Aidan Webber

I was sitting in a work conference that Monday morning in March.

- Lee Cejalvo

I had received a text message from a friend on the Island asking if I had heard some horrible news. Not thinking much of it as I was focused on my conference, it did leave me wondering. Not too long after, I had received another message from a Team Manager. The news that left me absolutely gutted. One of our riders, Aidan Webber had passed away in a workplace accident. I was in shock, speechless and heartbroken as I tried to process this information while trying to stay attentive on the now trivial and meaningless powerpoint slides that were presented Nate Berkheimer, photo contributed by Craig Dutton in front of me. I tried so hard to believe it wasn’t true, as I fought back the tears starting to swell, trying to keep my composure.

I had known Aidan throughout the years of BMX when I first started in this sport 10 years ago. Riding for Diablos Racing, I knew he was not your typical teenage boy. He raced hard in a very stacked class, and always held his own. Committed to the Yess brand, we brought him on to the Factory team as we