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- Raised by his poor family in Glasgow, he slept rough to escape his father's beatings. Placed in a children's home, he adopted by a bi-racial couple. After conquering his own racism, his life turned around, and the movie E.T. inspired a love of BMX. John's emigration to Australia saw him becoming one of BMX's biggest names.
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Jan 30, 2018 · Tue 30 Jan 2018 05.20 EST. J ohn Buultjens, a Glaswegian who made his name and fame by riding and designing BMX bikes, is standing outside his home in San Diego. The sun is shining and the sea...
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Dec 16, 2017 · BMX star John Buultjens was taken into care when he was just seven after attacking his abusive father with a kitchen knife to protect his mother. Now he is playing his own violent dad...
Mar 12, 2019 · March 12, 2019, 12:03 am. John Buultjens. Get a weekly round-up of stories from The Sunday Post: The first time BMX star John Buultjens wrote his story down on a piece of paper, no one...
Mar 23, 2018 · The life story of John Buultjens is an improbable story full of triumph over adversity, buckets of grit and hard work, and thankfully a good ending, writes Suzanne Harrington....
The subtitle says it all really, ‘BMX Glory Against All the Odds.’. John was born into a very abusive family in Glasgow, which he still has the scars from. From being thrown into a fire to confronting his father with a kitchen knife, John certainly didn’t have an easy start in life.
Sep 13, 2017 · 13 Sep 2017. Posted in Archive. From an abusive childhood in Glasgow to an international BMX star, John Buultjens' life is the stuff of movies. Which is what a Hollywood producer thought when...
Feb 6, 2019 · The movie features the early years of John's life from juvenile detention centre to the transition of a new and loving life with an adopted family, and the introduction of BMX to his life and a move away from his serioulsy negative past.
