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The Incredible Legacy of "Miracle Boy" (A Dave Mirra Fan Tribute Documentary) by Zephyr

Ryan Nyquist grew up in California riding bikes and doing trikes with his brother. What started out as a hobby became a profession when he left college and turned pro in 1995. He competed in his first X Games in 1996 and would rise to the top of the sport soon after. He moved to Greenville, NC where he lived with, and competed against, BMX legend Dave Mirra.

We went to Greenville, North Carolina to honor the greatest competition BMX rider of all time, The legendary, Dave Mirra. They had a memorial event at the local skatepark in which they unveiled a statue in his honor and it was a beautiful event.

Greenville's BMX Legend, the Late Dave Mirra, to be Celebrated with a Permanent Memorial Dedicated at Jaycee Skatepark. Together with the Mirra Family, the City of Greenville Welcomes the Community to Attend the Free Event to Honor an Icon in the Place where his Legacy Started.

"Jaycee Skatepark is a very special place for our family, the community, and many top professional BMX riders," Lauren Everett (formerly Mirra) said. "To me, the park symbolizes blood, sweat, and tears found in the physical creation of the building of these ramps, as well as the endless training sessions that have taken Place here. It symbolizes determination, hard work, and dreams coming true. The statue that will now permanently live at this park represents the passion and inspiration Dave shared with all he came in contact with, on and off the bike."

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In 1995, Dave Mira joined his brother, Tim, in Greenville from Syracuse, NY, to start a life in North Carolina. Jaycee Skatepark became Dave's second home where he not only got his start on his path to becoming the most decorated and legendary bike rider of all time, but he was responsible for encouraging other pro BMX riders to move to Greenville to ride and progress the sport of BMX at Jaycee Skatepark.

Thanks to Paul Meacher for getting me to dig for footage of the Animal House vert ramp, beacuse it led to this- A bit more of one of the days I was with Dave while shooting what ended up being his "Firsthand" for Fuel TV back in 2007ish.

Cheesy Hundertmark from Germany gets the cover of FAT-'zine issue 30. Also on the cover in small video grab pics is Ian Morris doing a humonguous rail in our hometown back in 1994. It was a good year. Ice Money popped up in Cologne and later in Munich, Germany and England. Even in the Lageja ad!

The Editorial is still accurate. I do have a car now though. Free stickers this time from KDL, BigBoy, Busy P and GT. Huge new section. I hope to see some of these guys in Vegas next week at the Nora Cup.

At the Trierer Cup we almost got blown away by Hurrican Ike. The tent took off but the Chevy stayed on the floor. Paul Osicka got an interview that starts on page 22. AK Helmond race report. Freestyle World's in Cologne.

The real world's, none of that LG fake World Championships stuff. VANS Cup in Amsterdam. Dam right!

Wateringen trails report by Petrik de Heus. Bartman comic by Deamer. Magazine interviews with Marco Massei, and Freedom BMX.

The 1994 FAT-JAM was one of the best ones. Read the report on pages 49-54.

De Bokkelulle went on tour. We organized a BMX museum in Helmond in 1994. Imagine how old that

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UK BMX Vert Series - Do It For Dave Mirra BMX Comp, Skaterham Skatepark, UK, 2020 Mirra footage from Mike O'Connell

With the sad and untimely passing of one of the biggest names in bmx history I thought I should put out some rare old footage I filmed of Dave on UK soil. Filmed this in August 1993 at King of Concrete, Southsea skatepark. He came , saw and conquered. Took home a Guinness World record too for highest air- and most riders say that halfpipe is hard to ride.