RIP Art Eckman

Definitely a legend of the sport in his own right.

His narrating was always fantastic.

RIP Art! 

Grew up with his voice in the background.  RIP

I grew up listening to Art like many of you. Godspeed Art

He was an undeniable legend of this sport. Godspeed Art

I was there.  They had had a small platform where Art had been interviewing riders.  I don't think he was supposed to, but after Rhino ended up winning the main, he rode his bike up on the platform.  Art thought he was going to get hit and leapt to the ground.  At the time, Art was in his sixties.  Taking a leap from 6+ feet in the air was quite a shock!  Art shook it off like the pro he was and just laughing it off.

I was lucky enough to work with him on a couple projects where he did VO for us.  He will be missed.  RIP Art!

Really sorry to hear this. As with many here, when I think back to my first forays into the sport as a kid (mid 90s), the unmatched commentary duo of Art and David are what standout the most in my mind. I would watch the races over and over, obsessively, able to damn near memorise every moment until I'd worn out the vhs tapes - especially the AMA stuff which felt leap yrs ahead in excitement compared to GPs. A big part of that was because Art could amplify any racing action to levels no one else could, his voice and timing were fantastic - and as we've seen since, it's a gift that most don't have.

An amazing life. RIP Art.

He and Bailey are the high water mark in my book.

"They're serving pretzels on that flight!" 

R.I.P.!

Legend 🙏 thanks Art!

I remember him as an announcer on Atlanta TV station WXIA, and of course announcing supercross back in the day.

RIP

Art Eckman and David Bailey announcing the races was as good as it gets. A legendary team. RIP Art, you will always be remembered Sir!

The thing about Art was that he came across as genuinely excited about the sport he was calling and what he was seeing unfold.

Nothing came across as fake or "manufactured".  

Art, thanks for everything you did for MX and SX.

Man...all day I keep hearing his voice in my head announcing old VHS tapes of the late 90's races. GodSpeed Art. We will miss you more than you know.

What a fantastic human being. Pure class. Godspeed, Art. You will be greatly missed. 

Pure legend. RIP Art. I have boxes and boxes of old races on VHS tapes. I will break them out in honor of him 

Thanks for posting this. 

Hopefully they can do a very nice tribute to Art for A1. He made our sport better. We lost a good man. RIP.

Sadly I can only give you one thumbs up. 

Art was fabulous. RIP.

I sent him an email, telling him I would miss him being in the sx booth. Thinking he would never read it but I was being sincere. Next day email from him with nothing but humble thanks. 
 

Thank you for the chat and all the great memories from the mic. RIP Art.

RIP Art. Loved him behind the mike for SX.

My first experiences with Art was back in the late 1970's. He was the sports guy for our local NBC affiliate. He must have liked moto back then because he would always do a little segment about the national and Trans AMA races at Sears Point on his sportscast. And he was the only sports anchor that would even give moto a mention at all around here. Always appreciated that. Art also used to announce my other favorite sport for ESPN - kickboxing. He did a great job there also. 

RIP Art you will be missed.

The voice of passion, one of the voice of my childhood . Rest in peace legend.

Growing up in Atlanta I was able to hear a lot of Art Eckman and used to love watching his weekly show Moto World. 

RIP.

I've always enjoyed hearing him when watching older motocross stuff. Watched some '96 125's earlier today and he was on there, really enjoy the content and his work.

Edit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uE77DtOn8Og

Found the video, it was '97 Pontiac SX

Eckman popped into my head yesterday for some reason and again this morning. Oddly, he passed on November 4th. Its been 2 years since this Legend of motocross announcing was laid to rest. GodSpeed Art.

Can we get ai to voiceover the Supercross broadcast in Legendary Art's voice for '26 A1? That would be epic!

And he was a damned nice guy to top it ALL off! 
RIP my friend

Like Pat Summeral, such a memorable voice.

Godspeed, Art, you legend.