 He won gold and silver medals at the 2008 X Games and a bronze helmet in the 2008 Moto X World Championships.He was a born again Christian.On February 9, 2009, Lusk crashed while attempting to land a "Indian Air Backflip" (after Carey Hart who initiated it, see "Evolution of the backflip" in freestyle motocross) in the X Knights motocross competition in San José, Costa Rica, he under-rotated the flip, causing his front wheel to strike the landing.