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“Canadian freestyle- skiier Sarah Burke, who died last week after a 'freak accident' during a routine training session, has donated her organs and tissues, according to Yahoo Sports.









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The four-time Winter X games champion, who played an instrumental role in getting freestyle skiing into the Winter Olympics, fell on the Eagle Superpipe in Salt Lake City,Utah after performing a trick called the Flat Spin 540 on Thursday.

Peter Judge, the CEO of Canada's freestyle team told the Daily Mail that the trick Burke performed was well within her capabilities and her injury was a result of a 'freak accident.'

"She performed that stunt 'many, many times, and it was certainly in the realm of her skill capabilities”

“Sarah Burke


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September 3, 1982
Barrie, Ontario



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January 19, 2012 (aged 29)
Salt Lake City, Utah



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Sarah Burke (September 3, 1982 – January 19, 2012) was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was considered a medal favourite in the event. Burke died following a training accident in Utah.





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[hide] 1 Skiing career
2 Personal life
3 Accident and death
4 References
5 External links


Skiing career

As a teenage moguls skier, Burke would often sneak onto the Snowboard halfpipe at the end of the day.[1] She was considered a pioneer in the sport of superpipe skiing, along with American Kristi Leskinen. The pair were frequent competitors, and often against male skiers.[2]

Burke won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the half-pipe event and finished second in slopestyle. When half-pipe made its debut at the 2005 FIS Freestyle World Ski Championships, she emerged as the first world champion.[3] Burke is also a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist in freestyle skiing.[4][5] She was the first woman ever to land a jump with 1080-degree rotation in competition.[6]

She won ESPN's 2001 Award for female skier of the year and was voted 2007's Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the ESPY awards.[7]

She regularly participated in skiing films, including Propaganda, in which she showcased her skills by sliding huge rainbow rails, spinning a huge 540 in the pipe and throwing back-flips.[8]

Burke was a known promoter of the superpipe skiing event, working to have it added to the Olympic program. She failed to have the event added in time for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, but successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee to have the event added for the 2014 Sochi Games.[1] Two years ahead of the games, she was considered a potential favourite for the gold medal in Sochi.[9]

Personal life

Burke was born in Barrie, Ontario, and grew up in Midland.[1] She later resided in Squamish, British Columbia.[10]

She was voted number 91 on the FHM-U.S.'s 100 Sexiest Women 2006 list.[11]

On September 25, 2010, Burke married fellow freeskier Rory Bushfield in Pemberton, British Columbia.[12]

Accident and death

On January 10, 2012, Burke was seriously injured while training on the Park City Mountain Resort Eagle superpipe in Park City, Utah. This is the same superpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce was seriously injured in 2009. Onlookers reported that Burke had completed a trick fairly well yet fell onto her head, and the accident did not appear to be very severe.[13] Moments later, however, she went into cardiac arrest while still on the ski slope,[14] making her chance of survival extremely low.[15] She was resuscitated and airlifted to the University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City, where she was reported to have been placed in an induced coma.[16] The following day, she underwent neurosurgery to repair a tear in a vertebral artery. She succumbed to her injuries on January 19, 2012.[17] Per her publicist's words, Burke's injuries had resulted in "irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest."[18] Her organs and tissues were donated as she requested before her death.[1] Because the event at which she fell was unsanctioned and hosted by Burke's sponsor Monster Energy, Burke was not covered under the insurance policy that applied to her when she competed for the Canada Freestyle Ski Association. The day after her death, Burke's agent established a website to raise $550,000 to help pay her estimated $200,000 hospital costs and establish "a foundation to honour Sarah's legacy and promote the ideals she valued and embodied".[19]

References

1.^ a b c d Owen, Paul; Hollins, Katie (2012-01-19). "Freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
2.^ Frame, Andy (2005-03-03). "Leskinen wins pipe battle with friendly foe Burke". Vail Daily. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
3.^ "Morning briefing". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: p. D9. 2005-03-18. Retrieved 2012-01-20.
4.^ Sarah Burke Captures Third Straight Gold in Superpipe SI.com, January 23, 2009
5.^ "Women's Ski SuperPipe Results". Winter X Games Fifteen. ESPN.com. January 27, 2011. Retrieved January 28, 2011.
6.^ "Sarah Burke critical after surgery". A.P. at ESPN.go.com. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
7.^ "Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies". Montreal Gazette. 19 January 2012. Archived from the original on 19 January 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2012.
8.^ The Ski Channel - Sarah Burke Profile
9.^ "Canadian freestyle skiier Sarah Burk passes away". The Sports Network. 2012-01-19. Retrieved 2012-01-19.
10.^ "Freestyle ski icon Sarah Burke ‘lived life to the fullest,’ dies nine days after crash". Vancouver Sun. 19 January 2012.
11.^ "FreeJose.com". FHM 100 Sexiest Women of 2006. Retrieved January 23, 2007.
12.^ "Sorry Dudes, Sarah Burke Is Now Married". Freeskier.com. 27 September 2010. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011.
13.^ "Sarah Burke critical after surgery". A.P. at ESPN.go.com. January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 12, 2012.
14.^ "Freestyler Burke went into cardiac arrest after accident". CBC Sports.
15.^ "2005 American Heart Association Guidelines for Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation and Emergency Cardiovascular Care Part 10.7: Cardiac Arrest Associated With Trauma". American Heart Association. November 28, 2005.
16.^ "Sarah Burke In Coma: Freestyle Skier Injured During Training In Park City, Utah". The Huffington Post. January 11, 2012. Retrieved January 11, 2012.
17.^ "Canada freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies". BBC. January 19, 2012. Retrieved January 19, 2012.
18.^ "Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies at 29". Associated Press (USA Today). January 19, 2012.
19.^ Sarah Burke's medical bills covered by donations: British Columbia CBC News January 20, 2012

External links
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Sarah Burke, Game Designer - The Ski Channel wrote a story on 06/18/09 about Sarah's new video game, LittleBigPlanet.
EXPN Profile
Interview by Powdermag.com
Sarah Burke on Go211.com Exclusive photos, videos and blogs submitted by Sarah.
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“Oops. I'm not very good at this, eh?”

“She was not insured by the Federation because she was not a sanctionned event. First reports had her medical bills at 500 000 USD, but this turned out to be an exaggeration - more like 250 000 USD. The amount was covered by private donations in about 72 hours - which is pretty good.

I am fully insured worldwide for everything including heli-vac for up to 90 days p.a.

I must ask my American friends to verify their insurence for visits to Canada.”

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:(”

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“http://bighollywood.breitbart.com/

In Memoriam: Andrew Breitbart (1969-2012)
by Larry Solov

With a terrible feeling of pain and loss we announce the passing of Andrew Breitbart.

Andrew passed away unexpectedly from natural causes shortly after midnight this morning in Los Angeles.

We have lost a husband, a father, a son, a brother, a dear friend, a patriot and a happy warrior.

Andrew lived boldly, so that we more timid souls would dare to live freely and fully, and fight for the fragile liberty he showed us how to love.

Andrew recently wrote a new conclusion to his book, Righteous Indignation:

I love my job. I love fighting for what I believe in. I love having fun while doing it. I love reporting stories that the Complex refuses to report. I love fighting back, I love finding allies, and—famously—I enjoy making enemies.

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Wtf”

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Can you say "Fort Marcy Park"?”

““He had recently announced that he's got some damaging video of Obama in college that he was gonna release during the election. Hopefully someone in his staff knows where it is....”
Stratd00d
8:37:04 AM
3/01/12


Jesus, will the black helicopter stories EVER end?”

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“Natural causes at age 43?

Wtf”
Stratd00d
6:46:50 AM
3/01/12

“He had recently announced that he's got some damaging video of Obama in college that he was gonna release during the election. Hopefully someone in his staff knows where it is....”
Stratd00d
8:37:04 AM
3/01/12

Given your penchant for seeing hidden agendas all over the place, the thought did cross my mind based on your initial posts, yes”

“given my penchant to correct spelling errors, it's "douche"”

“Its karma what did him in.

Ever read the tweets he made after Sen. Kennedy died?”

““Chili and Pepsi, I'm not suggesting that at all, but it sure did cross ya'lls minds didn't it?”
Stratd00d
10:38:37 AM
3/01/12



No.”

“Please leave the FUEGO in FUEGO, children.
last edited: 3/01/12 12:30:03 PM”

“do FUEGO children deserve to have FUEGO left in them?”