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MOTORCYCLE JUMPING MEMORIAL In Loving Memory We Dedicate This Memorial to Motorcycle Jumpers Who Have Died This page is dedicated to those brave individuals who dared to face the ramps and at some point, for some reason, lost their lives. Although they have passed on to that great ramp in the sky, we can be thankful that they were here to inspire us, to teach us and to entertain us. We pray that they rest in peace forever. Buggins, Dale - this accomplished Australian jumper took his own life on September 18th 1981 in Melbourne, Australia by shooting himself in the chest with a .22 rifle that he went and bought the day before. Dale was just back from touring the U.S. and was in Melbourne for the Royal Melbourne show. Carter, Jeremy - a skilled and famous FMX rider, he drowned in the Willow Cove area of Bass Lake in California on Tuesday, July 4th, 2006. He was found the next day. He is survived by his wife Mistilee and son Jadyn. Jeremy, born April 18, 1977, put Coarsegold, California on the map. He competed in many freestyle events and exhibitions, judged contests and performed in various videos. Hillaby, Michael - this beginner jumper died when he tried to do a neighborhood jump ramp to ground over 9 cars end to end, Nafferton, England. This British jumper appeared to clip one vehicle and endo on the way up to apogee. Holland, Terry - an Indiana native, he was jumping a 50 footer at the Lewis County Fair in Iowa on a Rev Prochnow Thrill Show production on July 24, 1992. He came up short and his chest impacted the leading edge of the landing ramp. Hutchinson, Charles "Hurricane Hutch" - a successful jumper with 5 movies made about him in the 1920s, he was the first jumper ever to jump a train, jumping at 90 degrees to the train. He was born in 1879 and died in 1949. Laswell, Sherman Dwayne "Butch" (Las Vegas, Nevada) - this very talented and experienced jumper died after jumping ramp to ramp over a 38 foot high pedestrian overpass in Mesquite, Nevada, March 10, 1996. The 35 mph diagonal tailwind, blowing from right to left from the rear at about 45 degrees, blew him off course and he flatlanded on black top pavement from 55 feet high. His trachea was crushed, among many other internal injuries. Paramedics took him back toward Las Vegas in the ambulance, meeting a Flight For Life helicopter next to the highway for a transfer. He died in the helicopter during the transfer. Majors, Earl - this 26 year old jumper from England died after attempting an 18 car jump ramp to ramp, coming up short and clipping the leading edge of the protective apronless landing ramp at the Hannningfield Horse Show in Essex, England. Palizbanian, Javad - this 44 year old jumper from Iran died on Saturday, August 27, 2005 after attempting a ramp to ramp jump over 22 buses. He came up short and landed on the 13th bus. Right before the jump, he proclaimed, "I am going to break the world record and do something for my country to be proud of." Pierce, Adam Samuel "The Highlighter" - Adam Pierce was a passenger in a 1976 Chevy pickup truck driven by Michael M. Ingram, 27, on June 21, 2002 in Bakersfield, California when the driver passed someone at 10:25 p.m. on Midoil Road.