-varitions, a 900, and tons of tricks, and by the look on his face when the results were posted, he was expecting a better finish.
Simon Tabron interview in Ride BMX US november 2003.
Simon Tabron: My ramp had to come down in november because it was affecting the quality of my neighbors' lives.
2nd place vert @ 2004 X-Games.
Simon Tabron opened this high-stakes game with two pair: a no-handed 540 into an alley-oop turndown 540 and a flair with a 900 kicker to cap off his run.
1st place pro vert @ 2004 Worlds, Cologne (Germany), Jugendpark, June 24th to 27th, 2004.
1st place pro vert @ 2005 Worlds, Prague, Czech Republic, from 1st to 5th June 2005.
Bart de Jong, www.fatbmx.com, june 2005: Simon Tabron loves the worlds and made sure he got there long enough to wrap up another vert title. With people finding excuses not to come over, Simon could have done the same. He was in the USA the weekend before the Worlds and took off for the so important Dew ASTour in Denver the weekend after the contest in Prague. Simon's experience lead him through a very solid first run. Bike problems had him change rides afterwards but it was already in the pocket.
Simon Tabron put together solid runs including multiple 540 variations and a perfect 900 in each of his runs.
Poster in Cream september 2006.
2nd place vert @ 2007 X-Games.
Press release: Tabron busted a precedent of his own: he hit two back-to-back 900's, which has also never been landed in competition. (He also threw a no-handed bar spin 540° in for good measure.) In between, though, he did straight airs off the vert ramp during the rest of his second run, which Tabron acknowledged was probably the cause of him winning silver, not gold. "It's been a dream of mine to do [the 900°] back-to-back since I learned it. When I landed it [today], the first thing I thought was, 'Did I win?' " Tabron said. "But I can't take anything away from Jamie. He's been a lifelong friend of mine, and today he was magnificent."
Simon Tabron (UK) wins the Pro Vert final with tricks like no handed 540, massive airs and a perfect 900. Tabron is one of the few riders who show this trick consistently.
10th place @ 2008 X-Games, July 30th - August 2nd, 2008, Los Angeles, CA.
FatTony, www.ridebmx.com, august 2nd, 2008: Simon Tabron slammed hard on a 900 attempt on his first visit to the ramp. He was knocked out for several minutes and didn’t return to finish his runs but was up and walking around later.
Simon left Mongoose in october 2008.
Adidas dropping their BMX program.
Simon Tabron, www.fatbmx.com, november 2009: After 10 years of being the greatest shoe sponsor, Adidas told me yesterday that they are dropping their whole bmx program. It's kind of sad but they treated me so well for so long and I'm really grateful for that. All good things must come to an end!
