BMX legend – and we don’t use the word lightly – Dave Mirra has died in what appears to be a suicide.
The news report from Greenville, Carolina, indicates that Mirra shot himself in his truck, parked outside a friend’s house. The world of sport has been rocked by it, with plaudits coming from Tony Hawk, Cedric Gracia, Carey Hart and the whole world of BMX. He was 41.
The news report can be found here:
http://www.wcti12.com/news/greenville-police-famous-bmx-rider-dave-mirra-dies-of-apparent-suicide/37825742
We’d like to add that Mirra was an inspiration to us too, showing just how physics-defying a greqt BMXer can be. So let’s leave you with a couple of minutes of Mirra brilliance:
(Can’t see the video, click here)
RIP good sir.
I remember watching this before and being very impressed, I didn’t know the guy and haven’t ridden BMX. I am still very sorry to hear that a relatively young man has gone too soon, again!
Shit. Oh my. That’s a real shocker. True legend of the sport and especially the X Games. Horrible news.
Remember being stunned by this
https://youtu.be/2uDGu9-Y0VA
That double backflip was about the best BMX I’ve ever seen. Just ace. What a sad, dad loss. RIP Dave.
Very sad news, but at least he gave us *that* at 1:40.