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headsnap · 02-10-2009, 03:35 PM

Freestyle motocross racer Jeremy Lusk dies

Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross racer, died of head injuries Tuesday after crashing while trying to land a backflip in competition. He was 24.

Jorge Ramirez, chief of the intensive care unit at Calderon Hospital where Lusk was taken, said the motocross racer suffered severe brain damage and a possible spinal cord injury.

Lusk won a gold medal at the 2008 X Games. He was injured Saturday night when he failed to complete a full rotation while attempting a Hart Attack backflip and slammed headfirst into the dirt. Lusk crashed in almost identical fashion in the freestyle semifinals at the 2007 X Games but was not hurt.

He had a successful 2008 season, winning Freestyle gold at the X Games and silver in Best Trick when he landed the first double-grab Hart Attack backflip. He won a bronze helmet in Freestyle at the Moto X World Championships in his hometown of San Diego.

Ramirez said Lusk died with his parents and his wife, Lauren, at his side.

“He was in a medicine-induced coma as a protective measure, and the medicine was being reduced to see how his organism responded,” he said. “That didn’t mean he was going to wake up. He was in shock and that got worse last night, until he stopped responding and entered into cardiac and respiratory failure.”

Lusk lived in Temecula, Calif.

**Buck** · 02-10-2009, 04:03 PM

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Originally Posted by Midnight_Vulture

RIP

I could of gotten into motorcross but it is just waaaay too dangerous.

On a side note, his wife (now widow) is smokin hot.

Classy.

Chief Chief · 02-10-2009, 05:03 PM

In remembrance of this freestyle motocross racer, they should as a minimum change the name of his final maneuver, "Hart Attack", to the more appropriate "Severe Brain Damage And A Possible Spinal Cord Injury".

Demonpenz · 02-10-2009, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Chief Chief

In remembrance of this freestyle motocross racer, they should as a minimum change the name of his final maneuver, "Hart Attack", to the more appropriate "Severe Brain Damage And A Possible Spinal Cord Injury".

your joke came up alittle short

**jAZ** · 02-10-2009, 05:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Donger

What a charming bedside manner. I love doctors who refer to me as an organism.

Lanugage barrier... he was in Costa Rica at the time.

**Buck** · 02-10-2009, 06:36 PM

Heres a video of him crashing doing the same exact trick, and falling almost exactly the same and walking away unscathed.

It looks like he bent the opposite way on this video.

prhom · 02-10-2009, 07:05 PM

If only these incidents were publicized as much as the glamorous stunts that don't end up with someone dying maybe we'd have fewer dumbsh**s out there trying to be "extreme". At least he didn't leave any kids behind...the story didn't say, but I hope not.

shakesthecat · 02-10-2009, 07:09 PM

I remember watching the X Games last year and thinking all of those guys are f'ing crazy.

R.I.P.

headsnap · 02-10-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by prhom

If only these incidents were publicized as much as the glamorous stunts that don't end up with someone dying maybe we'd have fewer dumbsh**s out there trying to be "extreme". At least he didn't leave any kids behind...the story didn't say, but I hope not.

He had a wife and a daughter...

googlegoogle · 02-10-2009, 08:25 PM

googled his image and it showed recent marriage to nice looking girl.

sad stuff. rip.

Valiant · 02-10-2009, 09:23 PM

Watched the wipeout on break.com before they took the video down.. He hit hard and went limp on impact..

This impact seemed ten times worse then the video above..

DJJasonp · 02-10-2009, 09:38 PM

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Originally Posted by prhom

If only these incidents were publicized as much as the glamorous stunts that don't end up with someone dying maybe we'd have fewer dumbsh**s out there trying to be "extreme". At least he didn't leave any kids behind...the story didn't say, but I hope not.

They showed the footage on the news at 5pm tonight here in San Diego....quite honestly I was shocked they showed it. Usually, out of respect for the deceased, tv stations dont show footage of people dying.

Reerun_KC · 02-11-2009, 12:45 AM

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Originally Posted by Midnight_Vulture

RIP

I could of gotten into motorcross but it is just waaaay too dangerous.

On a side note, his wife (now widow) is smokin hot.

Seriously? are you always a cockholster?

**jAZ** · 02-11-2009, 02:01 AM

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp

They showed the footage on the news at 5pm tonight here in San Diego....quite honestly I was shocked they showed it. Usually, out of respect for the deceased, tv stations dont show footage of people dying.

Me too... they showed it on MSNBC this morning. Thought the same thing.

Valiant · 02-11-2009, 02:35 AM

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Originally Posted by DJJasonp

They showed the footage on the news at 5pm tonight here in San Diego....quite honestly I was shocked they showed it. Usually, out of respect for the deceased, tv stations dont show footage of people dying.

Well technically he did not die during the incident..

Guess it is like showing car wrecks on tv and then finding out later they passed at the hospital...

PhillyChiefFan · 02-11-2009, 06:35 AM

Sad story.

I am sorry for his family.

RIP

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