Freestyle motocross rider Jeremy Lusk dies

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TweetSAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP)—Jeremy Lusk, an American freestyle motocross rider, 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 body 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.
A trust has been set up in his memory, and donations can be made through the Athlete Recovery Fund, www.athleterecoveryfund.com

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TweetI SAW THAT...WE USED TO RIDE AT HIS TRACK IN GEORGIA..EZRA IS HIS OLDER BROTHER

MY PRAYERS GO OUT TO HIF FAMILY!

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[quirkysmilin]

TweetVery sad......a young life cut short way too soon....

[jipped genes]

TweetRIP.

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TweetVery unfortunate, It's a wounder ther isn't more of this with the things these guys are trying to do these days. I grew up with Trevor Vines, a guy that did this and raced some mx. He has as much metal in his body as he does bone.

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TweetThat is terrible!!! I have been watching freestyle for a long time with Travis Pastrana being my all time favorite. I am also surprised that this doesn't happen much more than it does.

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Very unfortunate, It's a wounder ther isn't more of this with the things these guys are trying to do these days. I grew up with Trevor Vines, a guy that did this and raced some mx. He has as much metal in his body as he does bone.

yea, it amazes me that you dont hear about it more...it's a drag, but these guys are fukin adrenalin junky's or something...i dont think they are happy unless they are playing with death....sometimes death wins.
very much a drag.