# Ken Block dies in snowmobile crash **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [January 3, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591 "2023-01-03T14:48:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tride](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tride/32/13907_2.png) [@Tride](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tride)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/1 "2023-01-03T14:48:35Z")
[Link](https://jalopnik.com/ken-block-hoonigan-killed-in-snowmobile-crash-1849943581) An icon. Co-founder of DC shoes who became a legit rally driver. Apparently a good person. If you like motorsports and have not seen his Gymkhana series, well, you live in a cave. RIP. ---
**Author:** ![DCnDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dcndc/32/2842_2.png) [@DCnDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DCnDC)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/2 "2023-01-03T16:27:15Z")
Article with a little more meat: > **[Ken Block, rally car driver and DC Shoes co-founder, dies in snowmobile accident](https://www.cbssports.com/general/news/ken-block-rally-car-driver-and-dc-shoes-co-founder-dies-in-snowmobile-accident/)** > > Block was a fixture in the racing and extreme sports community dating back to the 1990s ---
**Author:** ![wolfman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/a8b319/32.png) [@wolfman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfman)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/3 "2023-01-03T19:12:36Z")
Of the “Motor vehicle accidents” I would have guess would have killed block, “Snowmobile rolled over him” is not at the top of the list. I’m very curious if those are the full details. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/4 "2023-01-03T19:35:39Z")
Was he in the WRC? ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 3, 2023, 8:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/5 "2023-01-03T20:32:06Z")
Terrible news. I was well aware of the Gymkhana series but knew little about the guy personally. So I was surprised to find that he was not just sponsored by DC shoes, but that he was the founder. And that all his racing and stunting success came as a late-in-life thing after he cashed out of DC. Terrible news. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/6 "2023-01-04T21:05:03Z")
Yes, he was a competitor there, his daughter was part of the team as well. His Wiki entry has all his rally participation. ---
**Author:** ![Lamoral](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lamoral/32/16078_2.png) [@Lamoral](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lamoral)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 9:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/7 "2023-01-04T21:14:59Z")
It’s not uncommon for high profile motorsport competitors to meet with misadventure in non-automotive vehicles. Colin McRae died in a helicopter crash, Formula 1 champion Graham Hill died in a plane crash, numerous NASCAR drivers have been killed in planes they were piloting, and Michael Schumacher, while not dead, suffered severe brain injury while skiing and God only knows if he’s ever going to regain even his ability to speak, let alone anything resembling motor functions. It’s a culture that rewards risk-takers, of course, so it’s far from a stretch that many of them would take risks off the track too. ---
**Author:** ![Mahaloth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mahaloth/32/1079_2.png) [@Mahaloth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahaloth)\ **Post date:** [January 4, 2023, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ken-block-dies-in-snowmobile-crash/977591/8 "2023-01-04T22:09:48Z")
> [@Lamoral](#): > > Colin McRae died in a helicopter crash, I always mix him and Richard Burns up even though their deaths were 2 years apart. Burns died from a brain tumor. I was really into Colin Mcrae 2.0 on PS1 at the time of his death and was watching the sport a lot when it was on Speed TV.