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Sad day for MX Freestyle

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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 06:49 AM
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SAD DAY
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:08 AM
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Sorry to hear
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 07:21 AM
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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/11/sports/o...html?ref=sports

is a nice obituary/write up. apparently first death in mx freestyle, which is amazing.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 09:03 PM
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Poor kid, although I'd rather be dead than have a cervical fracture with cord involvement.
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Old Feb 11, 2009 | 09:12 PM
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very sad,...i was shocked when i heard the news yesterday.

If anyone hasnt seen the vid of the crash,.....i dont know if you will want to.
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 06:08 AM
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its on youtube.

its sad but when you push the envelope, in any activity, like they do...bad things can happen.

respect to him and the sport
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 06:14 AM
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Originally Posted by sillyboybmxer,Feb 11 2009, 10:12 PM
very sad,...i was shocked when i heard the news yesterday.

If anyone hasnt seen the vid of the crash,.....i dont know if you will want to.
i seen it, it really didn't look to bad, besides the fact he wasn't moving afterwards
it looked like he just came up short and knocked himself out
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 07:00 AM
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well he landed on his head and then his body flipped over it at a 90 degrees perpedicular to the normal forward facing position.

that looked detrimental to me
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 07:56 AM
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Old Feb 12, 2009 | 08:15 AM
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Wow, that was quite a violent impact. It appeared as if he did not have nearly the take-off speed he needed to get all the way around. Thoughts and prayers to his wife & parents.
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