Intern Blog: Lusk Legacy Foundation

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Posted: 03/24/09

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Words and Photos: Kristen Beat

On Wednesdsay March 18th the San Diego Hall of Champions opened a new exhibition in honor of Jeremy Lusk. The museum has inducted the X-Games gold medalist and San Diego native into their halls to preserve the Lusk legacy and celebrate in his world renowned accomplishments.

A disheartened audience including fellow athletes such as Nate Adams, Robbie Maddison and the entire Mulisha family joined to celebrate at this bitter-sweet occasion. Front-man of the Metal Mulisha, Brian Deegan, took this time as an opportunity to introduce the Lusk Legacy Foundation.

Brian Deegan
"The Lusk Legacy Foundation is a foundation that we formed to add safety to fresstyle motocross. It's a sport that's so new that nobody's figured out yet how to make it safe. It sounds crazy because it's so dangerous as it is but there are certain things like for what happened with Jeremy that could be prevented. I mean it was too windy, the ramps weren't right and the medics weren't trained. I think that could have made the difference and from here on out that's what I want to change. I want to make sure everything is safer, and hopefully all of the promoter's work with us and if they don't they won't be sanctioned by the L.L.F. and that's the way I see it. I think we are a powerful enough group to pull some weight around and make it work."

How can people get involved?
"This is a foundation that will be run and strengthened by the fans, I want people to be apart of it. They can go onto www.lusklegacyfoundation.com and we are working it out where you can become a member. It's not just for freestyle motocross it's for free riding in general, it's just going out in the hills and making sure one of you knows CPR or one of you has an EMT pack. Stuff like that, it will save a life. I want you to log on and become a member, and back it. Of course it takes money to make things happen so donate, and a lot of the money will be going back to his family."

Can you tell us about the upcoming poker tournament?
"Yeah, one of the first things we are doing is a poker tournament up at Pechanga April 15th. It's just a way to get things moving, it's a celebrity poker tournament so there's going to be a lot of people there and the Mulisha, so it will be a night of fun and all of the proceeds will go back to Lauren and the foundation so we gotta kick this thing of. Every time I watch the video of Jeremy it reminds me why I'm doing it. There's moments you just feel like that's my boy, and I don't want to see that happen to anyone else."

Nate Adams
"It's been tough, you know him and Brian were really close, best friends and Stenberg and Potter, everyone was close with him. It was just such a huge blow. It was like he was the tough guy the bull dog it was supposed to be anyone but him. It was a huge blow to the whole freestyle community and the Mulisha and others like me who were close to him. It's definitely opened our eyes and good is coming out of it. Getting better safety regulations is good and Jeremy definitely influenced people in a positive way."