Jono Porter

Jono Porter was an Australian freestyle motocross rider, born on 12 May 1981 in Biloela, Queensland, who grew up in Gladstone. A factory Suzuki Australia rider, he formed his own motocross team and company, JPI Industries, and won the Australian 80cc MX Championship in 1994. In 2002 he won the Australian X Games, the Melbourne Supercross Masters and the 2002 Planet X Games, performing the first flip in Australian competition at the last of these. On 6 June 2004, while leading the pack at the Maxxis Australian Motocross Champions at Coolum, he crashed and was run over by the riders behind him. He died from his injuries three days later at Nambour Hospital, aged 23.