Hailing from Pottstown, Pennsylvania, Payton ‘P-Nut’ Ridenour is a professional BMX racer, published children’s book author, and college student. As an amateur racer, she was an 8-time BMX racing national champion and the 2019 Red Bull UCI Pumptrack World Champion. In 2021 at the age of 19, Payton turned pro and represented Team USA at World Cup events held in Italy and Colombia. During the second day of racing in Colombia, Payton had her best finish (2 nd ) which earned her the final spot on Team USA for the Tokyo Olympics. In 2020 during the pandemic, Payton wrote a children’s alphabet book with a BMX-racing theme, A to Z: BMX Style. She successfully completed a Kickstarter campaign that covered the costs of illustrations and printing. With this book, Payton would like to introduce kids to books and get them interested in riding and reading. The book is available at thenuthouse.bigcartel.com.