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16. During his professional BMX career, Murray was known for his double back flips, 360 back flips, and turndown back flips. He won the gold medal in BMX Dirt in the Summer 2001 X Games and won gold medals in BMX Dirt at the Gravity Games in back-to-back years (2001 and 2002). He was nominated for ESPN 'BMX rider of the year'. On Friday 22 June 2007, at the AST Dew Tour BMX Dirt Finals in Baltimore, Murray took a catastrophic fall attempting a double backflip on the final jump in the dirt section. He received career-ending injuries to his spinal cord and vertebrae and is paralyzed below the shoulders. Murray, has brought inspiration to many throughout the world with his 'Stay Strong' attitude in the face of adversity and is one of the kindest human beings you could ever wish to meet. BUY STEPHEN'S BOOK HERE - https://www.amazon.co.uk/Staying-Strong-Immensely-Human-Story/dp/099575151X LISTEN & SUBSCRIBE for FREE on iTunes HERE - https://itun.es/gb/T5pafb.c Got a problem you need Geordie's help on? email [email protected] follow Laurence on twitter @lozcast TRUE GEORDIE INFO! THE TRUE GEORDIE: http://www.youtube.com/user/footballfan533 THE TRUE GEORDIE 2: https://www.youtube.com/user/TrueGeordieGaming TWITTER: https://twitter.com/TrueGeordieNUFC INSTAGRAM: TrueGeordieNUFC FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/truegeordie