Needless to say the book isn't all that interesting. I feel like it has been rushed and not enough sources were contacted for (new) photo material or old stories. What you get is lots of pictures but little exciting new stories. If you follow the Mirra updates on his website and the BMX magazines and you've seen the Miracle Boy and Nyquist video, you don't really have to read the book. You already know the story of his life. It could have been so much better. Dave has plenty of stories to tell, some of them might not be book-worthy, but if you're telling the story of your life, you might as well share some of it with the fans who paid almost 16 bucks for the book. The title of the book should stop at Mirra Images. It's more of a photo book. The paperback counts 200 pages and has lots of great pics from the early days as well as recent stuff. In that way I can see that Dave is happy with the book. Everyone would be stoked to have his own book with images from when you started riding till today. With an extra person helping out finding the pics (Losey) it only makes it easier. It's a nice diary for Dave to look back to every now and then as it will bring him lots of memories. To me it sounds like it was a "me too" project. It probably wasn't Dave's idea in the first place to write a book but after seeing Hoffman's "Ride of my life" book sell pretty good, the Miracle boy needed one of his own (his management thought). The cover of the book even looks the same as Mat's. But can you blame Dave? I don't think so. He's got his own diary/souvenir-book now, probably made a few bucks on it and carries on with his busy schedule of riding, doing shows, TV appearances, etc. He's a popular man and needs to stick in between the lines even though he'd like to step outside every now and then. Anyway, if you're a Dave Mirra fan you need this book. If you don't know who Dave Mirra is and would like to find out in an hour or two, read his book. There are not too many BMX books around. Maybe people, unaware of BMX, will find this one in the Autobiography/Sports section in the library one day and get stoked on BMX. If that's the case, the book's a winner after all. BdJ
Mirra Images, The story of my life By Dave Mirra with Mark Losey Regan Books ISBN 0-06-098916-5 Paperback Price: $ 15.95 USA I contacted Dave for a copy of his book to review on FATBMX.com. He put his Familie in charge of it. The book arrived but also the $40,= USD shipping bill. That's one way to treat the media that you need for a (positive) review on the book.
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