Awards

V-Dog was the first rider to win both the ABA National No.1 Amateur and No.1 Cruiser titles in the same year (1982). At the time, the 12 year old Veltman was pretty much unstoppable - stacking up two Jag World Championship Age Group titles, and two IBMXF world age group titles in his amateur career.
In 1989, he became an Elite Cruiser bronze medalist at the '89 World Championships.

As a professional, Steve won both the NBL and ABA Grandnationals, and after a dominat year in 1993, Steve was crowned ABA's National No.1 Pro. He go on to compete in three X Games and raced in the top class for 15 years, retiring in 2004.

Steve is also the only BMX racer to have ever appeared on a Wheaties cereal box.