It is really sad that this happened.. I grew up watching Stephen Murray.. wish him the best and hope it gets better for him.. he is an inspiration

I’m like you bro. I left the BMX life 27 years ago but I still keep in touch with the latest. Respect to all BMX riders!

Thanks for this update and sharing it! Much love to you and to Stephen Murray! ❤

Steve is a Nice lad, wish FBM could rise again.

It's been a very long time since I thought about Stephen Murray. Learning about Pat Casey today made me wanna look up Stephen and I found your video. I worked at Nirve as part of their video production team and spent plenty of time with Stephen filming him at plenty of competitions including Gravity Games and XGames. He was definitely at a different level on the dirt, compared to the rest during that time.

Thanks for sharing his story. Much love Mike

I saw his post and I felt so bad for him. I did see the response from the other guy and I wish it was a video of him and not written. The raw emotions Murray had says way more than that response. Thanks for sharing this Mike.

We love you Stephen, you are an inspiration to us. We refuse to buy anything Staystrong now that we have learned this please let us know if there is anything we can do to help support you!

There's always a moment in time that BMX riders need to learn how to walk away from it. I have always been a part of it but the toxicity in the sport really deters me from riding now. The rolder you get, the more pro riders you meet, and unfortunately you realize not all of them are good people. Stephen has always seemed like a great guy and I wish the best for him. Good on you for taking care of your family and realizing BMX isn't everything.

Thank you for the information , hope people will do the right thing 🙏

So crazy. I can’t believe it’s been that long since he got hurt. Time really does fly.

Thanks for sharing, I appreciate the news. Best wishes on your future

I have been in a similar situation as him with an injury. The money raised for me was done at my local track where injury happened @capecodbmx. I thank them so much for what they did. Trek bicycles also raised some money for me, and i did not even ride a trek. I rode torker bikes. For reasons like this, it is tough to support these so called charities since most of the money does not go where it should.

He was one of my most fave rider if not my fave… Stephen Murray Corey nastazio and TJ lavender Corey bohen and Ryan nyquist and Dave mirra!🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤❤❤ can’t forget Scotty Cranmer either… he was a machine!!!! And Jamie bestwick 🎉🎉🎉

i was just about to buy a stay strong 24. what should i look at when it comes to independent people/riders?

Any footage from that nike 6.0 open? That would be awesome to see

I still have my stay strong shirt and bands. I wish I knew if he had other ways we can support him

Well said 👌🏽

Seems like this is happening in every facet of life....

Stay strong is done. I don’t see any BMXers supporting this brand anymore. This company was about Stephen and not the products.we are a core sport and will support accordingly.

Exactly, I've never bought a single stay strong part.

Hopefully something new comes along to fill that gap. I have had so many yellow parts throughout the yrs.. haha. Not gonna lie.. won't be missing that color tho.

Been out of the game for a while and I’m having truck problems so ima get a bike to get around and saw all the wild new brand names. Noticed this stay strong brand and liked the price and specs. Being the banged a legend I’m not buying it

I think you should read the response from Stay Strong, everything Stephen said isn't fully accurate. Remember there is always two sides to the story but at the end of the day I wish Stephen and his family the best

Never really bought stay strong brand. But who remembers 2009 da compound jam !?

I met him at Woodward

That’s such a horrible thing to happen. Stay strong Steve. So sick of these big money squeeze on everything.

I new something was fishy with them parts. Thought some mountain bike pacific sun type bullshit took over and I was questioning his or his kids involvement. Thank you for the enlightenment. Get a lawyer or just start designing new parts new name for us old heads, have his kids get involved. Whatever he does will be overwhelmingly supported.

Thank you for bringing this to our attention Mike. Great video

It doesn’t surprise me When stockholders and everything else get involved & I think it would be a good out with paperwork came out Is that a word from mouth! And I think he’ll get more people talking about it in a very big up war Instead of coming on video show the paperwork.

Good coverage, Mike.

Just bought my first bike and even though I don't know this Murray fella, I intentionally chose not to buy a SS bike and went Subrosa instead.

How could they do this to him? He started Stay Strong! Shame on them ripping the rug from under him.💔

Is it Worth buying a sty strong bmx bike? Going between staystrong or kink

This is so sad... been seeing this in almost every hobby I have. bmx and computers

How is ODI connected wit h the STAY STRONG brand?

This is infuriating

Holy shit!!! This is so sad. Murray was always a positive dude prior to the crash and afterwards. You can see and hear how hurt he is in the video. This is terrible bro. Pretty sure you don’t know my channel name but it’s your old brand manager from Va with EVDATH with the ultimate tramp stamp and Pitbull’s. I’ll text you bro.

According to the guy that started the company with him, his parents decided to back away from the company and cash out there shares. Something is fishy.

Support company's who support what you love . Support rider owned companies. Corporatism only seeks to exploit the talent of riders for their own gains. They don't give 2 shits about BMX or BMXers .

Paperwork would be better, then come in on video! I think it would be better. But it’s a 50-50 shot. It needs to be talked about and it doesn’t surprise me. Paperwork will come along way and going on video and talking about it.

It was started as tee shirts and donations to help Stephan out. A none profit? Now it’s a for profit company and he doesn’t get any money? That’s pretty fucked up.

Damn this shit just sucks. And its the same shit that keeps happening that fucks bmx up. I really hope my sword company idea works out. Id have money to pump back into bmx and be able to start some stuff going thatd help bmx, and the money to push my own bike brand that doesnt need to worry about investors and margins as much. Plus use my film career path to try and line up good outside money that doesnt care about the profit margins more so the skills and putting on a performance from us. Profits is more their side with the releases lol. Stunt actors also have an easier time with health insurance. But for situations like this. The community would be able to have this on more mainstream media and garner outside donations for his medical funds and bills and stuff.

Wow, I never knew about him. I looked up his story and that’s heartbreaking. E bike rider here and sends love and support

You should get both sides of the story then make your decision

Maybe I'm wrong but Mira threw the first double backflip in competition.

Man that sucks, bankers rhymes with another word starting with a w for a reason.

Have you heard the other side of things. Don think you have or you wouldn’t of posted this. He has been out of stay strong for 3 or more years

Stickers being removed from my Endeavour......

unfortunately bmx life is losing space to midiatic and imidiatistc way of life that we are sorround. if something doesn't give enough likes or shares it goes out like it was nothing. I'm a brazilian bmx rider. I quit riding for maybe 4 years or so, and now I'm comming back but everywere I look I see "more of the same".. It's sad to see the way that the hole community is taking. And this reflects on the companys and a lot of brands that holds the money and powers to tell which way should the new generation take. This makes me sad at the bottom of my heart

Is Stephen Murray English then? I'd just simply always assumed he was American. Dang. Bad news on the fund.