Without that prize, asks former motocross rider Travis Pastrana—whose double backflip to win Best Trick electrified the Summer X Games—what amazing stunts will now go unperformed, lost to history? No one is forcing the athletes to compete. Pastrana says in an email. On Forbes. Here's another way to look at it: If people are being paralyzed, maimed and killed in a sport, maybe its failure to grow isn't such a bad thing.
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Caleb Moore was attempting a backflip in the freestyle event in Aspen when the skis on his pound snowmobile caught the lip of the landing area, sending him flying over the handlebars. Moore landed face first into the snow with his snowmobile rolling over him. Moore stayed down for quite some time, before walking off with help and going to a hospital to treat a concussion.
Moore developed bleeding around his heart and was flown to a hospital in Grand Junction for surgery. The family later said that Moore, of Krum, Texas, also had a complication involving his brain. Colten Moore was injured in a separate crash that same night. He suffered a separated pelvis in the spill. The family said in a statement they were grateful for all the prayers and support they have received from people around the world. X Games officials expressed their condolences and said Moore, a four-time X Games medalist, would be remembered "for his natural passion for life and his deep love for his family and friends.
Vaught, Caleb Moore's agent for almost a decade, said he first saw Moore when he was racing an ATV in Minnesota and signed him up to star in some action sports movies. A natural talent, it only took Moore two weeks to master a difficult backflip. Moore's brother also got involved in snowmobiling, the close-knit duo pushing each other to become better.
Moore honed his skills in Krum, a town about 5, people 50 miles northwest of Dallas that rarely sees snow. Instead, he worked on tricks by launching his sled into a foam pit. Moore's family announced that the decorated X Games competitor had died at St. Mary's Hospital in Grand Junction, Colo. Deputy Coroner Eric Hansen ruled Moore's death was accidental, according to a press release today. This was the first competitor's death as a result of injuries sustained during competition in the year reign of the X Games, which is produced by ABC's sister network ESPN.
ESPN released a statement Thursday in which it offered condolences to the family and said it would conduct a "thorough review" into the X Games' freestyle snowmobiling event and "adopt appropriate changes" for future games. Moore, a former all-terrain vehicle racer from Krum, Texas, had been in critical condition at St. Mary's Hospital for days after developing complications in his heart and brain after the Jan. During his run in the X Games' Snowmobile Freestyle finals, Moore was completing a back-flip when he came up short and the skis on his sled hit the landing.
The pound machine flipped end-over-end. Moore went over the handlebars of the snowmobile and it came crashing down on top of him. He tumbled down the slope before coming to a stop at the bottom, where he lay on the ground for several minutes.
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