R.I.P. Shane Cross

[-noxi-]

http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/news/article/0,23271,1596724,00.html

Dude was super sick, it's too bad he had to go.

R.I.P.

[almostsk8er33]

Yeah i read that. Such a shame.

Who did he ride for?

[loganownzj00]

Flip and Globe i think.

such a shame.

[Blind Sheppard]

Killed in a motorbike accident with Ali Boulala, tragic as he was only 20.
http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/8124/shanecrossripuc3.gif
Truly shocked, i met him in the summer and it's bizarre how he was fine then and now is dead. Makes you realise how fragile life is.

Ali is in a very bad state in hospital so my thoughts go out to him.

[falloffboy101]

Who did he ride for?

Legacy, Thunder, Krew and Emerica

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/iba0196l.jpg

R.I.P. Shane, and get well soon Ali.

[Griptape Flip]

Dude...that doesn't happen, why? Shane Cross, rip in peace...

[I_Eat_Emo_Kids]

Legacy, Thunder, Krew and Emerica

http://www.cartoonstock.com/lowres/iba0196l.jpg

R.I.P. Shane, and get well soon Ali.

He wasn't on any of those companies.....

[gmgsci]

Rest In Peace, bro.

As for Boulala, keep strong mate.

His sponsors: Flip, Active Mail Order, Globe, Ricta, Volcom, and Thunder. Right off the FLIP website.

[Snaker]

Holy shit. RIP

[Hov32]

Yes it is a very terrible loss. He ripped it up. He could have been big. Anyways, Shane Wouldn't want people to mourn he'd want people to skate in his honor. So i'm gonna go refine my front boards!

RIP SHANE

[I_Eat_Emo_Kids]

EDIT: He was on Thunder, he was a great and a really very nice guy.. Rest in peace amigo.

Also, if FLiP or globe or whatever tries to market his death, don't buy their products.

[McJesus]

Well im glad ali's alive and we shouldn't mourn. Well so much for his to be extremly sorry part. Man shits crazy.

[almostsk8er33]

EDIT: He was on Thunder, he was a great and a really very nice guy.. Rest in peace amigo.

Also, if FLiP or globe or whatever tries to market his death, don't buy their products.


Why not? Im sure i'm asking a dumb question that has an obvious answer.

[dstructive131]

Wow, R.I.P. Shane.
And hang in there boulala!

[gmgsci]

:(

Hopefully he has a good dedication part in the next Sorry vid.

[Seanie990]

Man, that guy was so nice, why did he have to die? I know this sounds insensitive, but I hope ali wasn't drunk when this crash happened, because if he was, he could go to jail, which would suck even more. R.I.P. Shane, keep on skating up in heaven. Hope Ali gets better.

[Freaky Styley]

I hope ali wasn't drunk when this crash happened

Something tells me Alcohol may have been involved... Local Report (http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/man-dies-after-motorbike-hits-pub/2007/03/07/1173166742554.html)

R.I.P. Shane.

[FireFreek]

half of you are saying RIP when you don't even know who this kid is. don't act like your sorry when you haven't even heard of the dude.

shane cross was a great skateboarder, shame he had to go in such a bad way.

wake-up for all you idiots who think its ok to speed in a car, shit happens.

[FoosBall Skater]

half of you are saying RIP when you don't even know who this kid is. don't act like your sorry when you haven't even heard of the dude.
happens.


Why are you being such an ass?


RIP Shane Cross.

[edward]

wow that sucks. i don't even know what to say. it seems like not that long ago everyone was stoked for him nosegrinding el toro and now hes gone. he was blowin up in flip ads all over the place too.

[-noxi-]

half of you are saying RIP when you don't even know who this kid is. don't act like your sorry when you haven't even heard of the dude.

shane cross was a great skateboarder, shame he had to go in such a bad way.

wake-up for all you idiots who think its ok to speed in a car, shit happens.
You don't have anything constructive to say just shut up and stay out of the thread. You obviously don't care about it so just stay out of it. You don't even know who knows who, a good chance is you don't know any one on these forums even outside of the online world.

[loganownzj00]

half of you are saying RIP when you don't even know who this kid is. don't act like your sorry when you haven't even heard of the dude.

Congratulations on being negative in almost every thread you post in. :-41:

Shane Cross was still a human being. (****, it's weird saying "was".)

When you hear that a soldier has died in Iraq, I'm sure you at least feel bad about it. When you hear that a man died in a car crash, I'm sure that you don't say a prayer or anything, but you still feel for him, and his family, or at the very LEAST, it gets you sad for a while.

Next time don't be such a negative smartass that wants to show off his superior knowledge of skaters.

EDIT:

You don't have anything constructive to say just shut up and stay out of the thread. You obviously don't care about it so just stay out of it. You don't even know who knows who, a good chance is you don't know any one on these forums even outside of the online world.

Didn't realize typing that post took like 4 minutes... : /.

I agree with noxi...

[China Skate]

half of you are saying RIP when you don't even know who this kid is. don't act like your sorry when you haven't even heard of the dude.
Wake up
You don't have to know someone to mourn for them.
Just because someone died and you don't know about them doesn't restrict you from saying RIP - 'rest in peace' is completely irrelevant to 'who are you?'.

But Shane Cross was sooo gnarly.

[I_Eat_Emo_Kids]

It is a little ironic everyone says 'he's my favorite skater' right after he died.

[Seanie990]

half of you are saying RIP when you don't even know who this kid is. don't act like your sorry when you haven't even heard of the dude.

shane cross was a great skateboarder, shame he had to go in such a bad way.

wake-up for all you idiots who think its ok to speed in a car, shit happens.

F*** you. I met him, and he was super nice. Just because you don't know someone doesn't mean you can't feel bad that they died. What, if you talk to someone and you bring up a relative that died w/o knowing, and you said "sorry that happened", is the person supposed to go "shut up, you didn't know him". Death is death- it sucks no matter what, especially at 20 years old.

[I_Eat_Emo_Kids]

when you put your life in Boulala's hands what do you expect?

[mcwattersm]

Lets not throw this into flames wars.

[Seanie990]

It is a little ironic everyone says 'he's my favorite skater' right after he died.
That is true, though. But Shane was not my favorite skater. In fact, I barely heard of him before I went to the flip demo. But I do know one thing- he was a good person and a good skater, one who did not deserve to die like this.

EDIT:

Wake up
You don't have to know someone to mourn for them.
Just because someone died and you don't know about them doesn't restrict you from saying RIP - 'rest in peace' is completely irrelevant to 'who are you?'.

But Shane Cross was sooo gnarly.

Oh, that's weird, I didn't even read this before I typed the other stuff. But same thing, STFU FireFreek.

[Spanky rox]

yea he was on globe, he was from austrailia too bad him and ali had to be such ding dongs

[Seanie990]

Something tells me Alcohol may have been involved... Local Report (http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/man-dies-after-motorbike-hits-pub/2007/03/07/1173166742554.html)

R.I.P. Shane.

Shit.... either Ali dies too or goes to jail. This is a sad day in skateboarding. :(

[Unknown Skater]

RIP man, what a shame.

[-noxi-]

He was a real influence on my skating after I saw a time to shine though, not a fav but a big influence.

[kcirtap]

whoa, he was just getting on the scene, i really liked his drop -in on that wall in a time to shine, before i saw this i seriously thought he was one of the gnarliest skaters out there, him and jake duncombe, wow, taht sucks

[Seanie990]

whoa, he was just getting on the scene, i really liked his drop -in on that wall in a time to shine, before i saw this i seriously thought he was one of the gnarliest skaters out there, him and jake duncombe, wow, taht sucks
ummm....that was dylan rieder

[Bakerbum211]

****.

Sad shit. He was a gnarly shredder. Life is like glass. Remember that.

RIP Shane and stay strong Ali.

[yoda_emo]

Yeah!Awesome Dude!!

[PopwarPunk]

It's like Keenan Milton all over again :(

Skate on Shane

[Blind Sheppard]

yea he was on globe, he was from austrailia too bad him and ali had to be such ding dongs
Sorry but you can in no way blame this on Ali, it's awful what happened but Shane was drunk also, Shane was riding the bike also and i highly doubt he was begging Ali to slow down and go fast.

[FireFreek]

my bad. I didn't mean to act so negative to such a sensitive subject. alot of has happened with death of friends and family in my life so I'm kindof negative twards death becasue its such a shitty thing.

I apologize though

[-noxi-]

ummm....that was dylan rieder
no.
that was shane.

[gmgsci]

Ive heard rumors that Ali died.

Hopefully not.

[live2sk8]

the dude was soo sick! proably one of the best on flip

[FoosBall Skater]

Ive heard rumors that Ali died.

Hopefully not.



I hope not.

[Shmack]

I wonder if this will have any effect on the whole Harley craze in skateboarding.

[Ebone]

I didn't know much about him,but still very sad.

[I_Eat_Emo_Kids]

From what I know Ali isn't dead, but even if he survives he's never gonna skate again.

[shortty]

what drinking does to u i guess... RIP shane as for ali keep strong... i have a feeling ali will be ****ed up for a loong time and probably face manslaughter charges

[Pirate skate]

you guys know he f/s nose grinded El Toro 1st try?

[-noxi-]

you guys know he f/s nose grinded El Toro 1st try?
in the dark

[crazy_dave]

http://img.timeinc.net/skate/content/images/v23n2/s/SK0205_cov01.jpg

R.I.P.

Hang in there Ali.

[Super_Skater]

Yeah I saw this on thrasher, it really sucks, I was stoked on his upcoming united by fate part but thats not gonna happen, although they will prob put a little R.I.P. part for him like Keenan. Anyway R.I.P. Dude.

[kewlkidkevin]

half of you are saying RIP when you don't even know who this kid is. don't act like your sorry when you haven't even heard of the dude.

shane cross was a great skateboarder, shame he had to go in such a bad way.

wake-up for all you idiots who think its ok to speed in a car, shit happens.

i have never heard of the guy before but i can still pray to god that he rests in peace man

[Freaky Styley]

my bad. I didn't mean to act so negative to such a sensitive subject. a lot of has happened with death of friends and family in my life so I'm kind of negative towards death because its such a shitty thing.

I apologize though

Sorry for your loss. Apology very much accepted brother.

[Seanie990]

no.
that was shane.
I'll double check then.

[Seanie990]

my bad. I didn't mean to act so negative to such a sensitive subject. alot of has happened with death of friends and family in my life so I'm kindof negative twards death becasue its such a shitty thing.

I apologize though

it's cool.

[saikouslx]

I think ive seen him but i dint really see many of his vids. RIP. I hope boulala pulls through cause i was just gettin into his skating. Plus u dnt wnat another lyf to pass.

[vansokc]

god thats gay as hell, i was looking at one of his ads for flip. does he have a part in any of the flip videos?

[FireFreek]

some rumors have been floating around skateperception about ali dead.

everyone keep ali in your prayers as he is in critical condition (or dead for all we know)

[falloffboy101]

Jesus ... if Ali dies the shole industry could be affected.

I'm gonna skate extra hard for Shane from now on. R.I.P. man.

[Blind Sheppard]

Ali Boulala is not dead but in a very bad state but is stable. It has been confirmed by a hospital official and updates are getting emailed ot a member of the N26 forum (http://forums.network26.com/viewtopic.php?t=23056).

Noone else bother emailing as it is a waste of hospital time but i'm sure Ali will make a full recovery.

[gmgsci]

OH WOW, thanks shepp.

What a relief.

[snow_skate]

damn that freaking blows. shane was sick in that K.O.TR. 2005. thats all i have seen of him. R.I.P.

he died the day my dad turned 40.

[edward]

hopefully ali will pull through. i'm wondering what he'll do if he recovers, aside from the possible manslaughter charges and whatnot. sober up maybe? i'm sure he'll suffer from some pretty bad depression, that is if he recovers to the point where hes somewhat normal again. will this turn around the man who baker skateboards is named after? like blind sheppard pretty much said, you can't blame ali for shane's death. just because shane wasn't driving or because shane hasn't appeared to be as much of a drunk as ali was doesn't mean that hes all innocent. he wasn't sober and i'm sure he wasn't too far off from ali being his friend and all. its just a horrible thing that happened and thats about it.

[FoosBall Skater]

hopefully ali will pull through. i'm wondering what he'll do if he recovers, aside from the possible manslaughter charges and whatnot. sober up maybe? i'm sure he'll suffer from some pretty bad depression, that is if he recovers to the point where hes somewhat normal again. will this turn around the man who baker skateboards is named after? like blind sheppard pretty much said, you can't blame ali for shane's death. just because shane wasn't driving or because shane hasn't appeared to be as much of a drunk as ali was doesn't mean that hes all innocent. he wasn't sober and i'm sure he wasn't too far off from ali being his friend and all. its just a horrible thing that happened and thats about it.


I heard his skull was cracked in two places, and he was in a medically induced coma. I hope he recovers fast.

[PeeWeeSkater]

i feel really bad about shane cross, but i really think ali should have taken more responsibility. it was his bike and he is what, 30 years old, with shane's 20.
im hoping ali boulala does well, but i am blaming the crash on him. im not saying shane cross was innocent. but he was still a stupid kid. ali boulala is a man. he should have been smart enough to not drink, then ride a motorcycle, without any protective gear.

[Freaky Styley]

I don't think were in any position to be playing the blame game. I'm sure the authorities will take some sort of action in the aftermath.

This tragic event as in any tragedy may come as a shock to many, but I'm sure it didn't surprise anyone. You would be hard press to find any skaters of age(some underage) that didn't have a drink drive story under their belts.

Shane was a 20 year old MAN (not a kid), with what was sure to be an outstanding career ahead of him. Ali is a favorite among many out there. It's just sad. Hopefully, many in the skate community(you) will learn something from this and apply it to the decisions they/you make in life.

[ginger_gaz]

i feel really bad about shane cross, but i really think ali should have taken more responsibility. it was his bike and he is what, 30 years old, with shane's 20.
im hoping ali boulala does well, but i am blaming the crash on him. im not saying shane cross was innocent. but he was still a stupid kid. ali boulala is a man. he should have been smart enough to not drink, then ride a motorcycle, without any protective gear.

you never know man so many thigs could have caused this crash all you can do rely is hope ali is get better now R.I.P shane cross

[gmgsci]

Today I am gonna have a skate day for Shane and Ali.

[Mr.42]

I can't say I knew Shane Cross, but it's still a bummer.

I hope Ali doesn't croak.

Man, I'm outta date, I really didn't know Shane.

[rankz]

I don't think were in any position to be playing the blame game. I'm sure the authorities will take some sort of action in the aftermath.
Well said. We should just hope that Ali is alright before we start accusing him of drink driving, etc.

[FireFreek]

apparently Ali has a pretty badly cracked skull and spine damages... lets hope he can ever step on a board again.

[vansokc]

hope ali is able to skate again. if he is able to get back on hope he will skate just like before or better. ether way hope he is able to skate.

[AlmostJeff]

If you read the captions under like every shane cross picture it says "first try (insert whatever the trick was.)" It's a bummer because both of those dude were so good. It could set boulala back awhile, that sucks. 20 years old isn't that old at all.

[PeeWeeSkater]

im not saying im not rooting for ali to stay alive, i just think he is a dumb irresponsible person. no one deserves to die, they just need to take a li responsibility sometimes.

[loganownzj00]

im not saying im not rooting for ali to stay alive, i just think he is a dumb irresponsible person. no one deserves to die, they just need to take a li responsibility sometimes.

it is as much shane's fault as it is ali's.

for all we know, ali could have told shane to put on his helmet, but shane refused.

this isn't the thread for you to play the blame game in, bro.

[I_Eat_Emo_Kids]

We don't have to play the blame game here.

Anyway, I don't think Boulala is ever going to fully recover. But you never know, look at John Cardiel. Different kind of accident though, anyway if he does miraculously recover he'll be overwritten with guilt or just physically unable to skate.

[Miniflipkid]

shit happens get over it

RIP

[Freaky Styley]

Floris Gierman at Blitz sent this to me. Thu, 8 Mar 2007 15:54:18

20-year-old Shane Cross was fatally injured while riding on the back of Ali Boulala's motorcycle in Australia . We have put together an online condolence book (http://www.flipskateboards.com/extra_shane_cross.php) so everyone can leave comments and thoughts for Shane’s family and friends. Messages of sympathy and kind words are appreciated.

ALI BOULALA UPDATE & COMMENTS
Due to the many unfounded rumors circling the skateboard world at the moment we are issuing this statement to hopefully end these rumors: "After the crash that tragically took the life of Shane Cross, Ali Boulala was put in a hospital induced coma to stabilize his condition. As of today the hospital is planning on bringing Ali out of the controlled coma on Monday 12th March. We will update the news on Ali when we have some."

We have created a comment section where fans and friends can leave messages to Ali and his family.

Click here to leave a comment (http://www.flipskateboards.com/extra_ali_boulala.php)



Floris Gierman

Marketing Manager

[McJesus]

I think ali will recover

[skatesushi]

sucks that he died. he was the shiznit. if you go to march 5th and scroll to deaths on wikipedia, i put shane cross up there. rest in peace shane.

[Sk8 Shorty's]

I think ali will recover

but even if he lives
will he ever be able to skate again though?

[almostsk8er33]

^^ Thats a great question. Hopefully he willl skate again.

[offthewallsk8er]

Sorry but you can in no way blame this on Ali, it's awful what happened but Shane was drunk also, Shane was riding the bike also and i highly doubt he was begging Ali to slow down and go fast.

There is always someone to blame.
Possibly the team manager.
I do not understand my logiscism.
Thank.

[offthewallsk8er]

i have never heard of the guy before but i can still pray to god that he rests in peace man
hey man, i think the "god" your talking about does not exsist.
it's God, man.

[offthewallsk8er]

apparently Ali has a pretty badly cracked skull and spine damages... lets hope he can ever step on a board again.
Yeah dude- I never EVER
want to see him skate again.. EVER.

[Le_MoNaDe]

^^wtf you on about ???

[-noxi-]

but even if he lives
will he ever be able to skate again though?
no because he fractured his head in two places and has some super f--ked back thing going on, he may not even be able to walk again. (word from a local)

thats f--kin' lame saying that he shouldnt skate ever again from losing control of his motorcycle. thats just low, just stay out of the thread. it's not a thread to be hating on people.

[PeeWeeSkater]

hey man, i think the "god" your talking about does not exsist.
it's God, man.
ya got that right.

but when you go saying he shouldnt ever skate again, thats just wrong. i was blaming ali and that my opinion but you should never wish the worst for someone.

[offthewallsk8er]

nah dude you serious?
i'm joshing on what fire freek said.
relax to the max brah

[ginger_gaz]

i think everybody should just be sorry for his famileys loss because at 20 he never deservrd to die and hope ali is ok and does andybody have an update on ali i know they brought him out of the coma today but i havnt seen anything since that R.I.P shane

[crypticpoet]

R.I.P Shane, you champ. Ali should be fine.

[McJesus]

http://www.skateboarding.com/skate/video/0,23430,1598106-1313619,00.html

[JoeyKovacs]

Any Updates on Boulala?

[edward]

hes still in the medically induced coma but they're slowly bringing him out. they've been doing lots of tests and the results have been pretty positive. also the tests show that his neck isn't broken.

[Ramp]