sarah burke......dead at age 29

[phillycore]

 

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/story/2012-01-19/freestyle-skier-sarah-burke-death/52680120/1

 

Edited January 19, 2012 by phillycore

[VTmark]

I just read this myself. its very sad.

[Johnny Style]

So sad. She was a wife, business woman, model, beauty, athlete, product representative, spokesperson, pioneer, competitor, winner, ripper, skier. We lost a good one today.

 

There are way too many dead skiers lately.

[Justo8484]

So sad. She was a wife, business woman, model, beauty, athlete, product representative, spokesperson, pioneer, competitor, winner, ripper, skier. We lost a good one today.

 

There are way too many dead skiers lately.

 

All true. Kt and I got to hang with her for a bit at a movie premier a while back. She's one of most genuine, nicest people I've ever met, and was such a great ambassador for this sport. I'm glad I can say I had the chance to meet her.

[burton71]

 

So sad. As a snowboarder I always repected what she did for the her sport. She will be missed by lots of people.

[Shadows]

was reading updates the past week or so thinking, yea ok, shell pull out of it.

did not see this coming.

disbelief for sure. terrible.

[momskeeztoo]

I've been following this story since her accident. So sad. I read an article about her awhile back, and she sounded like a genuinely nice person. My heart goes out to her family

[Johnny Law]

Something about this one really bothers me......RIP.........this is becoming like an annual thing, skiing saying good bye to a legand

[mbike-ski]

very sad to see someone so gifted and beautiful taken doing something we all love. was nice to hear her and her family chose organ donation to help others in their time of great loss (from the father of a transplant recipient) may her family and friends find many blessings, strentgh and peace

[peski28]

Sobey I totally agree, hit by a truck when I heard opposite of my expectations of her coming around. Ski in peace Sarah Burke, only the good die young.

[guitar73]

totally sucks. this is just another reminder of how fragile life is. our thoughts go out to her friends and family.

[PASKIINGSUCKS]

Prayers to her parents, nobody should have to bury their children.

[toast21602]

 

Something about this one really bothers me...

 

same here. not sure why. but i don't like it.

[mollyskeeze]

ski in peace sarah. it was nice meeting her at seven springs last year. so sad to hear of this,

[Johnny Law]

So that's CR, Sarah, JP, Coombs, Shane, and a couple I'm forgetting....skiing is the modern day formula 1......

[Kyle]

i feel like death comes in waves in pro sports. there were 2 deaths in the nhl in the past year, i believe there was a couple in the nfl the year before. its a shame it has to happen like that. vibes go out to her family. like paskiingsucks said no parent should ever have to bury their kids. at least she was doing what she loved. RIP

[Justo8484]

Yaaa something about this just affected me more that Shane or cr's passing. Maybe it's because I actually got to meet her. It sucks all around. PA pow turns for Sarah tomorrow.

[phillycore]

McConkey was a big loss too..... The guy was an absolute legend when it comes to modern day skiing.

 

It's just getting all to commonplace the past few years.... CR Johnson, Jamie Pierre,Shane McConkey, and now Sarah Burke were all in the past 4 years alone... Doug Coombs was 2006.....

Then you can add in the celebrity factor with Natasha Richardson, and Sonny Bono as well if you want to take it that far.

 

I think Sarah maybe just stands out more because she was so personable. She wasn't the typical "crazy" skier in the public eye. She definitely was more of a public figure than any of the others who were mainly only known within the skiing community.

People who don't know shit about skiing at all, knew Sarah Burke....

[Shadows]

not taking anything away from cr/coombs/pierre or anyone but the fuckin olympics...

sarah has been in the industry longer than anybody currently in the circuit. she put so much into it and this happens. i was so stoked to see her in the olympics. thats why its hard to believe.