What connection does the jeremy lusk death video have to the x games?”
His death six months ago, believed to be the first fatality involving a pro rider at a competition, has had a profound effect on the sport and its athletes. It is easy to see why freestyle motocross is among the marquee events of the X Games, with riders soaring from ramp to ramp at distances of up to 100 feet, flipping their 250-pound bikes while performing mid-air handstands and other seemingly impossible tricks. But when the action sports world’s annual festival returns to Staples Center and the Home Depot Center beginning Thursday, the anticipation and atmosphere around the event — the freestyle motocross final is Saturday — won’t be quite what it has been in the past. In the tight-knit community of riders and their fans, the tragedy of Jeremy Lusk reverberates. Lusk, last year’s X Games champion, died six months ago after a violent head-first crash during an obscure competition in Costa Rica, and his passing — believed to be the first fatality involving a pro rider at a competi
Jeremy Lusk was a Freestyle motocross rider, who died because of head injuries as he was trying to land a competition jump in Costa Rica. ————– Motorcycle Accident Video – Jeremy Lusk Death in Costa Rica Motorcycle accidents seem to be on a rise and when they happen, it typically doesn’t look pretty. The thing is, most motorcycle accidents take place on the roads and bikers oftentimes end up cut in half, decapitated or having their skulls crushed and brain splattered all over the road. This motorcycle accident is a little bit different. Jeremy Lusk, an American motocross freestyler fell on his head trying to finish a Hart Attack back flip during a competition in Costa Rica on February 07, 2009. The competition was broadcast by Costa Rican TV with several cameras present to capture the bikers. The accident that took Jeremy Lusk out and eventually caused his death was all recorded on video. Native to Temecula, California Jeremy Lusk was a pro motorcyclist and one of world’s best
It’s been more than five months since Temecula’s Jeremy Lusk died after crashing head-first into the ground in a freestyle motocross competition in Costa Rica, and his death still has a monopoly on fellow riders’ thoughts. The X Games plans to honor Lusk a few hours before the freestyle motocross final at Home Depot Center, with a separate homage airing on ESPN during the event.
