Here is the lineup of riders invited to the 2011 X Games 17. Metal Mulisha is gunning for nothing but gold in every event! The X Games list was recently updated so here is the new official line up of riders for Metal Mulisha.

Brian Deegan: Step Up / Rally / Rallycross

Ronnie Faisst: Speed & Style

Todd Potter: Step Up / Speed & Style / Best Whip

Cam Sinclair: Best Trick

Taka Highashino: Best Trick

Jackson Strong: Best Trick

Brandon Dosch: BMX Freestyle Park

Make sure to root-on the crew and join the Mulisha Nation in Los Angeles July 28 – July 31st, 2011! You can check out the line up of riders below as it will constantly be updated and subject to change. For more information and ticket sales on this years X Games 17 visit ESPN.com.

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The 1st Annual Jeremy Lusk Memorial Ride Day kicked off at Pala Raceway. The turnout was amazing with tons of athletes, family, and fans who all came together to share this special moment showing support for Jeremy Lusk. As everyone gathered around, we all signed a flag in his honor and talked about our memories we had with Jeremy.

After some lunch, everyone geared up and hit the track to put in a solid riding session and ride in the name of Lusk!

“The Lusk Ride Day is a chance to celebrate his life, the good times and having fun in his memory. It’s what Jeremy would have wanted.”
- Brian Deegan

“It’s really cool to get all of Jeremy’s friends and fans together and have a good time doing what he loved. This means a lot to me that he has touched so many people’s lives. Seeing all the people come out to support him, it’s very touching.”
- Lauren Lusk, Jeremy’s widow and founder, In God’s Hands

“This is a day for everyone to come and pay their respects to Jeremy. We want everyone to know that he was our friend and we’ll miss him. It’s nice for everyone to come together and remember Jeremy as a great friend and rider.”
- Ronnie Faisst

“This is a great way to have fun, get all the guys together and have a day in memory of our friend Jeremy Lusk. He would have wanted us to celebrate like this. Later, we’ll kick back and have some Coronas, like he would have done.”
- Jeff ‘Ox’ Kargola

“Being out here, seeing how many people have showed up, shows how respected he was in our industry. Jeremy was a guy I looked up to and respected, he reminded me that riding should always be fun. It’s very cool that we all come out here to celebrate his life.”
- Josh Grant

Check out the full Lusk Memorial Ride Day Photogallery.

It has been two years today as we lost a friend so close to our hearts, Mulisha Family member and a legend in the sport, Jeremy Lusk. On this day two years ago, Lusk had an amazing 2008 season, in which Jeremy took home the Freestyle Gold & Best Trick Silver at X Games. Topping it off, Lusk landed the first ever double grab Heart Attack backflip. Lusk also won both Freestyle and Best Trick Gold at the X Games in Mexico. From X Games, Lusk finished third overall in FMX Freestyle on the 2008 Dew Tour, and earned a Bronze helmet at the Moto X World Championships.

Jeremy touched, motivated and impressed everyone in a unique way and he will always be missed and never forgotten. To celebrate in his honor, the 1st Annual Jeremy Lusk Memorial Ride Day is being held at Pala Raceway, CA today at 9:30am pacific time.

Come hang out, ride with the Metal Mulisha team, eat some Chronic Tacos, celebrate, and make the best out of Lusk’s Memorial Day Ride! If you can’t make it down, In Gods Hand’s will be hosting and sharing this event LIVE for all the fans across the world to see and join the Celebration.

Make sure and tune in, because we will have LIVE interviews from all the riders, fans interaction and give you a full update on this Memorial Celebration. Make sure and check back to metalmulisha.com for a full story, photo and video update on how the day went down. We hope to see you all there or on our LIVE broadcast. RIP LUSK, RIDE IN PEACE.

click here to print out the flyer for $5 off the Pala entry track fee. www.palaraceway.com

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Started from the ground up in 1999 by Deegan and Linkogle, the Metal Mulisha has grown into the biggest, best and most bad-ass action sports team in the world. Not only do we kick ass, but we have the best Freestyle Motocross team in the world, MMA Championship Fighters, Offroad Race Truck Drivers, BMX Cup Winners and many more fields of athletes ready to become part of the Mulisha Domination. Metal Mulisha is an unstoppable force that is blanketing it’s way around the world and with the support of our loyal and dedicated fans, we will continue to dominate anything in our path!

For the year of 2010 with the Metal Mulisha a lot went down for the team. Trying to sum up a year on nothing but bad ass things would take forever. We are going to sum up this year with some of our video highlights of Metal Mulisha Domination in 2010. In the beginning of January we kicked off this crazy idea we had… our 2010 Poaching Campaign, which spread us around the United States getting tickets, chased and sometimes arrested, making a successful year of Poaching!

We also started to film for our new Metal Mulisha film Black Friday. As 2010 continued to pass into other months throwout the year, we continued to film at some really remote locations and captured some of the sickest tricks on natural terrain! Here are a few scenes in this video from the first few spots we have been to.

After January we continued to take on the year on heading out to locations all over the world. We even got to make a stop and kick it with the Blue Angels at the El Centro Airshow. That was pretty sick and they took Fluffer & Agee up for a full on TOPGUN status ride along.

February 9th, 2010 marked the one year anniversary of the passing of our teammates and friend, Jeremy Lusk. The whole team arrived early at the Mulisha Compound to spend the day together and remember Lusk’s legacy. The guys couldn’t wait to ride, so they quickly geared up and went straight for the ramp for a good remembrance of Jeremy.

We also lost a good friend and Metal Mulisha family member this year. Mark Smith, passed away Friday May 14th, 2010, at his home in Maui, Wailuku, Hawaii. This tragedy and loss will never be forgotten. Mark will always be in our hearts now and forever. RIP BEAR watch over the rest of us as you will always be in our thoughts and prayers.

Deegan has really taking on the year of 2010. From XGames 16 Speed & Style / Rally & SuperRally, his new appearance in NASCAR, Lucas Oil Offroad Racing, Driver of the Year Award, Deegan VS Deegan, and many more … the General has no limitations on stopping and continues to Dominate everything he touches!

The 2010 Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival Tour straight up kicked ass! The tour stretch across the USA hitting major stops of chaos when we went ramp-to-ramp to live music in the middle of the pits in front of thousands and thousands of fans! Here is a little taste of how it went down.

For XGames 16 Mulisha Nation was tagged all our Los Angeles, CA. The Mulisha team defiantly made our presence known in all of the competitive categories.

There was a unfortunate mishap with Jimmy Fitzpatrick before his XGames 16 appearance. Check out the video on what happened with Fitz 9 days before X.

As far as kicking ass… here are the 2010 Metal Mulisha X Games 16 Results:

Best Trick
Cameron Sinclair – GOLD
Robbie Madison — SILVER
Taka Higashino — BRONZE

Best Whip
Todd Potter – GOLD
Jeremy Stenberg — BRONZE

SuperRally
Brian Deegan – SILVER

Rally Racing
Brian Deegan — SILVER

Speed & Style
Jeremy Stenberg — BRONZE
Ronnie Faisst — BRONZE

Super X – Men
Josh Grant — GOLD

Deegan, Hailie Deegan, Twitch, OX, Cameron Steele, Justin Smith took on a great 2010 season of Lucas Oil Offroad Racing. Deegan suits up for Pro Lite and also took late in the season a spot in his new #38 Pro2 truck! Check out the final video we put together of the last 2010 LOORS race in Arizona.

We had a huge model search going on for some more Metal Mulisha Maidens! Here is some leaked footage from our last photoshoot with many more to come.

Dominick Cruz destroyed Scott Jorgensen at WEC 53, winning an easy unanimous decision to defend his World Extreme Cagefighting Bantamweight title and enter the UFC as its first bantamweight champion.

History Is made! Metal Mulisha’s Dominick Cruz is the final WEC Bantamweight Champion and First-ever UFC Bantamweight titleholder! CONGRATS CRUZ!

Jay Schweitzer & Mike McEntire are at it again with another insain video of epic riding only seen in On The Pipe 6! It seems to only get better and better every new OTP films and without a question, OTP6 kicks ass!

The list of how bad ass we are can go on for days. The year of 2011 is going to be straight up insane and nothing but pure thrill for all our Metal Mulisha Troops out there! Make sure to check back with us for a sick update on Josh Grant, a new never before scene interview with Brian Deegan, behind the scenes training and practice footage of the 2011 Nuclear Cowboys Tour and a whole bunch more! To get more of a idea on how 2010 went down check out, photogallery & video section to see the rest of the 2010 year.

After this weekends AFMXA Ramp Awards, the audience of athletes where presented with “On The Pipe 6” created by Powerband filmmakers, Jay Schweitzer & Mike McEntire. Powerband films has created a masterpiece series of the most epic riding shots and locations around the world. Some of these locations include the US, Europe and Australia and they have witnessed the most awesome display of freeriding ever, which is brought to you in OTP6.

The film features Metal Mulisha riders, Brian Deegan, Jeremy Twitch Stenberg, Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Josh Grant, Taka, Robbie Maddison, Todd Potter and many more! Check out Powerband Films today and get a pre-sale copy now. “OTP6″ will be available on iTunes December 22nd and in stores shortly after. Check out some of the photos in the OTP6 photogallery shot at the Mulisha Compound and the video created by ESPN at the preview party.

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Last Sunday Jimmy Fitzpatrick, Todd Potter, Jackson “Jacko” Strong and Taka Higashino, put on two insane freestyle demos at the Temecula Balloon and Wine Festival. This was the 4th consecutive year that Jimmy Fitzpatrick and WGAS Motorsports teamed up to bring this highly anticipated show to the Lake Skinner grounds, and as usual, the crowd response was great.

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The riders were fired up and excited to showoff for their hometown fans, because it isn’t very often that they get to perform in Temecula. The high temperatures didn’t hold any of these riders back.

The show was also held in honor of Jeremy Lusk to help raise awareness and donations for the Lusk Legacy Foundation. After the show, all the riders signed autographs at the Metal Mulisha booth, where no one went home without an autograph.

Check out the photo gallery and video from this Mulisha event!

Mark “The Bear” Smith
RIP: December 24th, 1973 – May 14th, 2010

Mulisha family member Mark Smith, passed away Friday May 14th, 2010, at his home in Maui, Wailuku, Hawaii. Mark started training in 1996 at Beverly Hills Ju-Jitsu, and received his Purple Belt from Sensei Marcus Vinicius. The Bear trained with Bas Ruten in 1999, which led him to hold the UAGF Heavyweight Belt and also hold the UK Cagewars Heavyweight. Since moving to Hawaii Mark put together a team of top fighters on the islands who call themselves the Maui Mulisha.

Mark became a close friend, MMA Trainer and bodyguard of Brian Deegan in 1996. After training with Deegan, Jeremy Lusk, Ronnie Faisst and other Mulisha Members, The Bear, became a part of the Mulisha Family.

Mark said, “My quest in life is to be the best I can be if its fighting, coaching, body guarding or just giving back all the knowledge I’ve picked up throughout all my years of experience in life! Being true to your family and friends and not being a poser or fall over, but trying to be a lender is what I truly believe is a must in life!”

The Bear continued to train and coach his friends on the Mulisha team as he also changed his life on July 3rd 2008. Mark was saved and devoted his life to god with the help of his new Pastor and good friend TJ. Mark said, “It was a great feeling, it was like a million pounds of bullshit just fell off my back.”

Deegan said “Mark Smith was one of my best friends. I had so many good times with his like when he trained me to win the LA sx. One of a few guys who really made me laugh and always looked out for everyone! Ill miss him. My prayers to his family and friends. I was with Mark when he got saved so ill see him in Heaven…RIP ”

After visiting Mark’s MySpace page we have one of Mark’s last quotes from his Heroes Section: “The big man upstairs “GOD”, My MOM, And my sister Tammy always look down at me from Heaven, “I sure miss her”!!! Jeremy Lusk Word is Bond my little Brother!! Even that I was older than you your words meant so much 2 me!!!!! I miss u Lusk hold it down up there In Gods Hands!!!!!”

This tragedy and loss will never be forgotten. Mark will always be in our hearts now and forever. RIP BEAR watch over the rest of us as you will always be in our thoughts and prayers.

Here is a video of The Bear training up Deegan and Lusk .

The Metal Mulisha Family and all the fans would like to say, Happy Birthday to Brian Deegan!

There are lots of exciting things happening in the world of Freestyle Motocross in 2010, including the opening of a first ever museum exhibit and a first class training center. The AFMXA’s new exhibit opening up at the San Diego Hall of Champions features some of the top athletes in the sport of Freestyle Motocross and all of its members. The exhibit includes all things freestyle with highlights on members, Nate Adams, Brian Deegan and new comer Lance Coury.

When asked about the AFMXA and his feature in the museum Nate Adams said “To be inducted is actually a really big deal for me. I was definitely surprised when I got the call. I’ve really made it my life’s work to be a professional motocross rider, so to be recognized for my efforts feels really good. I know that my friend Jeremy Lusk, rest in peace brutha, has an exhibit in the Hall of Champs as well. so to have something like this with Jeremy is a big deal for me.”.

And Lance Coury the sports up and coming Pro AM said “ The AFMXA is what the sport of Freestyle Motocross needs. I haven’t been in the sport half as long as some of these great riders but I have noticed as I got more into Freestyle Motocross that there needs to be more of a organization that can rank riders in classes, have events for the up incomers, and help keep building this sport we all love and enjoy.”

Exhibit luncheon, tour and a “Sports at Lunch” Q&A is on Wednesday April 21st at noon at the San Diego Hall of Champions. Tickets can be purchased on line at SDHOC.com

Other great news is the partnership with Pala Raceway and the development of the first ever FMX amateur training facility. It has been designed by the General, Brain Deegan and features include a foam pit, wall ride and several ramp to dirt jumps. This comes after many months of pushing forward with the mission of the AFMXA to promote growth in the sport and increase safety. Brian said “I’m really excited to help organize and build this sport to the levels these athletes deserve. We have a great team working together in the AFMXA and its for all riders so sign up and come ride the jump park!”

The facility is opening in May 2010 at the Pala Raceway with the grand opening scheduled for June 2010. For additional information on the AFMXA and upcoming events please visit AFMXA.org

About AFMXA:

The American Freestyle Motocross Association (AFMXA) is a trade association established by Freestyle Motocross riders and industry leaders to organize, protect, and develop the sport of Freestyle Motocross in a collective and collaborative manner.