# R.I.P Jeremy lusk **URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-jeremy-lusk/201822 **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic **Created:** [February 11, 2009, 1:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-jeremy-lusk/201822 "2009-02-11T13:42:48Z") **Posts on this page:** 1 **Showing post:** 23
### Author: ![Darkstar](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@Darkstar](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Darkstar) #### Post date: [February 13, 2009, 11:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-jeremy-lusk/201822/23 "2009-02-13T11:12:38Z")
> [@Your opinion on this](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-opinion-on-this/39595/16): > > well that is kinda pushing it. i certainly feel bad for him and his family. hes just out making a living. he is one of the most talented fmx riders out there, so i dont wanna see any of the riders get hurt riding. its maybe just time for the sanctions to focus on restructuring the sport and take some of the focus off of doing the craziest tricks possible over standard, straight ramps and maybe make the courses with different lines and transfers. that would be interesting and allow the tricks to maybe get scaled back and focus more on the riding / jumping…which is afterall how freestyle started in the first place (see old freeride vids from early / mid-90s) oh stop with that reactionary bullshit. Ive seen almost all of the Crusty/Children of a Metal God/MotoXXX/ etc. It’s always about pushing the limit. The second the sport stops innovating, it dies. I remember when Carey Hart tried the first backflip in competition @ the Gravity games 7 or 8 years ago. Before then, a backflip was pretty much a pipe dream. Now they are commonplace and Pastrana pulled a double. It’s sad that he died, but it was a fairly freak thing. It’s not like people didn’t know it was dangerous before this happened. --- _[View the full topic](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/r-i-p-jeremy-lusk/201822)._