Mintz: X Games and ESPN award Shaun White a not-so-perfect 100
With 17 Winter X Games medals and two Olympic gold medals (not to mention five summer XGames medals in Skateboard Vert) there isn't much left for snowboarding superstar Shaun White to accomplish — especially now that he can claim to have completed the first-ever perfect run through the halfpipe at the X Games in Aspen last weekend.
Slopestyle coming of age
The X Games staple is the next big thing, to be included in the Sochi Olympics in 2014, and two Canadians are among the best
Given the risks involved, where’s the appeal in extreme sports?
It is part adrenalin rush and part risk/reward that drive people to take part in established and extreme sports
Canadian freestyle skier Burke injured, airlifted to Salt Lake City hospital
SALT LAKE CITY - Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was seriously injured Tuesday while training on the superpipe in Park City, Utah, and airlifted to a Salt Lake City hospital.
Top Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke injured on superpipe, in coma
SALT LAKE CITY - Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was in a coma after suffering a serious injury while...
Bing Is For #Doing A New Ad Campaign
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High-flying X Games stunts under scrutiny
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Freeskier Burke, 29, dies from crash injuries
SALT LAKE CITY -- Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke died Thursday, nine days after crashing at the bottom of the superpipe during a training run in Utah. Burke, who lived near Whistler in British Columbia, was 29. She was injured Jan. 10 while training at a personal sponsor event at the Park City Mountain resort. Tests revealed Burke sustained "irreversible damage to her brain due to lack of oxygen ...
Sarah Burke dies due to injuries sustained in Utah
Canadian freeskier Sarah Burke died Thursday morning from injuries sustained during a halfpipe crash January 10, according to a statement issued on Thursday by Quiksilver, Burke's leading sponsor. Burke died at the University of Utah Hospital, where she was airlifted after a crash in the halfpipe at Park City Mountain Resort, where she was training. According to the statement, "As the result of ...
Death of skier Sarah Burke raises questions of safety at Winter X Games
ASPEN, Colo. - Gretchen Bleiler tried to stay composed Wednesday during a news conference, but tears began streaming...
