Thursday, December 4th, 2008
If you haven’t seen HBO’s Real Sports with Bryant Gumbel featuring X Games BMX Gold Medallist Stephen Murray, I suggest you try to catch it. I just saw it and it’s an amazing in depth look at Stephen’s journey starting way back when he took the gold at the 2001 ...
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Monday, November 3rd, 2008
Action sports injuries can be catastrophic, involving trauma to brains and spinal cords. The big problem is, insurance companies consider these athletes too much of a risk, so they won't cover them. When disaster happens, the biggest emergency is money.
Enter Aaron Cooke, who started the Athlete Recovery Fund. The non-profit ...
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Wednesday, October 8th, 2008
BMX Dirt rider Mike Aitken, who just last month celebrated a win at the Salt Lake City stop of the AST Dew Tour, was injured in a crash Sunday in Pennsylvania.
Aitken was filming a video part at the Posh trails when he crashed doing a 360 spin. He suffered multiple ...
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Saturday, September 27th, 2008
Yes, we do suck because the NORA Cup awards were handed out last Wednesday in Las Vegas during Interbike and we're only now getting around to posting it.
Sounds like it was a huge party and it was nice to see that Stephen Murray made an appearance, handing out Dirt Jumper ...
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Monday, September 22nd, 2008
Don Pendleton in affiliation with Verde will be painting a custom bike during Interbike to help raise money for BMX legend, husband, and father Stephen Murray. The event takes place on Wednesday September 24th at the Greenhouse BMX Distribution booth 5357. Don Pendleton will be hand paint the Verde Frame ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
We've already told you about Jamie Bestwick winning BMX Vert and Ryan Nyquist taking BMX Dirt, but here's a quick recap of what else you might of missed Friday.
The USA broadcast at midnight showed the dramatic showdown for the top spot in dirt, with Ryan Nyquist sealing the win in ...
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Friday, June 20th, 2008
Weather was an issue again in Baltimore as wind bothered riders as much as the course, which featured a step-down after the drop-in. The end result was some riders managed to put down one strong run but had trouble putting down two and riders only get two runs in ...
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Thursday, June 19th, 2008
On June 20, 2007, Stephen Murray suffered a horrific crash while competiting in the BMX Dirt finals at the Panasonic Open, the first stop of the AST Dew Tour. Now, one year later, he will be back in Baltimore to be at the event for the finals. While ...
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Thursday, May 8th, 2008
Friends and family of Stephen Murray are hoping to put a ramp located at his former home on auction. The full ramp is pictured below with Stephen and TJ Ellis.
After Murray's accident last June his home was put up for sale and the new owners will be leveling the ...
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Tuesday, April 29th, 2008
When you think of action sports benefits, you don't necessarily think about golf, but IMHO any opportunity to raise money for Stephen Murray is one worth mentioning.
If you live in or around Riverside, CA, you can take part in "A Day of Golf" from the Active Force Foundation -- all ...
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