The Weasel Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Some sad news today CDC. Dave Mirra is dead at 41 from an apparent suicide. http://abc7.com/news/dave-mirra-bmx-icon-found-dead-in-north-carolina/1187522/ Quote GREENVILLE, N.C. -- North Carolina native and BMX icon Dave Mirra is dead at 41.Greenville police said they responded to a call for an apparent suicide around 4 p.m. on Thursday. Upon arrival to the home on Pinewood Road, officers found Mirra with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.According to police, Mirra was visiting friends in the area before the incident.He is considered a trailblazer in the BMX world. He is credited with bringing the sport to the city of Greenville, now home to many professional BMX riders.Mirra is survived by his wife and two children.If you or a loved one are struggling with suicidal thoughts, you are encouraged to seek help through the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline by calling 1-800-273-TALK. Rest in Peace to The Miracle Man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Green Building Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Wow. I never cared for BMX much, but what he did for the sport was nothing short of tremendous. Popularized both BMX biking, and himself, into household names. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradyBoone Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Not into the whole BMX thing either but I've heard that name. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twilight Sparkle Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 sucky. i loved the bmx game along with tony hawk and sled storm .__. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shiznak Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I 100 percent'd Dave Mirra BMX 2 on the PS2. Best day of my life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LuckyLuciano Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 ^^i always dreamt of having a Redline BMX as a kid, settled for a Zellers chrome painted BMX. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alflives Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 It's ironic that a guy who so often risked his life performing his passion, shoots himself. This is very sad indeed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 25 minutes ago, chilliwiggins said: Speaking of BMX , when I was a kid and BMX bikes just started finding their way in BC , I begged my dad for one, as all my friends were riding around on the latest Diamondbacks, Kuwaharas, and PK Rippers. Well my dad wasn't buying that crap as he said what bikes don't have fenders, your just gonna get a mud strip up your back, besides whats wrong with your Mustang. Well since bmx showed up and I was at that age where it seemed to matter, there was no way I was gonna get caught riding a MUSTANG with sissy bars and a banana seat. Well I wasn't deturred , I took my mustang bike, with its banana seat, and sissy bars, and fenders into the garage. I swapped my banana seat and sissy bar with the seat off my dads 10 speed bike, took off all the fenders , and my friend gave me a set of stock handle bars from his kuwahara bmx bike which I swapped with the stock mustang handle bars. In the end my transformed mustang bike looked almost BMX. I rode it around for a couple more years with all my buddys with their PK Rippers and such , know one blinking an eye, unless of course we were riding past my house where my dad would just roll his eyes with that look. lol Over time I even added a single front brake double neck instead of stock mustang neck and alloy rims with decent bmx tread, that's when mountain bikes started to show up. lol Got my first bmx from Woolco. Piece of $&!#. Headset snapped midair while my buddy was on it. my dad found a kewahara at the dump. It was in good shape. Man I was stoked and babied that thing. i used to go out to cloverdale by the fairgrounds to this old guys property. He had hundreds of bikes of all types. We used to buy a bunch and then build low riders and Frankenstein choppers. This was back in the mid to late 90's. nothing like the freedom of a bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lionized27 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Sad to hear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swflyers8 Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Sad day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riffraff Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 48 minutes ago, chilliwiggins said: LOL those woolco bmxes were heavier then shat , ya and all those knock offs were easy to break, my mustang broke as well cracked frame at the neck. Homes was hurt bad too.... lol he wasn't the only one.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toni Zamboni Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Damn, thats sad. RIP. i havent bmx'd since the 80's but i used to have a Diamondback and Kuwahara back in the day. I remember the PK Ripper too but it was a tad pricey for me. condolences to his family, friends and fans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.DirtyDangles Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Rip Miracle Boy Mirra was so fluid he seemed to float Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lillooet_Hillbilly Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 I bmx'ed in the 80's, never got into it never cared. I had a GT mini but RAD was a good movie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D.B Cooper Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 Very sad. Im my early-mid teens I took bmxing very serious. Until I got my sponsorship, I worked two after school jobs just to keep up with new parts, frames, gear etc... watching Dave kick the crap out of the x-games year after year was a huge inspiration to me. I think he has 25 medals or something crazy like that. I don't know anything about his death, but as a former bmxer, I know head injuries play a huge part. Especially in big park and halfpipe. He would go so damn big, if he fell it was usually an issue. Maybe years of concussions played into the suicide? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
infinitecarnage Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 in the late 90s and the early 00s, i was addicted to x games; Mirra, Bob Burnquist, Sandro Dias,Tony Hawk, Scotty Cranmer,Travis Pastrana... so sad to hear this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Money Posted February 5, 2016 Share Posted February 5, 2016 12 hours ago, Alflives said: It's ironic that a guy who so often risked his life performing his passion, shoots himself. This is very sad indeed. Is it though? Was this related to post-concussion syndrome, from the no-doubt countless number of spills he took perfecting his craft? Or an addiction to thrills he could no longer attain? Whatever the case, he certainly proved that he wasn't too afraid of death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surtur Posted February 6, 2016 Share Posted February 6, 2016 A freaking legend. I was never really into bmx but I sure as heck knew who he was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Realtor Rod Posted February 7, 2016 Share Posted February 7, 2016 You don't like to rush thoughts, but I immediately felt like concussions and/or pain killers could play a part here. Sad. Mirra was awesome. Equal to Tony Hawk in a different sport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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