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koby686 · 02-19-2009, 12:06 AM

Jeremy Lusk you will be missed by all.. celebrated by all.. and remembered by all. But some dumb fu@! reporter from the LA Times feels otherwise. This article is offensive.. and down right wrong. Karma will find him.

Here's the article

Senseless risk is not 'entertainment'

February 16, 2009

Why would someone risk his life by, as the LA Times described, "extending his body away from a motorcycle and grabbing the seat as the motorcycle is upside down, then pulling back aboard as the motorcycle is righted before landing"? Or not. In which case, as it was with 24-year-old Jeremy Lusk, he ends up dead.

Why risk your life doing a flip on a motorcycle? Best I can tell, the activity has no particularly redeeming purpose, evidences no particularly useful social skill, amounts to nothing but an electronic envelope that you're trying to prove you could push further than anyone else.

Is this sport?

Why?

The short answer to why Lusk is dead might be that the wind in the stadium was not quite right, or that the money was too good not to try, or that he wasn't smart enough or scared enough to believe that risking your life doing motorcycle jumps wasn't worth whatever they were paying. According to new reports, he had been riding motorcycles since he was 3. That should be against the law, at least.

X Games General Manager Chris Stiepock had nothing but praise for the young man who threw his life away trying and failing to hold on to a flying motorcycle. "He was really starting to emerge as one of the premier freestyle motocross riders in the world," he said. "He was a great kid and a great athlete. I think he represented his sport very well.

" How do you represent your sport very well by dying for nothing? "

Stiepock opined that Lusk's death in no way proved the so-called sport had somehow crossed the line. "I think there's a whole lot more that can be done with freestyle motocross, and we're going to continue to feature it strongly at the X Games," he said. Just one dead.

How many more to go?

Life is full of risk. Flying small planes is risky. Climbing Mount Everest is risky. Sometimes it feels like getting on the freeway in the morning is risky. Living in Los Angeles, where the weather is fine and the earth is not so solid, is risky.

But taking a risk to achieve a greater social good is different than taking a risk because you're looking at an envelope — or a motorcycle — and wondering how far it can be pushed. Surgeons take risks every day trying to save lives, but the upside is lives saved. Climbers take risks, but the upside, I'm told, is both physical and spiritual, measured not only by the satisfaction of discipline done and muscle built but by a soul that is never the same.

What exactly is the social good of hanging off a motorcycle flying through the air so a bunch of people who pay money to see whether you will live or die can get their money's worth? Or not.

The X Games, as far as I can tell, are an attempt to blur the line between sports and stupidity, between achievement and insanity in service of box office and ratings. Stiepock is not about to draw the lines. Neither is the supposedly legendary (these are not my legends) Brian Deegan, leader of the Metal Mulisha team that Lusk was on. "Jeremy motivated me to be a better person; he was my best friend. The bond of this team is one that will never be broken.

"

Not even by a stupid and senseless death. Which may say something about the bond itself.

Would we let our beloved pets be strapped in to try what these human beings do? No, we would lock up the sponsors.

Maybe the only way to stop the insanity is to stop watching, stop going and stop patronizing the advertisers who think the way to make money is to get enough people to turn out to see if anyone will die today. Last week, one did.

Repost this if you have a heart and you want this reporter to end up in a body bag.

Z50King · 02-19-2009, 12:20 AM

tell me who the reporter is, i will email them

luke417 · 02-19-2009, 12:23 AM

whats this guys name?

killer110 · 02-19-2009, 12:27 AM

what an a$hole. i bet he has never left his sweet little desk and safe little house in his entire life and lives in his own little world.

people like him are the reason there is a ban on childrens' motorcycles/atvs

luke417 · 02-19-2009, 12:32 AM

this is so messed up..
hes saying he is an idiot... this guy is the reason why our society has DUMB people in it.

J Pezzy · 02-19-2009, 12:41 AM

what a piece of shi#. Whoever this guy is needs to get bitch smacked. Lusk gets his thrills from testing him self and having natural fun this dooch gets his thrills from talking sh*t about a great athlete that is passed away.

JIMMY · 02-19-2009, 12:43 AM

Wow this dip$hit has no idea why their even talking about. I bet they helped pass the child bike/" toy" law too.

EMC197 · 02-19-2009, 12:59 AM

such a disrespectful article, karma will get this guy...

SHADE · 02-19-2009, 12:59 AM

RIDE~4~LIFE · 02-19-2009, 01:05 AM

what a prick lusk is awsome, R.I.P lusk !

Z50King · 02-19-2009, 01:07 AM

I need this reporters email address

koby link me to the page you got it from

did you read this in the paper? do you know it was written by an LA Times writer or by AP?

Twister773 · 02-19-2009, 01:09 AM

Senseless risk is not 'entertainment' - poconorecord.com - The Pocono Record

all i have found so far

Z50King · 02-19-2009, 01:16 AM

its probably Associated Press then, usually they dont even list authors

****

hammer8 · 02-19-2009, 05:48 AM

yo guys hey i use to ride fmx for a living for 5years anyway here is a linke this is the bitch running her mouth and also skim the site you will see all kinds of **** she talks................ Susan - The FreestyleMTX.com Forums - #1 in FMX ............ and the ******* above my post should just pack up his ridin if he doesnt have repect for fmx.

RLucky82 · 02-19-2009, 05:56 AM

Hopefully he dies driving his safe car to work LOL

hollywood213 · 02-19-2009, 06:05 AM

what a fag, id like to ghostride my bike into him

DEMONDAVE · 02-19-2009, 06:16 AM

what a useless piece of s**t this reporter is.
i'd like a few minutes alone with him to prove my point.
disrespectful to say the least.
this just ruined my day off what a C**kS****R.

mattmoto441 · 02-19-2009, 06:31 AM

I believe she is a woman? not 100%

ridetheblue14 · 02-19-2009, 06:40 AM

HEY EVERYONE!!! Its not a dude, its just some stupid dike. Her name is Susan Estrich.

and here's a pic of this ugly b!tch

I swear to god this dike is retarded. Look up some videos on youtube of her and you'll see what I mean. She doesn't know sh!t about sh!t.

ridetheblue14 · 02-19-2009, 06:43 AM

here's a video of her with O'Reilly lol

YouTube - O'Reilly schooling Susan Estrich

I hate O'Reilly too but this is a good vid.

02-19-2009, 12:06 AM	#1 (permalink)
koby686 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: we scrub harder in california! Posts: 4,677	mother ing reporter! Jeremy Lusk you will be missed by all.. celebrated by all.. and remembered by all. But some dumb fu@! reporter from the LA Times feels otherwise. This article is offensive.. and down right wrong. Karma will find him. Here's the article Senseless risk is not 'entertainment' February 16, 2009 Why would someone risk his life by, as the LA Times described, "extending his body away from a motorcycle and grabbing the seat as the motorcycle is upside down, then pulling back aboard as the motorcycle is righted before landing"? Or not. In which case, as it was with 24-year-old Jeremy Lusk, he ends up dead. Why risk your life doing a flip on a motorcycle? Best I can tell, the activity has no particularly redeeming purpose, evidences no particularly useful social skill, amounts to nothing but an electronic envelope that you're trying to prove you could push further than anyone else. Is this sport? Why? The short answer to why Lusk is dead might be that the wind in the stadium was not quite right, or that the money was too good not to try, or that he wasn't smart enough or scared enough to believe that risking your life doing motorcycle jumps wasn't worth whatever they were paying. According to new reports, he had been riding motorcycles since he was 3. That should be against the law, at least. X Games General Manager Chris Stiepock had nothing but praise for the young man who threw his life away trying and failing to hold on to a flying motorcycle. "He was really starting to emerge as one of the premier freestyle motocross riders in the world," he said. "He was a great kid and a great athlete. I think he represented his sport very well. " How do you represent your sport very well by dying for nothing? " Stiepock opined that Lusk's death in no way proved the so-called sport had somehow crossed the line. "I think there's a whole lot more that can be done with freestyle motocross, and we're going to continue to feature it strongly at the X Games," he said. Just one dead. How many more to go? Life is full of risk. Flying small planes is risky. Climbing Mount Everest is risky. Sometimes it feels like getting on the freeway in the morning is risky. Living in Los Angeles, where the weather is fine and the earth is not so solid, is risky. But taking a risk to achieve a greater social good is different than taking a risk because you're looking at an envelope — or a motorcycle — and wondering how far it can be pushed. Surgeons take risks every day trying to save lives, but the upside is lives saved. Climbers take risks, but the upside, I'm told, is both physical and spiritual, measured not only by the satisfaction of discipline done and muscle built but by a soul that is never the same. What exactly is the social good of hanging off a motorcycle flying through the air so a bunch of people who pay money to see whether you will live or die can get their money's worth? Or not. The X Games, as far as I can tell, are an attempt to blur the line between sports and stupidity, between achievement and insanity in service of box office and ratings. Stiepock is not about to draw the lines. Neither is the supposedly legendary (these are not my legends) Brian Deegan, leader of the Metal Mulisha team that Lusk was on. "Jeremy motivated me to be a better person; he was my best friend. The bond of this team is one that will never be broken. " Not even by a stupid and senseless death. Which may say something about the bond itself. Would we let our beloved pets be strapped in to try what these human beings do? No, we would lock up the sponsors. Maybe the only way to stop the insanity is to stop watching, stop going and stop patronizing the advertisers who think the way to make money is to get enough people to turn out to see if anyone will die today. Last week, one did. Repost this if you have a heart and you want this reporter to end up in a body bag.

02-19-2009, 12:20 AM	#2 (permalink)
Z50King 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Upland, Ca, CPP Posts: 9,874 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! tell me who the reporter is, i will email them

02-19-2009, 12:23 AM	#3 (permalink)
luke417 Planetminis Media Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Valley Center, CA Posts: 894 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! whats this guys name?

02-19-2009, 12:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
killer110 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: E-Burg, MD (eldersburg)21784 Posts: 834	Re: mother ing reporter! what an a$hole. i bet he has never left his sweet little desk and safe little house in his entire life and lives in his own little world. people like him are the reason there is a ban on childrens' motorcycles/atvs Last edited by killer110; 02-19-2009 at 12:39 AM.

02-19-2009, 12:32 AM	#5 (permalink)
luke417 Planetminis Media Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Valley Center, CA Posts: 894 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! this is so messed up.. hes saying he is an idiot... this guy is the reason why our society has DUMB people in it.

02-19-2009, 12:41 AM	#6 (permalink)
J Pezzy 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: vancouver Wa Posts: 1,171	Re: mother ing reporter! what a piece of shi#. Whoever this guy is needs to get bitch smacked. Lusk gets his thrills from testing him self and having natural fun this dooch gets his thrills from talking sh*t about a great athlete that is passed away.

02-19-2009, 12:43 AM	#7 (permalink)
JIMMY 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: temecula ca Posts: 581 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! Wow this dip$hit has no idea why their even talking about. I bet they helped pass the child bike/" toy" law too.

02-19-2009, 12:59 AM	#8 (permalink)
EMC197 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: SLO, CA Posts: 375	Re: mother ing reporter! such a disrespectful article, karma will get this guy...

02-19-2009, 12:59 AM	#9 (permalink)
SHADE 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: So*Cal Posts: 6,571 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter!

02-19-2009, 01:05 AM	#10 (permalink)
RIDE~4~LIFE 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: S.A, Australia Posts: 1,255 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! what a prick lusk is awsome, R.I.P lusk !

02-19-2009, 01:07 AM	#11 (permalink)
Z50King 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Upland, Ca, CPP Posts: 9,874 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! I need this reporters email address koby link me to the page you got it from did you read this in the paper? do you know it was written by an LA Times writer or by AP?

02-19-2009, 01:09 AM	#12 (permalink)
Twister773 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: San Luis Obispo, CA Posts: 5,923 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! Senseless risk is not 'entertainment' - poconorecord.com - The Pocono Record all i have found so far

02-19-2009, 01:16 AM	#13 (permalink)
Z50King 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Upland, Ca, CPP Posts: 9,874 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! its probably Associated Press then, usually they dont even list authors ****

02-19-2009, 05:48 AM	#14 (permalink)
hammer8 PM Newbie Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: dayton ohio Posts: 78	Re: mother ing reporter! yo guys hey i use to ride fmx for a living for 5years anyway here is a linke this is the bitch running her mouth and also skim the site you will see all kinds of ** she talks................ Susan - The FreestyleMTX.com Forums - #1 in FMX ............ and the ***** above my post should just pack up his ridin if he doesnt have repect for fmx. Last edited by hammer8; 02-19-2009 at 05:50 AM.

02-19-2009, 05:56 AM	#15 (permalink)
RLucky82 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Medina Ohio Posts: 1,990	Re: mother ing reporter! Hopefully he dies driving his safe car to work LOL

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02-19-2009, 06:05 AM	#16 (permalink)
hollywood213 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Pittsburgh, PA Posts: 1,195 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! what a fag, id like to ghostride my bike into him

02-19-2009, 06:16 AM	#17 (permalink)
DEMONDAVE 3rd Gear Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: APPLE VALLEY CALIF. Posts: 3,352 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! what a useless piece of st this reporter is. i'd like a few minutes alone with him to prove my point. disrespectful to say the least. this just ruined my day off what a CkS****R.

02-19-2009, 06:31 AM	#18 (permalink)
mattmoto441 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: unknown Posts: 2,114 My Mood:	Re: mother ing reporter! I believe she is a woman? not 100%

02-19-2009, 06:40 AM	#19 (permalink)
ridetheblue14 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 424	Re: mother ing reporter! HEY EVERYONE!!! Its not a dude, its just some stupid dike. Her name is Susan Estrich. and here's a pic of this ugly b!tch I swear to god this dike is retarded. Look up some videos on youtube of her and you'll see what I mean. She doesn't know sh!t about sh!t.

02-19-2009, 06:43 AM	#20 (permalink)
ridetheblue14 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Pennsylvania Posts: 424	Re: mother ing reporter! here's a video of her with O'Reilly lol YouTube - O'Reilly schooling Susan Estrich I hate O'Reilly too but this is a good vid.