Motion sports activities legend Ken Block, co-founder of DC Footwear and Hoonigan Racing, died close to his house in Utah on Monday on the age of 55 following a snowmobile accident.Â
Block’s snowmobile landed on prime of him when he rode on a steep slope round 2 p.m.
The information was confirmed on Hoonigan’s social media channels.
Ken Block in the course of the World RX of Portugal 2017, at Montalegre Worldwide Circuit in Portugal on April 22, 2017.Â
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Block co-founded DC Footwear in 1984, earlier than promoting the skateboard model in 2004. He then made the conversion from advertising govt to one of the well-known names in Motorsports.
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He was a five-time X Games medalist in RallyCross.
Hoonigan’s YouTube channel grew to become the preferred in Motorsports historical past, amassing over one billion web page views.
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Ken Block from “The Gymkhana Recordsdata” attends The IMDb Studio and The IMDb Present on location at The Sundance Movie Pageant on Jan. 20, 2018 in Park Metropolis, Utah.
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Utah’s Wasatch County Sheriff’s Office wrote, “We’re saddened to listen to of the lack of Kenneth and our hearts are together with his household and associates so deeply affected. We thank all of our first responders for his or her continued service.”
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Hoonigan famous of Block; “Ken was a visionary, a pioneer and an icon. And most significantly, a father and a husband. He might be extremely missed. Please respect the household’s privateness right now whereas they grieve.”
