Sarah Burke
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Jackpot
Active member
This isn't really good news, but just to add to the article posted I spoke with my roommate about Sarah's injury. My roommate works in the neurology ward at my local hospital. (In Eastern Canada, he has no access to anything more than the media is delivering)
He said:"Burke tore her vertebral artery in the impact, which is bad news. The two vertebral arteries help supply blood to the brainstem. Therefore, she has/had impaired blood flow to the part of the brain that controls breathing, heart rate and autonomic function among other things. There are always those that defy initial logic and come back, but it's a scary situation. The full-blown cardiac arrest on the hill hurts chances. She's an icon, it's pretty sad that such a rare injury occured like this."
So yeah, keep sending your vibes. She's tough, she's still here.
My heart also goes out to Rory, who must be hurting pretty bad throughout all of this.
He said:"Burke tore her vertebral artery in the impact, which is bad news. The two vertebral arteries help supply blood to the brainstem. Therefore, she has/had impaired blood flow to the part of the brain that controls breathing, heart rate and autonomic function among other things. There are always those that defy initial logic and come back, but it's a scary situation. The full-blown cardiac arrest on the hill hurts chances. She's an icon, it's pretty sad that such a rare injury occured like this."
So yeah, keep sending your vibes. She's tough, she's still here.
My heart also goes out to Rory, who must be hurting pretty bad throughout all of this.
Just a reminder, on behalf of NS, and Sarah's friends and family, that anyone looking to donate please hold out until official channels have been set up. Everyone appreciates the outpouring of support and the Vibes being sent are more important than anything else at this point.
Thank you
Thank you
Jahrassicpark
Active member
Vibes to Sarah and her family and friends, I met her this summer at camp, literally one of the chillest people every. Really hope she makes a quick healthy recovery soon
johnnypsunami
Active member
Let's all hope that we get some good news soon.
@skiinmitch
Active member
It was false.
snomaster
Active member
We owe it to Sarah to make caring about her priority #1 in the community right now. It makes me sick every time I come in here and there are 47 threads with mostly bull shit ahead of this one.
By posting here, at least we now know you guys are paying attention to this thread, so why the eff won't you make it a sticky already?
Is it because you guys only sticky things in Ski Gabber that has sponsor money attached?
If you say it's because there are multiple threads on the topic I don't buy that either. Sticky them all.
I'm sick of sounding like a broken record, but I'm def not the only one asking for the sticky. Next up is a call-out thread.
hoping for the best for Sarah and her family,
Eric
By posting here, at least we now know you guys are paying attention to this thread, so why the eff won't you make it a sticky already?
Is it because you guys only sticky things in Ski Gabber that has sponsor money attached?
If you say it's because there are multiple threads on the topic I don't buy that either. Sticky them all.
I'm sick of sounding like a broken record, but I'm def not the only one asking for the sticky. Next up is a call-out thread.
hoping for the best for Sarah and her family,
Eric
fujarome
Active member
it shouldn't have to be stickied.
NS should care about this enough that it's at the top nonstop. Often when something horrific happens a skier that is reported on ns, it's a one off, dead or alive deal. You give your vibes, your best wishes, then that's that.
This is not like that.
This is a constant fight that ns, in our small, collective way, needs to help out with. Quite frankly, I don't know if vibes or karma or any of that is real, but if we show we care by keeping this up top on our own, then that's us doing our own little bit in some way.
NS should care about this enough that it's at the top nonstop. Often when something horrific happens a skier that is reported on ns, it's a one off, dead or alive deal. You give your vibes, your best wishes, then that's that.
This is not like that.
This is a constant fight that ns, in our small, collective way, needs to help out with. Quite frankly, I don't know if vibes or karma or any of that is real, but if we show we care by keeping this up top on our own, then that's us doing our own little bit in some way.
ShredMasterPlus
Active member
Just read this in the Calgary Herald.
SALT LAKE CITY — Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke's agent and her
publicist were teary-eyed at a hospital Monday as they tried to explain
the lack of any prognosis report for the Olympic favourite.
The
29-year-old Burke, who lives in Squamish and has strong ties to
Whistler, was seriously injured Jan. 10 in a training accident at the
superpipe in Park City, Utah, and six days later remained sedated on a
breathing tube as doctors tested her brain functions.
Burke went
into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the hill when she crashed
during training last week, hospital officials in Utah confirmed.
Reporters
gathered at Salt Lake City hospital Monday for what was expected to be a
discussion by doctors of Burke's most recent neurological tests and
assessments.
At the last minute, however, Burke's agent, Michael
Spencer, and her publicist, Nicole Wool, said there was nothing the
family wanted to report as doctors continued working on Burke, so the
news conference was cancelled.
"Obviously, this is a sensitive situation," a somber Wool said at the University of Utah Hospital.
Spencer
said he had not consulted any doctors but knew that Burke's condition
could remain tenuous for days, if not weeks, longer.
In a
statement, Burke's husband, Rory Bushfield, and other family members
said they decided not to meet with reporters after discussing results
from the skier's latest brain scans and reflex tests.
The family said more tests will be done and future updates on Burke's condition will come through her website, www.sarahburkeski.com.
A
day after the accident, doctors said they repaired a tear to an artery
that caused bleeding on her brain. They said she tore a vertebral
artery, which is located in the neck and supplies blood to the brainstem
and the back part of the brain. Those parts control many critical
functions, including balance and vision.
"With injuries of this
type, we need to observe the course of her brain function before making
definitive pronouncements about Sarah's prognosis for recovery," Dr.
William Couldwell, the neurosurgeon who performed the operation, said in
a statement last week.
Burke is widely considered the foremost
pioneer for her main sport of freestyle halfpipe. She lobbied
aggressively to have it included in the Olympics, where it will debut in
2014.
She is a four-time Winter X Games champion and had been
scheduled to defend her 2011 title later this month in Aspen, Colo.
Burke tried many of the toughest tricks in her sport and was the first
woman to land a 1080 — three full revolutions — in competition. It was
not known what move she was performing when she was injured.
Before
the accident, Burke was on a path that would have made her an odds-on
favourite to win more X Games gold and possibly even the big prize in
the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
She fell while training at a
personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain Resort, an accident
that witnesses said didn't look as bad as it later turned out to be.
Burke
was on the same halfpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a
traumatic brain injury after a near-fatal fall on Dec. 31, 2009.
Pearce
spent months in hospitals in Utah and Colorado, then missed the 2010
Olympics. Last month, 712 days after his traumatic brain injury, he got
on a snowboard again in Breckenridge, Colo., according to his website.
Pearce, now 24, has said he has no plans to compete again because "snowboarding has become too dangerous."
Burke's
accident once again brings up questions about the safety of the sport,
and superpipes in general, which have walls soaring as high as 22 feet -
more than 25 percent higher since the middle of the last decade.
Experts
within the sport believe improved pipe-building technology, along with
air bags and mandatory helmets have made the sport safer, not more
dangerous.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sarah+Burke+improving+still+critical+sedated+days+after+crash/6013445/story.html#ixzz1jsyvuAIw
SALT LAKE CITY — Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke's agent and her
publicist were teary-eyed at a hospital Monday as they tried to explain
the lack of any prognosis report for the Olympic favourite.
The
29-year-old Burke, who lives in Squamish and has strong ties to
Whistler, was seriously injured Jan. 10 in a training accident at the
superpipe in Park City, Utah, and six days later remained sedated on a
breathing tube as doctors tested her brain functions.
Burke went
into cardiac arrest and was resuscitated on the hill when she crashed
during training last week, hospital officials in Utah confirmed.
Reporters
gathered at Salt Lake City hospital Monday for what was expected to be a
discussion by doctors of Burke's most recent neurological tests and
assessments.
At the last minute, however, Burke's agent, Michael
Spencer, and her publicist, Nicole Wool, said there was nothing the
family wanted to report as doctors continued working on Burke, so the
news conference was cancelled.
"Obviously, this is a sensitive situation," a somber Wool said at the University of Utah Hospital.
Spencer
said he had not consulted any doctors but knew that Burke's condition
could remain tenuous for days, if not weeks, longer.
In a
statement, Burke's husband, Rory Bushfield, and other family members
said they decided not to meet with reporters after discussing results
from the skier's latest brain scans and reflex tests.
The family said more tests will be done and future updates on Burke's condition will come through her website, www.sarahburkeski.com.
A
day after the accident, doctors said they repaired a tear to an artery
that caused bleeding on her brain. They said she tore a vertebral
artery, which is located in the neck and supplies blood to the brainstem
and the back part of the brain. Those parts control many critical
functions, including balance and vision.
"With injuries of this
type, we need to observe the course of her brain function before making
definitive pronouncements about Sarah's prognosis for recovery," Dr.
William Couldwell, the neurosurgeon who performed the operation, said in
a statement last week.
Burke is widely considered the foremost
pioneer for her main sport of freestyle halfpipe. She lobbied
aggressively to have it included in the Olympics, where it will debut in
2014.
She is a four-time Winter X Games champion and had been
scheduled to defend her 2011 title later this month in Aspen, Colo.
Burke tried many of the toughest tricks in her sport and was the first
woman to land a 1080 — three full revolutions — in competition. It was
not known what move she was performing when she was injured.
Before
the accident, Burke was on a path that would have made her an odds-on
favourite to win more X Games gold and possibly even the big prize in
the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics.
She fell while training at a
personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain Resort, an accident
that witnesses said didn't look as bad as it later turned out to be.
Burke
was on the same halfpipe where snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a
traumatic brain injury after a near-fatal fall on Dec. 31, 2009.
Pearce
spent months in hospitals in Utah and Colorado, then missed the 2010
Olympics. Last month, 712 days after his traumatic brain injury, he got
on a snowboard again in Breckenridge, Colo., according to his website.
Pearce, now 24, has said he has no plans to compete again because "snowboarding has become too dangerous."
Burke's
accident once again brings up questions about the safety of the sport,
and superpipes in general, which have walls soaring as high as 22 feet -
more than 25 percent higher since the middle of the last decade.
Experts
within the sport believe improved pipe-building technology, along with
air bags and mandatory helmets have made the sport safer, not more
dangerous.
Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Sarah+Burke+improving+still+critical+sedated+days+after+crash/6013445/story.html#ixzz1jsyvuAIw
lotsofsnow
Member
RIP Sarah, you were an inspiration for all skiers and will be sorely missed
Keenan_Jones
Member
A very sad sad day for our community. Sarah, you were an inspiration to a new generation of women skiers. You will be greatly missed.
RIP
RIP
Yossarian
Active member
I just got this on my newsfeed - I'm shocked...just watched that edit about Mammoth with her in it too.
She was a real icon for freeskiing and for women athletes in general. It's a loss that will definitely be felt for a long time
My thoughts are with her family and especially with Bushfield - he must be devastated right now...
Much Love Sarah. Shred in Peace.
She was a real icon for freeskiing and for women athletes in general. It's a loss that will definitely be felt for a long time
My thoughts are with her family and especially with Bushfield - he must be devastated right now...
Much Love Sarah. Shred in Peace.
C_Thomps-12
Member
R.I.P.
ChadThundercock
Active member
RIP Sarah, Shane, and CR... its so sad to see amazing skiers go like this.
PopsicleStand
Active member
RIP
SIP girl! you live on in the hearts of many young freestylers, especially the girls, just looking to the freestyle community in a tiny country as Belgium, over the years our number of girl skiers has increased tremendously and without a doubt you've played an important role in it! If it wasn't for you i don't know where womens freestyle skiing would be right now, Ski In Peace!
You'll be missed Sarah!
You'll be missed Sarah!
colleenator
Member
what the fuck.................... sarah SIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
SIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!84891jnf92048
Active member
I honestly can't believe she's gone. Sarah is the reason why women's freeskiing exists today. Even for a guy, with plenty male role models, I looked up to her.
