JACK Lavin Murphy was just three years old the first time he set eyes on a scooter.
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After being given a skateboard for Christmas, he asked his family to take him to the now-closed Vans Skatepark while they were holidaying in Orlando, Florida.
"He saw the scooters and when we went back home we bought him one," said Jack's dad, Robert Murphy.
"It grew from there.
"He was always asking us to make ramps for him.
"His dream was to ride for Red Bull.
"I used to ask him what he would do when he finished school and all he had in his head was scooting."
When Irish-born Jack suffered sudden cardiac death aged 14 on June 2 last year, he was ranked 11th for his age category in Australia and sponsored by Parrey Skatepark in Cardiff, which was "his second home" and where he taught younger kids on Wednesday and Thursday nights.
Mourners at his June 8 funeral filled Sacred Heart Cathedral's pews and aisles and spilled outside the church, where they stood with the scooters they had ridden with Jack.
He had frequented skateparks close to his Fern Bay home and as far away as Muswellbrook, Gloucester, Tuggerah, Berowra and Sydney, and was known online across the world.
"When we got there we thought 'Why is everyone not inside? That's so disrespectful," said Jack's mum, Siobhan Murphy.
"But it was because it was so full.
"People came from Perth, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, Wollongong and Ireland. 8000 people watched the livestream.
"I had 600 messages on Messenger, including some from people I didn't know.
"We were so thankful for the support."
Jack's older sister Aimee, who is currently in Kent in England, said the church "echoed with a sense of profound sadness and loneliness".
"The hundreds of scooters standing upside down outside the entrance to the church symbolised the immense impact that Jack made on his short time here,"she said.
"Each scooter celebrated a friendship, a wealth of memories, laughter, kindness and their love for my younger brother Jack."
Mr Murphy said they hadn't realised their son was so popular. "He was known far and wide, everybody loved him," he said.
"Even though he was only here [in Australia] for seven and a half years he still made a big impact."
He'd instantly make friends with everybody - it was his confidence, his funny sense of humour... he was a guardian angel and protector.
- Siobhan Murphy
Jack's family will pay tribute to his passion by organising the Jack Murphy Memorial Scooter Competition, to be held at Parrey's on June 1.
All funds raised will go towards the Victor Chang Cardiac Research Institute.
One Australian dies from cardiovascular disease every 12 minutes. A baby is born with a heart defect every four hours.
"We don't want people to forget him, we want people to remember him," Mrs Murphy said.
"We thought 'What are we going to do to keep his name alive?'"
Mrs Murphy said she expected more than 200 competitors across the beginners, under 10s, under 12s, under 14s, under 15s, under 16s, open and professional categories.
"Jack would say before he went to competitions that it didn't matter if he didn't qualify or win, he was doing it for fun," she said.
"I'd be saying 'You're good, you'll do well' but he had the attitude 'If I'm enjoying it, whatever comes is fine'.
"We got messages from scooter parents who never met Jack but told us he made a big impact.
"They told us how patient he was with their kids, how he gave time to them, how he was so helpful."
Aimee said Jack would be "so proud and excited" to see the competition held in his name.
"He'd be so grateful and proud of our parents, especially Mum who has been working so hard to organise and establish this event," she said. "I know that Jack and I are both proud."
The Murphys are also planning a fundraising dinner dance to be held at a date close to his July 1 birthday.
It will join a burgeoning list of initiatives ensuring Jack's legacy lives on in the people and places he loved.
The Australasian Scooter Association will award the inaugural Jack Murphy Memorial Shield for Sportsperson of the Year at its national titles in Brisbane this weekend.
Tomaree Youth Community Action introduced a Jack Murphy Sportsmanship Award at this month's skate and scooter competition.
Five people have gotten tattoos in tribute to the teenager and two of the family's friends' babies have been given the middle name Jack.
Murals in his memory have been painted at skate parks in Raymond Terrace and at Medowie.
San Clemente High, where he was in year nine, has installed a plaque near its grotto.
The Jack Murphy Irish Cultural Society has formed to offer Irish language and music classes.
Stickers with the hashtag #rideformurphy adorn decks, helmets and cars across the region.
"It's all been amazing," Mr Murphy said.
"But unfortunately it doesn't bring him back.
"You're constantly wishing for a different outcome, that he would have come around, that we could get him fixed.
"But he did not get a chance."
The close knit family emigrated to Australia in 2011 and travelled together frequently, including to Europe and the USA.
Their last holiday together was to the Gold Coast at Christmas, 2017.
Mrs Murphy said her son could walk up to anyone and start a conversation.
"He'd instantly make friends with people - it was his confidence, his funny sense of humour," she said.
"He was a little comedian.
"He befriended everybody and everybody befriended him. He was always building other people up all the time.
"He was a guardian angel and protector.
"He looked out for everybody else and had everybody's back. Every room he'd walk into he'd brighten it up."
Aimee said she learned a lot from Jack, despite being the eldest sibling.
"I learnt to be bold, brave, to befriend and defend anyone who I cross paths with, to be determined and to love," she said.
"I think his greatest lesson to me was his love that he showed for everyone. His last words to me were 'I love you'."
Mrs Murphy said it was "surreal" to think it had been a year since they saw Jack, or she made him a ham sandwich after school.
"Anytime he'd leave or come in he'd give you a hug and kiss," she said.
"He'd call out at night 'Love you Mum' and if you didn't say anything he'd keep saying it until you said 'Love you too'.
"It still feels so new.
"Why him? I'm still in a blur. I'm oblivious to it and still haven't accepted it.
"Everywhere we go there are reminders of him."
Mr Murphy said the family had "no concept" of time.
"He was not a son, he was a little best friend and I miss the comradeship," he said.
"The world is a different place and everything looks different. It's just an empty feeling, all the time.
"You find yourself going back to places that you went with him and wishing he was there with you.
"Or you go somewhere new and think 'He should have been going to see this place'.
"It's the only problem in life you can't get around. If you break your arm you'll get better some day.
"If you get cancer there's a fair chance you'll recover. If your house burns down you can rebuild.
"To lose a child is never ending pain."
The family has moved from the house where Jack collapsed, but said they still expected him to walk in the door.
"Walking by his room every night I'd knock on the door," Mr Murphy said. "Now there's never any reply and it's sickening.
"It's hard to look at his scooter, his quad bike, his shoes and hard to accept he will never use them again.
"I go to work and am distracted, but the worst bit is coming home and knowing he's not going to be there."
Aimee said she felt privileged to have Jack not only as her brother, but her best friend.
"The past year has been something I never thought I'd live through, especially at such a young age and going through my HSC at the time," she said.
"Jack's death to me was a brutal theft of a life dearer to me than my own.
"The passing of shared dreams, a true friend and soulmate and the death of the most joyous creature in my universe.
"The past year everything has looked different through my eyes, the world I have learned is a sadder place.
"I miss everything about him, from cleaning up his mess to singing along with him in the car.
"But mostly I miss having the one person there that I would always turn to, the one I always had.
"I miss the endless amount of hugs he gave me, especially when I was down and needed cheering up - Jack never failed to do so.
"I miss the everyday things with him, and I know I will forever."
Jack's phone still rings intermittently, with callers wanting to hear his recorded voicemail message.
His family find solace not just in his voice, but in the words he left behind.
In his phone's notes, Jack had listed his goals for 2018: to get sponsored, make it to state finals and national finals, be healthy, "always happy and have fun" and "always keep myself motivated".
"We try and live by that," Mrs Murphy said. "But it's hard."
She had the words he wrote to a friend - encouraging her to "get back up and stand our ground" and reminding her of her worth and love for her - printed on cards to give to his friends.
Aimee's friends gave the family a map of what Dublin's night sky looked like on the date Jack was born and it hangs on their kitchen wall.
Jack's friends named a star after him and the certificate has pride of place in a separate room that holds his helmet, decks and medals. His bed head remains covered in his stickers.
Mrs Murphy said she takes comfort in Jack's friends visiting and sending her photos when they're at a skatepark.
"But I think 'He should be there with them'," she said.
"We're lucky we had him for the time we did and did as much as we did together, but we will always wish it was longer."
Aimee said she wanted Jack to be remembered as a fighter and someone who never gave in.
"But also I want him to be remember for his bravery, determination, courage and love,"she said.
"I want his memory to live and inspire all those he crossed paths with to live life to the fullest and never be afraid to reach out and grab everything."
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