Magnus was a brother, a grandson, our son. Everyone who knew him will tell you he had this energy that just lit everything up. That smile. That laugh. The way he could walk into any room and suddenly it mattered more, felt more alive.

His friends didn't just call him a friend. They called him their best friend. That's who Magnus was.

He was kind. He was driven. He was funny and yeah, he had a touch of mischief in the best way. He simply made people smile.

We'll never know who he would've become. That's the thing that sits heaviest. He was still just a kid, but you could see the man he was turning into. It was happening right in front of us, day by day. And then it stopped.

Born in California, raised in Colorado. He loved it all. The trails, the mountains, cycling, skiing, hiking with his dogs Zuma and Oslo. He was getting ready for senior year in high school, pulling a 4.2 GPA while training hard, already thinking about studying business.

He found cycling young through Boulder Junior Cycling, and it became his thing. He raced for the U.S., made Boulder proud on the world's biggest stages. 2021 Junior National Champion in Cyclocross. Two full European seasons with the USA Cycling National Team. Two World Championships. Then mountain biking. He made the World Championship team for that too.

On July 29th, 2023 at 12:28 pm, on his last training ride before the World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, just fifteen minutes from home, wearing his USA kit. A reckless driver took all of that away.

But his legacy doesn't end there. We carry Magnus forward in everything we do. In the fight to protect cyclists, pedestrians and anyone outside of a vehicle. In the push for safer roads. In the demand for accountability. His name drives this movement. His spirit fuels this change. That's how we honor him. That's how he lives on.