Pro Circuit Kawasaki rider, Garrett Marchbanks, has paid a glowing tribute to young amateur teammate and friend, Aidan Zing, who tragically lost his life due to injuries sustained in a crash at Mammoth MX, he was only 16 years old.
It is a tragedy than has rocked the sport with Garrett articulately describing the emotion of many and just what a great kid Aidan was:
“I can’t believe I’m writing this right now and to be honest, I’m in complete shock still so I’m going to do my best. Yesterday at Southwick after my second moto, I was pulled to the side by my trainer Broc and mechanic Jed … they told me the news that my good friend Aidan passed away due to a motocross accident while racing at mammoth. This news quite literally brought me to my knees as my entire body just went completely numb. I’ve never in my life experienced such intense heartbreak ever until that moment. I met Aidan and his family shortly after moving back to California when signing with Pro Circuit and immediately grew a close bond with him. It started out with Aidan and I training together that very quickly turned into a brotherhood. He immediately became a huge part of my life and someone I viewed as family, not just another guy I trained with. Aidan’s work ethic at such a young age was truly inspiring to witness. He was the first kid I could train with that I wouldn’t get mad at if he was better then me that day haha. Which a lot of people would think that’s hard to believe but I was truly just amazed by him.
Outside of Aidan’s amazing work ethic, he was a hilarious, outgoing and the most friendliest kid I’ve ever met. I’m so grateful to have met little Aidan and I will forever cherish all of our memories we made together in such a short amount of time. Everything I do from here on out is dedicated to Aidan and his family. I’ll do my best to make him proud cause I know he’d give me shit if I didn’t lol. I could go on and on about how much Aidan meant to me, but there’s just not enough words to truly describe how much of an impact he had on my life. I love you little bro, I’m going to miss you like crazy and miss seeing you and little Libby at the track. (Little Libby was the name Broc & I gave his truck) 😂😂 Rest in peace my friend 💔
