A sad day for all riders - R.I.P. Stiles

[bizutch]

Stiles Cummings has passed on.

http://www.biowheels.com/Home/Article.asp?PostID=1149

I ghot a phone call on the way back from Windrock on Saturday night to let me know. People from Florida to Oregon have gotten to meet Stiles Cummings as a trail builder with IMBA. Here in Asheville, we all got to have some great times with him as a local. He will be missed by all!

God Bless you Stiles.
Butch

[AngryMetalsmith]

What happened???

[manimal]

"A favorite son of Asheville NC, Stiles Cummings, was reported missing in the backcountry of Yosemite National Park, CA. After 2 weeks of searching, his body was recovered.

His spirit was unmatched. His abilities were boundless - singer, musician, cyclist and artist. Stiles Cummings was a great friend to many people in Asheville.

We will miss him dearly. "

[airwalkrob]

One of the first riders I met from Asheville.. DAMMIT this is sad..........
great guy.

[PDK]

Ahh,Man..Super Nice Guy.
My Blessings.. to his Family.

[bizutch]

All I know is 4th hand. He was camping with his brother and then went missing. Don't know when, where or why. What i was told was he may have fallen in rugged, steep terrain. The only other thing was something about his shoes still being at the campsite.

Again...this is all been passed on way down the line to me. Accuracy I don't know.

[Metal Dude]

sad news, Stiles was a friend to all who met him
he will be missed. Rest in Peace, Stiles.

[think1up]

http://www.sorba.org/albums/album32/red.jpg

I remember the red spokes.

[be-radd]

Man, stiles was a good guy, very memorable person. I could never forget him wearing that cape at the Asheville urban decay comp. RIP man

[Mikedsx]

Hard to believe. I'm sure alot of Ds guys remember Stiles in the Tigger suit. Classic. Heck of a guy, what a shame.

[FCLinder]

He was a great guy!!! Always nice to everyone.

[manimal]

he was one of the only "fast" riders that would give me the time of day and joke around with me. between stiles and jack, the local community has lost some outstanding riders.

[mtnbiker66]

I remember him hitting the DJs at Herndons. Super cool,funny guy...... RIP.

[Taz]

RIP Stiles! We will miss you!


http://www.hcor.net/gallery/album368/stiles_1.jpg

http://www.hcor.net/gallery/album368/stiles_2.jpg

[biggins]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles7.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles8.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles9.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v739/killintime/stiles6.jpg

[AngryMetalsmith]

Stiles was one of the first riders I met when I moved to Ashevegas. At the time he was into trials and street riding. He was easy going, funny and positive. There is not a negative thing that could be said about Stiles. We have lost a truly great guy and loved member of our tribe.

Ride In Peace Stiles.......

[Metal Dude]

nice pics, the way we remember him!
his name captured his attitude I always thought-
rippin with stile!
that was something he and Jack Dowd had in common
they went for it wfo but pulled it off with style
I'll miss them both!

[Boxxer]

Rest in peace brother.

[grom-dom]

sad to hear that. i saw some video of him in the tigger suit on chain reaction 5. if i can i can get video. even though i didnt know him, he sounds like he was a good guy. rip bro

[bizutch]

Remaining details are available from family members and friends here:
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=2345116#poststop

[manimal]

i found another pic to add to the montage.

Dark Mountain '05
http://i14.photobucket.com/albums/a307/sempertubby2/DSC01119.jpg

[ulockjustice]

http://photos-402.ak.facebook.com/ip007/v16/113/17/2024235/n2024235_30784402_4349.jpg

[escapeartist]

Remaining details are available from family members and friends here:
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.php?p=2345116#poststop
Thats some pretty heart touching stuff right there.

I met Stiles once at Salem lake a couple of years ago riding with Ryan Taylor. That one 5 or 10 minute meeting has stuck with me even now, after meeting and forgetting countless riders at the "Fishing Hole" since then. He was charismatic and confident but by no means pompus. He was very complimentary towards our trail, and geneerally seemed happy to meet us. Above all though, I could tell, even after 5 or 10 minutes, that the man just loved to be on his bike. He was all smiles. Inspiration anyone?

[biggins]

Ungood

[manimal]

http://photos-402.ak.facebook.com/ip007/v16/113/17/2024235/n2024235_30784402_4349.jpg

lol! i remember hearing about the $2k-ish damage done to that golf cart when he was building the santos dirt jumps :D
it seems that the stiles legacy knows no boundaries. i had no idea he was so well known throughout the country. i thought he was local to NC only and when i went to santos everybody was talking about this crazy good rider that built the dirt jump line there and was just funny as crap.

[tiskemanis]

http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/tiskemanis/stiles/stiles.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/tiskemanis/stiles/stiles20041207.jpg
http://i28.photobucket.com/albums/c242/tiskemanis/stiles/band20041207-2.jpg

Just found out about Stiles. We played in a band for about a year, when he lived in Asheville, NC. In the above photos, he was just our singer. He later picked up the role as our drummer. RIP Stiles.