Career
Lopes started riding BMX in his childhood and turned professional at seventeen years old. Lopes has also held world records in bunny hopping, in terms of both distance and height. Lopes has also co-written a book, Mastering Mountain Bike Skills with Lee McCormack.
Lopes has also been featured in a videogame.
Downhill Domination on the Sony PlayStation 2. Lopes is currently sponsored by Intense Cycles, Oakley, Lazer, X-Fusion, Scott Ray and Sam, Kenda, Novatec Wheels, WTB, ODI, Magura, Pearl Izumi, Go Pro, HT, Kansas, Troy Lee Designs, Kicker, Chris King & Material Requirements Planning.