R.I.P Sarah Burke

She will be missed.....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP)
Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke died Thursday, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah.

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Burke, who lived near Whistler in British Columbia, was 29. She was injured Jan. 10 while training at a personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain resort.

Tests revealed Burke sustained "irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen and blood after cardiac arrest," according to a statement released by Burke's publicist.

A four-time Winter X Games champion, Burke crashed on the same halfpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a traumatic brain injury during a training accident on Dec. 31, 2009.

As a result of her fall, Burke tore her vertebral artery, which led to severe bleeding on the brain, causing her to go into cardiac arrest on the scene, where CPR was performed, according to the statement by publicist Nicole Wool.

Kevin Pearce is one of my favorite riders and would have been right next to Shawn White in the last winter Olympics if it weren't for his accident on the same half pipe Sarah was killed on recently.

Exactly two years ago, 24-year-old Kevin Pearce was in a coma. On December 31, 2009 he hit his head on a half pipe while snowboarding and suffered severe brain trauma in Park City, Utah.

And exactly 18 days ago Kevin Pearce was on a snowboard again. December 13, the day Pearce returned to the snow in Breckenridge, Colorado, marked the next step in his continual healing process.

"It's something I really needed for a long time," said Pearce. "It was almost more special than I could've imagined."

Pearce is reminded of the injury every day. He thinks about the day when he realized he wouldn't be competing at the 2010 Olympics because he woke up in a hospital bed. He will never be able to snowboard competitively again and still does eye therapy, physical therapy and cognitive therapy daily. He forgets where he left his wallet or cell phone regularly, and he lives with a friend because he still needs help with everyday tasks.

Originally the graphic was made after the accident

It was changed after Kevin rode again for the first time


Both Kevin and Sarah are inspirational people that display a love for life and a love for what they do. Kevin's spirit to "keep on keeping on" is a testament to the human spirit to never give up no matter how bad things get. Together they accomplished so much for their sports and brought it to new levels and are a huge inspiration to me.

RIP.

Such a loss, RIP,

They know the risks they take. No one gets into those sports oblivious to the fact they could die. A high risk sport is a high risk sport.

Originally posted by lonewolf19792000
They know the risks they take. No one gets into those sports oblivious to the fact they could die. A high risk sport is a high risk sport.

Driving a car is a high risk action that can get you kill you at any second as well. You can get into the car and go live your life or you can stay at home and wonder. Sarah and Kevin chose to go out and live instead of talking about risks from behind a computer. Anyone can die at any moment, it's not about how you died, it's about how you lived.