Sarah Burke
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Sarah Burke (born 1982) is a Canadian
freestyle skier
who grew up in Midland
, Ontario, Canada. She now resides in Whistler, British Columbia
.
and second place in slopestyle. She won the first ever world championship half-pipe event. Burke is also a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist in freestyle skiing
.
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 as well as BERT, the first skier to be so honored.
She regularly participates 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 with ease.
Burke also enjoys knitting, cooking and baking, mountain biking, going to the gym, painting, and climbing.
On September 25, 2010 Burke married fellow freeskier Rory Bushfield in Pemberton, B.C.
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
freestyle skier
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing is form of skiing which used to encompass two disciplines: aerials, and moguls. Except the two disciplines mentioned earlier Freestyle Skiing now consists of Skicross, Half Pipe and Slope Style...
who grew up in Midland
Midland, Ontario
Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.Situated at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport. It is the main town of the southern Georgian Bay area...
, Ontario, Canada. She now resides in Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...
.
Skiing career
Burke won first place in the 2001 US Freeskiing Open in the half-pipeHalf-pipe
A half-pipe is a structure used in gravity extreme sports such as snowboarding, skateboarding, skiing, freestyle BMX, and inline skating. The structure is wood, concrete, metal, earth, or snow. It resembles a cross section of a swimming pool, essentially two concave ramps , topped by copings and...
and second place in slopestyle. She won the first ever world championship half-pipe event. Burke is also a four-time Winter X Games gold medalist in freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing
Freestyle skiing is form of skiing which used to encompass two disciplines: aerials, and moguls. Except the two disciplines mentioned earlier Freestyle Skiing now consists of Skicross, Half Pipe and Slope Style...
.
She won ESPN
ESPN
Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, commonly known as ESPN, is an American global cable television network focusing on sports-related programming including live and pre-taped event telecasts, sports talk shows, and other original programming....
's 2001 Award for female skier of the year and was voted 2007's Best Female Action Sports Athlete at the ESPY
Espy
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awards as well as BERT, the first skier to be so honored.
She regularly participates 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 with ease.
Off the Slopes
She was voted number 91 on the FHM-U.S.'s 100 Sexiest Women 2006 list.Burke also enjoys knitting, cooking and baking, mountain biking, going to the gym, painting, and climbing.
On September 25, 2010 Burke married fellow freeskier Rory Bushfield in Pemberton, B.C.
External links
- Official Website
- 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.