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		Freestyle skier Sarah Burke dies at 29, due to her injuries suffered in last week's accident (sports.nationalpost.com)		103
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gremzo

2012-01-19 05:04:51 PM

Dang.. I was hoping she'd pull through.

fatalvenom

2012-01-19 05:05:17 PM

Her prognosis went....downhill fast.

::puts on shades::

Revek

2012-01-19 05:05:33 PM

She looked hot. I'm sure the major news outlets will have some sort of special on the accident.

wiseolddude

2012-01-19 05:05:47 PM

Never heard of her before but that is still sad.

make me some tea

2012-01-19 05:06:27 PM

Aw man she was a cutie. Very sad.

Yanks_RSJ

2012-01-19 05:07:40 PM

I'll never watch the Winter X Games again.

unitednihilists

2012-01-19 05:10:35 PM

RIP

Amurica...Fark Ya!

2012-01-19 05:10:45 PM

Uzzah

2012-01-19 05:12:35 PM

She's sharing a charlift with Sonny Bono and Natasha Richardson now...

MattyFridays

2012-01-19 05:13:46 PM

I never knew who she was, but it kind of surprises me how people say how she's hot first, then tack on the 'rest in peace'.

Interesting how it's different between the genders and our reaction to death news.

When Heath Ledger died, it was about him being a good actor.

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2012-01-19 05:14:09 PM

Amurica...Fark Ya!: [www.theskichannel.com image 600x480]

Wow, that's her? I would have liked to have had sex with her.

SkepticalBeliever

2012-01-19 05:14:50 PM

Contrabulous Flabtraption: Amurica...Fark Ya!: [www.theskichannel.com image 600x480]

Wow, that's her? I would have liked to have had sex with her.

It's not too late, body is probably still warm.

Weigard

2012-01-19 05:16:05 PM

Job created.

veedeevadeevoodee

2012-01-19 05:16:18 PM

RIP Suthen Belle

litespeed74

2012-01-19 05:18:13 PM

ugh...horrible. RIP

germ78

2012-01-19 05:18:25 PM

Considering this isn't the first major injury to happen on that particular half-pipe, I wonder if they will shut it down and try to figure out what was wrong with it.

Jamdug!

2012-01-19 05:19:38 PM

Extreme sports are extremely dangerous.

TeddyRooseveltsMustache

2012-01-19 05:22:13 PM

Wow, what a bummer. She was cute. Rest in peace, sexy skier lady.

bart2puck

2012-01-19 05:22:38 PM

SkepticalBeliever: Contrabulous Flabtraption: Amurica...Fark Ya!: [www.theskichannel.com image 600x480]

~~Wow, that's her?~~ I would ~~have~~ liked to have ~~had~~ sex ~~with her.~~

It's not too late, body is probably still warm.

a) i spit all over the place.
b) i'd bet her husband would get mad.
c) fixed comment

MaudlinMutantMollusk

2012-01-19 05:23:27 PM

That sucks

/the only minor consolation being that she died doing what she loved

INeedAName

2012-01-19 05:24:03 PM

RIP Peter Burke

/Seriously though, that sucks

calbert

2012-01-19 05:24:45 PM

sad... I guess. I never heard of her, or even of her accident, but I always find it somewhat peaceful when people die doing what they loved. For that, I envy them, maybe because I lack any drive or passion for anything. oh well.

texdent

2012-01-19 05:25:34 PM

RIP best host of E!'s Wild On...

halfof33

2012-01-19 05:27:53 PM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: That sucks

/the only minor consolation being that she died doing what she loved

She loved laying in a hospital bed?

E-Brake

2012-01-19 05:30:13 PM

So sad, RIP. Was curious to see if there was video of what happened but instead found this instead (p). Tissue time.

Contrabulous Flabtraption

2012-01-19 05:30:22 PM

SkepticalBeliever: Contrabulous Flabtraption: Amurica...Fark Ya!: [www.theskichannel.com image 600x480]

Wow, that's her? I would have liked to have had sex with her.

It's not too late, body is probably still warm.

You think? Didn't she die in the snow?

expobill

2012-01-19 05:31:56 PM

sad news, for Canada and freestyle skiing athletic world.
I read last year that these athletes are very close compared to contact sports

Prebsoltoo

2012-01-19 05:32:15 PM

This is why women should never be allowed out of the house.

man metaphysical

2012-01-19 05:33:15 PM

I think ESPN interviewed her husband recently and he was very optimistic about her recovery even though things seemed very bleak. sad story indeed :[

sethstorm

2012-01-19 05:35:11 PM

Amurica...Fark Ya!: [www.theskichannel.com image 600x480]

At the very least she was doing something she loved, given by the reaction by others practicing on the same pipe.

lacrossestar83

2012-01-19 05:35:32 PM

Shiat.

Now I feel bad aboot making a joke comment on last week's thread.

MaudlinMutantMollusk

2012-01-19 05:36:02 PM

halfof33: MaudlinMutantMollusk: That sucks

/the only minor consolation being that she died doing what she loved

She loved laying in a hospital bed?

[facepalm.jpg]

AdolfOliverPanties

2012-01-19 05:36:07 PM

My own pipe is half sized at this news.

robsul82

2012-01-19 05:36:19 PM

Too bad Mark Wahlberg wasn't there.

themadtupper

2012-01-19 05:39:54 PM

calbert: sad... I guess. I never heard of her, or even of her accident, but I always find it somewhat peaceful when people die doing what they loved. For that, I envy them, maybe because I lack any drive or passion for anything. oh well.

Sarah Burke's two greatest loves in life were rupturing vertebral arteries and competing in medically induced comas. She died doing what she loved at age 29.

expobill

2012-01-19 05:42:11 PM

themadtupper: calbert: sad... I guess. I never heard of her, or even of her accident, but I always find it somewhat peaceful when people die doing what they loved. For that, I envy them, maybe because I lack any drive or passion for anything. oh well.

Sarah Burke's two greatest loves in life were rupturing vertebral arteries and competing in medically induced comas. She died doing what she loved at age 29.

whew, at least she ruptured her own arteries and not someone else's say.....Alejandro Valverde's.

dallylamma

2012-01-19 05:51:23 PM

But...but...but...she was wearing a helmet! Aren't helmets supposed to protect you from everything...like falling 30 feet on to your head and/or neck?

Have helicopter parents been lying to us all this time?

/RIP Burkie.

halfof33

2012-01-19 05:55:21 PM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: [facepalm.jpg]

AND SHE STICKS THE LANDING!

www.skytron.us

yelmrog

2012-01-19 06:04:11 PM

Thank god she wasn't ugly.

AUAIOMRN

2012-01-19 06:06:08 PM

MattyFridays: I never knew who she was, but it kind of surprises me how people say how she's hot first, then tack on the 'rest in peace'.

Interesting how it's different between the genders and our reaction to death news.

When Heath Ledger died, it was about him being a good actor.

But Lancelot mused a little space
He said, "She has a lovely face;
God in his mercy lend her grace,
The Lady of Shalott."

Trackball

2012-01-19 06:12:11 PM

MaudlinMutantMollusk: That sucks

/the only minor consolation being that she died doing what she loved

I love breathing. I only hope I can die doing what I love too.

sdubich

2012-01-19 06:17:08 PM

Personally, I have no sympathy for people that die doing dangerous things like what she was doing. She knew the risks and chose to ignore them.

velvet_fog

2012-01-19 06:20:33 PM

sdubich: Personally, I have no sympathy for people that die doing dangerous things like what she was doing. She knew the risks and chose to ignore them.

t2.gstatic.com

velvet_fog

2012-01-19 06:21:30 PM

RIP SARAH BERNHARDT

Jim from Saint Paul

2012-01-19 06:39:15 PM

GOOD NIGHT SWEET PRINCESS.

emich27

2012-01-19 06:40:32 PM

RIP Professor Burke

Loomy

2012-01-19 06:40:42 PM

E-Brake: So sad, RIP. Was curious to see if there was video of what happened but instead found this instead (p). Tissue time.

Yikes. :(

I found this video (^) on a Y! Sports 4th Place Medal blog post (^)...

Talk about a a scary quote at 0:41...

Ooba Tooba

2012-01-19 06:59:19 PM

Rest in pieces. /she was an organ donor

DarthBrooks

2012-01-19 07:00:35 PM

RIP SALMON BURKAH

Lt. Cheese Weasel

2012-01-19 07:04:35 PM

Today is my birthday. Thanks alot for dying on my birthday. Couldn't wait until tomorrow huh? Now I wish I was dead and we were buttnekkid farking in a snowdrift in Montana. I would have liked to have seen Montana.

/aisle seat
//whats the movie?

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