Ken Block, Rally Driver and YouTube Stuntman, Dies at 55
January 3, 2023 10:46 AM Subscribe
The acclaimed driver, best known for his “Gymkhana” videos, was killed in a snowmobile accident[NYT]. [ESPN]
2023 sucks ass so far.
posted by Keith Talent at 11:06 AM on January 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
posted by Keith Talent at 11:06 AM on January 3, 2023 [5 favorites]
What a bummer. The last thing I saw him release on YouTube was a fun little show where he was building a car with his daughter. :(
posted by DJI at 11:50 AM on January 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
posted by DJI at 11:50 AM on January 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Lost a fucking legendary person bro. My whole driving/drifting passion was built off this man 😢 bro I’m broken right now. I’ve never fucked with somebody I’ve never met so hard. Shit is unreal bro. I really wish this shit was a joke - @TPainposted by CrystalDave at 11:51 AM on January 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
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He’s a local legend here in Park City and the community forums are full of remembrances. I live 2-3 miles as the crow flies from where his insane DC Mountain Lab was…,and day dream about what it must have been like there and the mad times they must have had..
The Northern Utah Wasatch and Unitas mountains have received a simply insane amount of snow in the last week and unfortunately there have been a few too many stories like this here already in 2023.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 12:55 PM on January 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
He’s a local legend here in Park City and the community forums are full of remembrances. I live 2-3 miles as the crow flies from where his insane DC Mountain Lab was…,and day dream about what it must have been like there and the mad times they must have had..
The Northern Utah Wasatch and Unitas mountains have received a simply insane amount of snow in the last week and unfortunately there have been a few too many stories like this here already in 2023.
posted by inflatablekiwi at 12:55 PM on January 3, 2023 [1 favorite]
Snowmobiles are up there with ATVs as something that is just too scary and needs to be safer. They're just too big and heavy - the risk of one of them landing on top of you vs a getting pinned under a motorcycle is just too high. T
posted by thecjm at 1:36 PM on January 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by thecjm at 1:36 PM on January 3, 2023 [2 favorites]
Rough week for celebs operating treaded vehicles. Jeremy Renner got run over by his own snowcat (not dead just very seriously injured).
posted by srboisvert at 2:20 PM on January 3, 2023
posted by srboisvert at 2:20 PM on January 3, 2023
the risk of one of them landing on top of you vs a getting pinned under a motorcycle is just too high
Particularly, when hill climbing which is rarely a good idea regardless of vehicle.
posted by srboisvert at 2:21 PM on January 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
Particularly, when hill climbing which is rarely a good idea regardless of vehicle.
posted by srboisvert at 2:21 PM on January 3, 2023 [3 favorites]
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My favorite of his
Ken always felt like a true outlier in this world (perhaps alongside Pastrana), shame he's gone
posted by matrixclown at 3:22 PM on January 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
My favorite of his
Ken always felt like a true outlier in this world (perhaps alongside Pastrana), shame he's gone
posted by matrixclown at 3:22 PM on January 3, 2023 [4 favorites]
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posted by JoeXIII007 at 4:34 PM on January 3, 2023
posted by JoeXIII007 at 4:34 PM on January 3, 2023
I saw him race last year in 100 Acre Woods in Missouri. Block was impressive and dominated the entire day and only lost because he hit a damn deer.
He will be missed.
posted by teleri025 at 12:56 PM on January 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
He will be missed.
posted by teleri025 at 12:56 PM on January 4, 2023 [2 favorites]
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