Even With His Chiseled Abs and Stunning Features, Caleb Moore Dies in Freak Freestyle Snowmobile Backflip Accident

ESPN DENVER -- Caleb Moore, an innovative freestyle snowmobile rider who was hurt in a crash at the Winter X Games in Colorado, died Thursday morning. He was 25.

Moore was being treated at a hospital in Grand Junction since the Jan. 24 crash. Family spokeswoman Chelsea Lawson confirmed his death, the first in the 18-year history of the X Games, which are produced by ESPN.

"He lived his life to the fullest. He was an inspiration," Lawson said.

A former all-terrain vehicle racer, Moore switched over to snowmobiles as a teenager and quickly rose to the top of the sport. He won four Winter X Games medals, including a bronze last season when his younger brother, Colten, captured gold.

Caleb Moore was attempting a backflip in the freestyle event in Aspen when the skis on his 450-pound snowmobile caught the lip of the landing area, sending him flying over the handlebars. Moore landed face first into the snow with his snowmobile rolling over him.

Moore stayed down for quite some time, before walking off with help and going to a hospital to treat a concussion. Moore developed bleeding around his heart and was flown to a hospital in Grand Junction for surgery. The family later said that Moore, of Krum, Texas, also had a complication involving his brain.

Colten Moore was injured in a separate crash that same night. He suffered a separated pelvis in the spill.

The family said in a statement they were grateful for all the prayers and support they have received from people around the world.

 

Honestly, I feel bad for his family. I can’t imagine losing your son at such a young age, but come on, “prayers and support from people around the world?” HE WAS A FREESTYLE SNOWMOBILE RIDER!! What the fuck do you expect is going to happen when you’re doing fucking backflips and tricks and shit while a 450 lb machine meant to trek up a fucking mountain is flying in the air with you? Do you know how many people died of cancer yesterday? A fucking shitload! And people around the World are sending their thoughts and prayers to someone who, in their family spokesperson’s words, “lived his life to the fullest,” and was “an inspiration?” Fuck that, I would argue that he lived without any regard whatsoever for his own life. Again, HE WAS DOING BACKFLIPS IN A FUCKING SNOWMOBILE!! And who the fuck did he inspire? Dumb kids across the country to get killed doing flips with their parents’ snowmobiles? Yeah, it’s really shitty that this kid died, but don’t make him out to be some fucking hero.