In Memoriam

Text by murderbysound

A great friend and a very talented artist and track builder / rider.

Like many in this community, meeting someone through Trials leads to a great friendship with like mided people. I was to meet ManOnFire after playing one of his tracks and sending that message to say how much I enjoyed his track and driving line ! This would lead to many an exchange of messages about building and then into voice chats and swapping advice and testing new builds.

He was a very helpful man and always had time to show his latest builds and test mine and others builds whenever he had free time.
Was never a dull moment when he was in a party, he was very easy going and also funny as he could take the piss out of people in a good way and always enjoyed it when people took the piss out of him too. Many a time we would wind him up that his parts of his tracks were pish and he should just scrap them, they were fucking amazing, but it was hilarious to hear him say « wot the fook, I aint scrapping shit people can just learn to like my pish tracks » and then would would laugh and tell him that we were only joking and thought they were amazing ! Only to hear him say « I was going to delete you from my friends list » then he would roar laughing.
He was a really great artist with a wild imagination and had that salvador dali type of imagination when creating art on a grand scale. Really talented man.

Unfortunatly he was going through a tough time with issues in his head and it was a hard battle for him, many a time he came back fighting strong and it was amazing to hear him back on track and the good man I knew.

He won a few track building comps and even won a mountain bike through the german building comp (sorry guys, the name of the competition I cant remember) but the competion creators pulled out all stops for that comp and made his day when he won that bike.
He would go on to build for the Redlynx Vs All Stars, and when they told him he would get paid for the track if it was published, he couldnt believe it and said « I need the money so I will build em 2 tracks ! » and he did it in record time.
Then later he was invited to build a test track for the idea to create Trials Rising, which he passed with flying colors and was going to be invited to come and work on the project, but sadly this was the moment when he realy went through a tough time and battled so many hard thoughts in his mind.

Unfortunatly we were to lose a great friend an outstanding community member as his time came to a sad end.
Gone but never forgotten, RIP Max aka ManOnFire.

If anyone is ever struggling, reach out to your friends as they will always be there for you and never be ashaimed to ask for help.

Text by DementedIrish80

From the first moment that we met, I knew automatically we were going to be the best of friends, met through playing Trials Rising and chatting, I remember saying because at one point he was using a Helium, I said only us proper ninjas use the real bikes, we would never let that one down.
You are deeply missed my boi.

Text by Rodvinsky

I think I first encountered Pulsarr in a private match, and he instantly stood out to me. Pardon my bragging, but for a long time I’ve been known as the default « best » rider in our small circle of people on PlayStation who still ride daily. « Oh shit, Rod’s here », they’d say. But after he showed up, I was the one who would exclaim « Oh shit, Pulsarr’s here ! », with a huge grin on my face.
This guy could keep up, and then some ! Him and other relative newcomers came onto the scene with a passion, not only for riding, but ninja tracks.
With Chap at the helm, we soon had to branch out into a new ninja group because some couldn’t keep up and ragequit lol. It started a new golden era of competitive racing at a higher level, and I was stoked !

For some reason we only hung out in parties a couple times, but those were some good freaking times.
Me, Pulsarr, exCaleber, MinerShea, DementedIrish, etc., running BW/FW tracks, praising and cheering each other on, and cheersing, of course !

My first message to him was warning him about the upcoming track I was hosting, and he replied like a true ninja. « Okay putting on the sweat band. »
We kept messaging back and forth about our ninja progress, and he honestly inspired me to keep trying to complete those gosh darn career ninja tracks.
I passed Green Belt, Blue Belt, and Curse of the Demon thanks to his encouragement. And behind his back I’d fanboy about him and how he’s a rising star to watch out for. He was about to pass freaking Black Belt!

He was an amazing, skilled, enthusiastic guy who always had a kind word in store. The last thing he said to me was « You the🐐 ». You can bet I showered him with praise, too, but now I wish I had been even more upfront about how much I admired him.

I REALLY liked him, and I’m really going to miss him.

Ride on forever, bro.

Text by exCaleber

Pulsarr you are missed tremendously. You always had a calming demeanor and a good attitude. I’ll never forget all the encouragement, laughs, and lessons. Words can’t fully express the feelings. I will be forever grateful for every moment shared. Until we meet again brother.
Rest in peace friend.

A custom Rising shirt has been made by Rodvinsky and is available in the rider customisation store : image 1 / image 2 / image 3

Text by BsKrookedGrind

I really don’t know what to say.

I am so so sad still. Pyro was my best friend in the Trials community.
We talked pretty much every day. He was such a great friend and amazing father and husband. We’d be talking on Discord and one of his kids would walk into the room and he always talked to them with such patience and kindness. I met a lot of parents over my years of teaching so I can confidentlly say that he was one of the best out there. I am so glad we got to hang out in person too. It was such a great day. We got Tandem diamond on Braking Bad. I really don’t know what else to say.

I miss you Pyro.