USA – The action sports world is saddened by the passing of a young BMX star. Monster Energy is very saddened by the passing of Pat Casey, a BMX pioneer who won multiple X Games medals. The 29-year-old died in a freestyle motorcycle accident at a private training facility in Ramona, California on June 6, 2023. Monster Energy wants Pat Casey’s family and friends to know how sorry it is for the loss of him. Monster Energy CMO Dan McHugh said: “We have lost one of the most innovative and talented racers in action sports history. “Pat Casey was not only important to his sport, but he was also a loved and dedicated member of our Monster family, and we are heartbroken.
“He was also a wonderful, loving husband and father,” McHugh said. “His wife, Chase, and his two beautiful children, Reid and Taytum, have our love. “After learning of Casey’s sad death, sports, businesses and the media around the world paid their respects. “Pat was not only a very talented and successful BMX rider, but he was also a wonderful person, husband and father who will be sorely missed by all,” BMX Freedom magazine wrote. Pat Casey is from Yorba Linda, California and learned to ride a bike when he was five years old. He became famous as a BMX star because he was good and his father helped him. He turned professional at the age of 16. By then, he had not only learned most of the hardest BMX tricks, but had also begun to put his own spin on the form of riding, which improved the sport. As a trick creator, Casey has pushed the limits with tricks like the Fakie Cash Roll and the Double-Decade Backflip, which he performed in competition for the first time.
Casey’s BMX enthusiast father taught him how to make ramps, which helped him realize his dream of creating his own training facility in his backyard: the legendary Dreamyard. In 2013, the facility began as a simple access road in Riverside, California. It has since grown into a full-scale dirt park and field with over 10,000 feet of land. Over the years, the Dreamyard has been home to the world’s top athletes and has served as the setting for a four-part video series starring Casey that has been viewed more than 1.3 million times. In 2021, when there were limits due to a pandemic, Casey opened his Dreamyard to action sports and hosted the BMX portion of the X Games there. Casey fulfilled his dreams by winning his first X Games gold medal in BMX Dirt on his home turf. Ultimately, he won a gold medal, three silver medals, and a bronze medal at X Games.
Casey is a family man who taught his sons Reid and Taytum the BMX lifestyle. He was also known to be kind enough to allow younger players to use his Dreamyard facilities to improve their skills and grow under his guidance. Casey and Monster Energy teammate Axell Hodges converted Moto X 110s into pit bikes in an official medal event at X Games. Casey participated in this event.
Tributes on social media show how Casey has improved the lives of many people. Under the hashtag #patcaseyforever, bikers and BMX enthusiasts shared their memories of him. “Pat gave the world the Dreamyard by making it what it is today. Andy Buckworth, Casey’s partner, wrote on Instagram about Casey’s desire to see what could be done on a BMX bike: “In every way you were the perfect role model…you made being a dad so great…Action sports personality and podcaster Luke “The Goofy” Trembath said on Instagram that he was a pioneer in so many ways and was a very bright person.” The world gives us the best gifts, which give us joy, life, love, power, commitment, a direction and a way of being. Pat Casey was wonderful. “Pat’s drive to improve in BMX was unmatched, and he loved and cared so much for his family,” said BMX great Jamie Bestwick.
