{{short description|American professional BMX rider (born 1974)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=October 2024}} {{Infobox person | name = Mike Laird | image = | alt = | caption = | birth_date = {{birth date|1974|07|01}} {{cn|date=May 2026}} | birth_place = Portsmouth, Virginia, U.S. {{cn|date=May 2026}} | death_date = <!-- {{death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} --> | death_place = | nationality = | other_names = | height = {{convert|5|ft|10|in|cm|abbr=on}} | known_for = | occupation = professional BMX rider | spouse = }}

'''Mike Laird''' (born July 1, 1974, Portsmouth, Virginia) is an American former professional BMX rider.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.reflector.com/business/putting-the-pedal-to-the-metal-20665.htm |title=Putting the pedal to the metal |publisher=Reflector.com |access-date=2010-01-20 }}{{dead link|date=February 2024|bot=medic}}</ref> He won the PlayStation Trick of the Year Award during the first ever AST Dew Tour{{citation needed|date=January 2020}} and was nominated for pulling a double tailwhip 360 in the BMX Park Finals at Denver's Right Guard Open. He was a character in Dave Mirra's BMX video game series. He is the owner and fabricator of lairdframe, a custom geometry bicycle company specializing in jagged edged bridged chromoly and titanium frames.{{citation needed|date=January 2020}}

==Media appearances== *Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX (video game) (PlayStation (console)) *Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 2 (PlayStation 2 and Xbox (console)) *Dave Mirra Freestyle BMX 3 (Game Boy Advance)

==Sponsors== *Eastern Bikes *Useless Clothes *Nirve Bikes *Vans Shoes *Huffy Bikes *Fox Racing *Mirraco

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