As an avid BMX rider during the mid 90's to early 2000's, Mirra was one of only a few greats, along with Lavin and Nyquist, I looked up to. This saddens me grea

As an avid BMX rider during the mid 90's to early 2000's, Mirra was one of only a few greats, along with Lavin and Nyquist, I looked up to. This saddens me greatly, but also helps me understand a lot of my own inner turmoil growing out of my own x-games centric life. From aggressive inline skating everyday in Texas, hitting jumps in the woods of Nor-Cal on my BMX, to bombing the streets of San Francisco on a skateboard, I now better understand the feeling of thrill separation as an older, risk-averse, adult; thanks to some of the insights in this article.