Raiford first at inaugural BMX Street Invitational

HB Independent

June 29, 2016 2:50 PM PT

Twenty BMX athletes battled it out in Huntington Beach on Saturday for a total of $37,500 in prize money at the inaugural BMX Street Invitational.

The event, held at Vans Off the Wall Skatepark in Huntington Beach, included biking competitions that use different platforms like stairs, ramps, rails and even palm trees.

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Broc Raiford, 22, of Lousiana earned first place overall, in addition to first place in the section one and three competitions.

German BMX rider Bruno Hoffmann took second place overall while Devon Smillie placed in third.

Brittany Woolsey, brittany.woolsey@latimes.com

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Brittany Woolsey left Times Community News in 2016 after serving as a reporter with the Daily Pilot and the Huntington Beach Independent. She joined the staff after nearly four years of freelancing for Times Community News. She has a journalism degree from Cal State Long Beach. Before reporting in Huntington Beach, she wrote features for Times Community News and was a reporter at the Long Beach Register and Long Beach Post.