fastrider gus
20-05-2003, 01:47 PM
did anyone else hear about this? it was on pinkbike..
Today's Downhill competition was dedicated to fallen Professional Japanese competitor, Haruko Fujinaka, who died as a result of her injuries sustained in a crash while practicing on the downhill course on Saturday. The 33-year-old from Kyoto, Japan was transported to a local hospital yesterday after her crash, where she was pronounced dead at 11:51am PST. This was the first such reported fatality in the 25 year history of NORBA racing at Snow Summit Mountain Resort. Prior to the start of today's competition, a moment of silence was observed in Fujinaka's memory.
respect... :cry:
does anyone else know of any mtb related deaths? there is a story in geelong that about 5 or so years ago a dude died because he crashed on a local DH track and nobody knew he was there, im not sure if thats true or not but it sounds like a good reason to name the track widowmaker..
Today's Downhill competition was dedicated to fallen Professional Japanese competitor, Haruko Fujinaka, who died as a result of her injuries sustained in a crash while practicing on the downhill course on Saturday. The 33-year-old from Kyoto, Japan was transported to a local hospital yesterday after her crash, where she was pronounced dead at 11:51am PST. This was the first such reported fatality in the 25 year history of NORBA racing at Snow Summit Mountain Resort. Prior to the start of today's competition, a moment of silence was observed in Fujinaka's memory.
respect... :cry:
does anyone else know of any mtb related deaths? there is a story in geelong that about 5 or so years ago a dude died because he crashed on a local DH track and nobody knew he was there, im not sure if thats true or not but it sounds like a good reason to name the track widowmaker..