RIP Jeremy Lusk

[jonny51]

Taken from www.metalmulisha.com


QUOTE:
Rest In Peace Jeremy..We'll miss you brother.
"It is with great sadness that we report our beloved Jeremy Lusk passed away at approximately 11:03PM PST this evening due to complications from the crash sustained Saturday evening in Costa Rica. In his final moments Jeremy was surrounded by many loved ones, including his Mother and Father, Chuck and Gina Lusk, his wonderful wife Lauren, and many of his Mulisha Family.

Please keep Jeremy and his family in your thoughts and prayers. All the warm thoughts, comments and support are comforting in these times. We’ll miss you brother."




Prayers go out to the Lusk family....it's a very sad day fo rthe MX world.

[Autokraft]

Damn, I've been praying he'd be alright. This is very sad news, Jeremy will be missed. Godspeed my friend

[XcYZ]

I saw the crash, it was extremely ugly. Sad day.

[Ummgawa]

Saw it too. What a sad day for his family. RIP

[Steve1968LS2]

Very sad to be taken so early like that.

[3SuperSports]

That's really sad.

[fesler]

A very sad day for all and what a terrible thing to happen. He was a very talented rider and it just shows you how fragile life is.

Our thougths are with his family and friends in these sad times. He will be truly missed.

[Spiffav8]

That sucks! One of my favorite riders. The video made me sick.

[JamesJ]

Here is some more info:

Freestyle motocross racer Jeremy Lusk dies

By MARIANELA JIMENEZ, Associated Press Writer

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP)—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.

The video is just brutal.

[Nvrenuf]

Very sad news. And the video of the crash.... Ugly is an understatement.

On a lighter note: Johnny51. Is that IKKA, or AKKI? Im a AKKI member and practitioner.

[class67]

I'm speechless....just watched the video and WOW!

Prayers go out his family....