Sarah Burke Update

damn huge vibes from italy

vibes to my favourite female rider... stay strong

Sending them! ++

Pulling for Sarah..sending full force..get better!!

+vibes, fingers crossed for a fast recovery

Sending my best wishes from Bulgaria! I hope you have a safe recovery

the entire skiing community is here for you Sarah. You'll pull through, you'll come back and win gold in Sochi!!!

vibes

Ottawa is pulling for you Sarah.

Been praying for her..still praying for her

Sarah and her family might need our prayers for a long time. Head injuries are challenging because at the time of coma you don´t know whether the recovery will be short and easy or long and demanding, whether you´ll get good or bad news. My son Pekka, Finland´s champion in slopestyle (pekkahyysalo.com) had an accident pretty similar to Sarah´s though in higher speed and with a day long ambulance transport to the intensive care unit. The doctors´statements were exactly the same as in Sarah´s case, Pekka was in coma for 3 weeks, had 2 pneumonias during the coma time and fought for his life in critical condition for more than 5 days. After the critical days many of us thought whether he could continue his rising freeskiing career but in the end being alive was more important than the missed victories in freeskiing competitions. Fortunately now, 20 months after the injury, he is skiing again, though not as a freeskiing professional but as a happy skier anyway. In the end it is life that counts. My warmest wishes for Sarah´s recovery and a lot of strenght to her family!