Over the years the ski community
has grown larger and larger, successfully connecting East and West Coast
rivalries. However, we have suffered some tremendous losses in the last three
years, Shane McConkey “Saucer Boy”, C.R. Johnson, Jamie Pierre and this past
week, our beloved Sarah Burke.
Sarah Burke often know as the
pioneer of superpipe skiing pushed the boundaries of women’s skiing even at a
young age. Starting her career in 2001 she won first in the US Freeskiing Open
and continued to become a six-time Winter X Games gold medalist.
On January 10th 2012
Sarah was seriously injured while training in Park City, Utah. Nine days later
she succumbed to her injury at the University of Utah Hospital. Sarah WILL, continue
to be an icon and inspiration to all skiers worldwide.
Head over to www.espn.go.com, search for “Sarah Burke memorialized”
and watch a few videos recapping the accident, paying tribute and highlighting
her skiing achievements.
It is tragic that this happened to such a young and talented athlete. Accidents such as this happen to even the best athletes and it is sad to think that this happened to such a talented person. There is kid from my hometown area named Kevin Pierce who was on his way to becoming an olympic snowboarder a few years ago who suffered severe head damage training just like Sarah Burke. Thankfully he did not die but only recently has come out of rehab having to relearn how to the very basics such as learning to walk again. It is horrible to see accidents such as these happen to people who are just doing what they love. Sarah Burke was very talented and this post does a nice job recognizing the tragedy of her death.
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