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With heavy hearts we learned this morning that pro freeride mountain biker Jordie Lunn passed away after a crash while trail riding in Mexico on October 9th. According to reports, he was riding in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico with close friends Greg Watts, Darren Berrecloth and Brayden Barrett-Hay.
Lunn was an inspiration and a leader in the mountain bike world, who spanned all disciplines from XC to DH racing before shifting his focus to the highest level of freeride. The Vancouver Island local spent time on the DH World Cup circuit, competed in events like Crankworx, Red Bull Rampage and the FEST Series and graced the screens of big-budget films like Ride to the Hills and The Collective. In 2007, he became the first rider to land a cork 720. His most recent self-produced web series
Rough AF contained some of the most progressive riding the world has ever seen.
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Above all, Jordie Lunn knew to never take things too seriously. Max Ritter photo.
At these competitions and on these film shoots, Lunn was always known as one of the kindest and hardest-working members of the team. To outsiders, he have looked intimidating – a hulking man covered in tattoos, wearing LOUD clothes – but he was always willing to have a warm chat and crack jokes about whatever was going on.
In recent years, Lunn often focused his efforts on coaching youth mtb skills at camps like Whistler’s Summer Gravity Camps. He always stood out in the liftline – not just because of his iconoclastic kit, but because he always had a stream of stoked kids behind him.
