It is with great sadness that we report Jeremy Lusk succumbed to his injures tonight at 11:03pm PST. He was surrounded by his loving Mother and father, Chuck & Gina Lusk, his wonderful wife Lauren, his mother and father in law Lyne & Larry along with his closest Mulisha friends Brian Deegan, Ryan Hagy, Cameron Steele & Erik Apple. He is now with our Heavenly Father and is at peace. We know he is performing sick tricks for all those in Heaven to crowds greater than we have ever seen. We will miss you Pitbull!
Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
yamaha4life said
Feb 10, 2009
they are also selling wrist bands online to help pay for medical bills.. go to motoworldracing.com to order one.. I already ordered mine.. RIP
photo motos said
Feb 10, 2009
That really sucks its sad enough when someone passes even more so when it is someone as young as him with so much going for him.I saw the footage on utube I wonder if a neck brace would have helped,I guess we will never know.
God speed Jeremy
mike emerson said
Feb 10, 2009
photo motos wrote:
That really sucks its sad enough when someone passes even more so when it is someone as young as him with so much going for him.I saw the footage on utube I wonder if a neck brace would have helped,I guess we will never know.
God speed Jeremy
I hate to speculate. Dont want to seem insensitive or offend during this sad time. However, he did not die from neck injuries. His neck and his jaw were unbroken.
yamaha4life said
Feb 10, 2009
mike emerson wrote:
photo motos wrote:
That really sucks its sad enough when someone passes even more so when it is someone as young as him with so much going for him.I saw the footage on utube I wonder if a neck brace would have helped,I guess we will never know.
God speed Jeremy
I hate to speculate. Dont want to seem insensitive or offend during this sad time. However, he did not die from neck injuries. His neck and his jaw were unbroken.
correct.. I read someplace that he had head trauma
lsf_champ_22 said
Feb 10, 2009
Freestyle motocross racer Jeremy Lusk dies 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 didnt 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.
R.I.P DUDE WE WILL MISS YOU!!
lsf_champ_22 said
Feb 10, 2009
just bought to wrist bands at motoworldracing.com to help pay the bills
tldfastman said
Feb 10, 2009
RIP JEREMY!!!! you will be greatly missed!!! i just bought a ristband also. sorry to hear about all this :(.
Scottracing said
Feb 10, 2009
R.I.P....Did he Die instantly or later?
shafferj97 said
Feb 11, 2009
Scottracing wrote:
R.I.P....Did he Die instantly or later?
he crashed over the weekend then he died early tuesday of brain injuries but i think once he hit the ground he was pretty much gone the way he hit RIP
pukis said
Feb 11, 2009
Real shame RIP Jeremy
suzuki709 said
Feb 11, 2009
The real disappointing part was to see the actions by the medics. The very first thing they did was take his helmet off (the worst possible thing to do after a crash like that) and realy didnt do a verry good job securing him to the back board. Very sadening news and I am praying for his family!!! RIP jeremy lusk!
hondacr said
Feb 11, 2009
very sad.
shafferj97 said
Feb 11, 2009
suzuki709 wrote:
The real disappointing part was to see the actions by the medics. The very first thing they did was take his helmet off (the worst possible thing to do after a crash like that) and realy didnt do a verry good job securing him to the back board. Very sadening news and I am praying for his family!!! RIP jeremy lusk!
very true the medics should have never taken his helmet off
RIP jeremy lusk
-- Edited by shafferj97 at 22:04, 2009-02-11
mike emerson said
Feb 12, 2009
shafferj97 wrote:
suzuki709 wrote:
The real disappointing part was to see the actions by the medics. The very first thing they did was take his helmet off (the worst possible thing to do after a crash like that) and realy didnt do a verry good job securing him to the back board. Very sadening news and I am praying for his family!!! RIP jeremy lusk!
very true the medics should have never taken his helmet off
RIP jeremy lusk
-- Edited by shafferj97 at 22:04, 2009-02-11
Thats one thing we're all taught. However that being said he had no neck injury to worsen by taking his helmet off. The big problem he ended up having was his brain swelling against his skull. Though counterintuitive to what we're all taught taking his helmet off probably did no harm at all.
crystalrev said
Feb 12, 2009
It is sad and scary. I can't believe it. Check out this tribute to Jeremy.
http://www.grindtv.com/blog/1737/rip-jeremy-lusk-112f262f1984--022f092f2009/
suzuki48 said
Feb 12, 2009
Everybody show ur support to the Lusk family and purchase wrist bands at motoworldracing.com RIP Jeremy
lsf_champ_22 said
Feb 18, 2009
bump........... r.i.p!! when do the rist bands get sent out or when will i get mine i bought on the 10th jw?
crystalrev said
Feb 18, 2009
ya I bought one to and it said they were a lil booked up on gettn them out. Cause of so many ppl buyin them, but I guess thats a good thing.
suzuki48 said
Feb 18, 2009
Thats good to hear i still havent got mine yet either
lsf_champ_22 said
Feb 18, 2009
ok well i wasent sure what was up with it but now i know thanks... and thats great to here that lots of people are supporting him, im sure he is happy that we are and his family im sure is to he will be greatly mised
Sesh279 said
Feb 18, 2009
Very sad tragedy, our hearts our with his family and friends, god bless brother
Please keep them in your thoughts and prayers.
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 didnt 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.
R.I.P DUDE WE WILL MISS YOU!!
but i think once he hit the ground he was pretty much gone the way he hit
RIP
RIP jeremy lusk
-- Edited by shafferj97 at 22:04, 2009-02-11
Thats one thing we're all taught. However that being said he had no neck injury to worsen by taking his helmet off. The big problem he ended up having was his brain swelling against his skull. Though counterintuitive to what we're all taught taking his helmet off probably did no harm at all.