RIP Jez Avery

[PercyInglesFlyingCircus]

very sad news what a legend

 

[Siish]

https://www.gofundme.com/f/jez-aver...xhR7k2f-QWVERux9Mg_aem_XOE-W_OJLVpn0t4h4C24KQ

Go fund me page has been set up (not by me)

 

[Mattchili]

Such sad news. RIP

 

[W7Ford]

This is very sad to read, I had a short chat with him via messenger at the end of October, proper nice chap.

 

[john]

Sad to hear Jez Avery has passed. Well recall the various Hot Pies features in MBUK back in the day.

 

[M-Power]

What a character, gone way too soon. RIP

 

[Tayside]

Sad news ,met him a few times in the 90s

 

[markoc]

I saw Steve Peats Instagram post and feared the worst. Jez was an inspiration in my teen years, and the cause of many a mangled shin as I tried (and failed) to emulate his tricks.

Off to watch his jump session in Dirt, which started my unhealthy interest in vectored proflexes.

 

[stu8975]

So an accident rather than the pre mentioned method.

I actually feel a bit better if that’s the case in a strange way. Obviously I don’t want to sound insensitive, but at least his own demons didn’t cause it.

Unfortunately, like the obituaries that are on the are A.I. generated on Facebook, that's not true. I've known Jez for just over 30yrs from the late bmx days in Sunderland to his heydays in mtb and onwards. The news was out in his inner circle of friends and family early on and as mentioned in the linked article from STW, his 'demons' finally got the better of him unfortunately.