{"id":471,"date":"2012-01-22T02:37:57","date_gmt":"2012-01-22T09:37:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.snowreporttv.com\/?p=471"},"modified":"2014-07-15T21:13:26","modified_gmt":"2014-07-16T03:13:26","slug":"remembering-sarah-burke","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.snowreporttv.com\/remembering-sarah-burke\/","title":{"rendered":"Remembering Sarah Burke"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sarah Burke will be remembered as a pioneer of women\u2019s skiing after passing away recently due to injuries sustained performing practice in the sport she loved so much.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s so upsetting to know that such a skillful, talented and young athlete can die whilst performing the craft she is so passionate about. On January 10, 2012 whilst training on the Eagle Superpipe at the Park City Mountain Resort, Sarah suffered an horrific crash which later would be the cause of her passing at such a young age. Surprisingly, the area where she met that fateful accident was the same area where fellow freestyle skier, Kevin Pearce suffered horrific injuries previously.\u00a0 Pearce suffered brain injury after the accident but survived. Burke was not so lucky.<\/p>\n

It is reported Burke ruptured the vertebral artery that lead to an intracranial hemorrhage, putting her into cardiac arrest at the scene.\u00a0 CPR was performed on her at the scene, though was immediately flown to Salt Lake City Hospital.\u00a0 She was in a coma for 9 days and underwent a series of tests and operations until she finally succumbed and passed away on January 19, 2012 \u2013 9 days after the traumatic accident.<\/p>\n

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Sarah Burke 1982-2012 R.I.P.<\/p><\/div>\n

Sarah and Freestyle Skiing<\/h2>\n

Born in Barrie and grew up in Midland, Ontario, Canada on September 3, 1989, Sarah started skiing at the age of 5.\u00a0 She considered it as just one of those sports but later fell in love and developed her skills as she grew.\u00a0 Because she passionately loves skiing \u2013 specifically freestyle, she later joined the Freestyle Club at their area, then eventually made it to the Ontario Team.\u00a0 At the age of 17, she got her first sponsor and competed in various events around the world.<\/p>\n

Sarah Burke was tagged as a fearless freestyle skier, considering her gender and thus fought for equal opportunity for women to compete in freestyle skiing.\u00a0 She likewise lobbied for freestyle skiing\u2019s inclusion in the Olympics and got the Olympic official\u2019s approval.\u00a0 By 2014, Freestyle Skiing will be included in the 2014 Olympics in Sochi, Russia.<\/p>\n

Sarah\u2019s Career<\/h2>\n

Love of craft and passion in what you do is really what makes you excel in anything.\u00a0 Just like Sarah Burke \u2013 her passion led her not only to becoming the best ever woman freestyle skier \u2013 but a model, a game designer and a commentator as well.<\/p>\n

In 2001, she won first place in the US Freeskiing Open in the half pipe and second place in slopestyle. In the same year, she won the ESPN\u2019s Award for the Female Skier of the Year.\u00a0 She also was a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist in freestyle skiing (2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011). Aside from that, she was the first woman to ever win the world championship in the half-pipe event.\u00a0 In 2007, she was voted as the Best Female Action Sports Athlete by the Excellence in Sports Performance Yearly (ESPY) \u2013 an accolade presented by the American Cable Television Network, ESPN.\u00a0 She also was given the Best Female Action Sports Athlete Award \u2013 the first skier to be given such an award \u2013 in 2007 by BERT Awards.<\/p>\n

Aside from being a multi-awarded sports athlete, she also:<\/h2>\n