Dane Searls

{{short description|Australian BMX driver}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}}

{{Use Australian English|date=January 2012}}

{{Infobox person

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1988|2|22}}

| birth_place = Umina, Australia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2011|11|25|1988|2|22}}

| death_place = Southport, Queensland, Australia

| death_cause = Fall

| occupation = BMX Rider

}}

Dane Searls (22 February 1988{{cite web|url=http://www.unitriders.com/united-states/team/bmx/dane-searls/ |title=Dane Searls |publisher=Unitriders.com |accessdate=26 November 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120321202940/http://www.unitriders.com/united-states/team/bmx/dane-searls/ |archivedate=21 March 2012}} – 25 November 2011) was an Australian BMX rider. He created Giants of Dirt {{clarify|date=December 2011}}.{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/action/bmx/news/story?page=giants-of-dirt |title=Dane Searls and the Giants of Dirt |last=Tunney |first=Brian |date=25 November 2011 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=26 November 2011}}{{cite web |url=https://www.espn.com/action/bmx/story/_/id/7278470/australian-bmx-dirt-jumper-dane-searls-dead-23 |title=BMX visionary Dane Searls dead at 23 |last=Tunney |first=Brian |date=25 November 2011 |publisher=ESPN |access-date=26 November 2011}} He died 25 November 2011 after an unsuccessful attempt to jump into a swimming pool from a balcony in Queensland, Australia, landing on his head and back, at a party for him jumping the {{convert|60|ft}} dirt ramp. He suffered traumatic head and back injuries, Searls died at Gold Coast Hospital in Southport, Queensland, Australia.{{cite news |url=http://www.smh.com.au/queensland/bmx-star-dane-searls-dies-20111125-1nxpv.html |title=BMX star Dane Searls dies |last=Jabour |first=Bridie |date=25 November 2011 |newspaper=The Sydney Morning Herald |access-date=26 November 2011}}