Five-time X Games medalist Ken Block, who co-founded DC Shoes and Hoonigan based in Southern California, died in a snowmobile accident.
said in a statement. “And most importantly, a father and husband. He will be incredibly missed.”
After selling DC Shoes, the Huntington Beach-based skateboard brand he co-founded 30 years ago, Block quickly established himself as one of the most visible faces in motorsports. He was a five-time X Games medalist in RallyCross, was Rally America rookie of the year in 2005, and finished second overall three times. He also was the first American to drive in the World Rally Championship.
“I grew up, no matter what I did, trying to have as much fun as I possibly could,” Block told Road & Track in 2014. “When I grew up skateboarding, I didn’t compete in skateboarding, I just went out and had fun. Well, it’s the opposite with racecar driving. The only time I see my car is when we’re racing or testing for racing. The fun time is that time in the race.”
Last year he raced the American Rally Assn. Championship alongside his wife, Lucy, and Lia, one of the Blocks’ three children.that chronicled his title chase, touting it by saying: “GO FAST RISK EVERY THANG. This is the mantra that we often have to use when racing rally. Sometimes it leads to champagne ceremonies, sometimes to crashed cars. In the 2022 American Rally Association season, it often led to both.
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