Internationally renowned mountain biking and free-riding icon Jordie Lunn has passed away.
According to Pinkbike Magazine, 36-year-old Lunn succumbed to his injuries sustained in a crash while trail riding in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico on October 9th.
Over the course of his career, the Parksville native originally began his mountain biking career through cross country and racing in the early 2000s, making his mark by becoming the fastest Canadian at Mont-Sainte-Anne in 2003.
Lunn soon switched gears to take up free-riding and, over the course of his career, has competed on every stage in freeride mountain biking.
The Vancouver Island legend lived in Victoria and recently produced videos like the Rough AF series which garnered hundreds of thousands of views apiece on YouTube.
“He has this tough badass look to him but is the most cool nice dude you could meet. When rough freeriding was a thing of the past in the mainstream bike world he comes out with a vid series called Rough AF,” says Michael Bentham.
Bentham describes the series as a modern version of what he and others grew up watching, in which Lunn would perform stunts that no one else would attempt.
“A huge hole is left in the biking world,” he says.
