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. . SPORTS MEDICINE : SPORTS: SKIING : RISK: MEDICAL RISK : SPORTS: INJURIES: Halfpipe Skiers Acknowledge Dangers of Sport But Still Hit Superpipe Despite Burkes Injury . . Halfpipe Skiers Acknowledge Dangers of Sport But Still Hit Superpipe Despite Burkes Injury By Associated Press Published: January 13, 2012 Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/halfpipe-skiers-acknowledge- dangers-of-sport-but-still-hit-superpipe-despite-burkes-injury/ 2012/01/13/gIQAvl0jwP_story.html . . PARK CITY, Utah The afternoon sun has cast a giant shadow across one wall of the imposing 22-foot superpipe at Park City Mountain Resort. . On the other, members of the French national team are illuminated as they catch big air, twisting and spinning as they prepare for another run at the Winter X Games later this month. . Though they just arrived at this Utah mountain town, they know this is the pipe where Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, in critical condition at a nearby hospital, was injured just days ago. And it is the same pipe where champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered a traumatic brain injury two years ago. . Although the athletes training Thursday said they respect the sports dangers, theyll continue doing what they do. . The danger is part of the sport, so you have to accept that, said Benoit Valentin, 19, an alternate at the upcoming X Games. . The French currently have some of the best halfpipe skiers in the world, with Kevin Rolland and Thomas Krief, and 2009 Winter X Games Champion Xavier Bertoni. . We come here because its the best place to train at this time of the year, French coach Greg Guenet said. . And they come because not only do they want to do well at the X Games but at the 2014 Olympics, where the sport will be included for the first time. . . Burke's accident leaves questions January, 14, 2012 05:31 PM ET By Gretchen Bleiler ESPN Action Sports http://espn.go.com/action/snowboarding/blog/_/post/ 7462282/burke-accident-leaves-questions . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/6v79tpp . . Our action sports world is again in shock. One of freestyle skiing's top women, Sarah Burke, remains in critical condition after a fall while training in Park City a few days ago. As pro snowboarders, skiers, etc., we all know that what we do is risky. But when accidents produce results like this we're left praying and asking ourselves questions. . Is this worth it? Why did this happen? What are we doing? . . Updated: January 14, 2012, 12:58 AM ET Burke remains in critical condition ESPN Action Sports http://espn.go.com/action/freeskiing/story/_/id/7460245/ sarah-burke-remains-neuro-critical-care-two-days-surgery . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/8xvsuhz . . Sarah Burke is being treated at the Neuro Critical Care Unit at University of Utah Hospital in Salt Lake City after suffering a traumatic brain injury and intracranial hemmorrhage Tuesday while training in the halfpipe at Park City. "Sarah remains in critical condition in the Neuro Critical Care Unit," said Safdar Ansari, the neurointensivist leading a multidisciplinary team coordinating Burke's care, in a statement issued on Friday. . "With traumatic brain injury, our care is focused on addressing the primary injury and preventing secondary brain damage, as well as managing other injuries sustained at the time of the accident; all of which requires close monitoring and intensive care. At this moment, Sarah needs more time before any prognosis can be determined." . . Kevin Pearce Story- A Fallen Dream YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZsYPBacfRs . . Tue Feb 16 10:50am EST Onetime Olympic hopeful Kevin Pearce 'must learn to walk again' By Trey Kerby Yahoo Sports http://sports.yahoo.com/olympics/blog/fourth_place_medal/post/ Onetime-Olympic-hopeful-Kevin-Pearce-must-learn?urn=oly-219946 . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/7tc9qls . . Snowboarder Kevin Pearce sustained a massive head injury while training Dec. 31 in Park City, Utah. While working on the double cork, Pearce slammed face-first into an icy 22-foot wall of a halfpipe. Pearce was admitted to a Salt Lake City hospital in critical condition and had surgery. He stayed there until this month, when he was transferred to a Colorado facility that specializes in rehabilitating brain and spinal cord injuries. . Monday night, "NBC Nightly News" spoke with Pearce's family for the first time since his injury. Though his family is encouraged, doctor's reports reveal that Pearce has suffered memory loss and impaired vision, and he will have to learn how to walk again. . . Freestyle Star Sustains Serious Head Injury in Training By JOHN BRANCH Published: January 11, 2012 New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/sports/canadian-freestyle- skier-sarah-burke-sustains-head-injury-in-halfpipe-fall.html . A shorter URL for the above link: . http://tinyurl.com/7p7hwpj . . The potential danger presented by the high walls and slick sides of supersize halfpipes has come to the fore again, two years after the champion snowboarder Kevin Pearce sustained a traumatic head injury. . The Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke, a four-time X Games champion and 2014 Olympic favorite, was seriously injured Tuesday in the 22-foot halfpipe in Park City, Utah, the same place where Pearce was injured on Dec. 31, 2009. Like Pearce, she hit her head while attempting to land a trick during training and was airlifted to University Hospital in Salt Lake City. . Sarah sustained serious injuries and remains intubated and sedated in critical condition, the hospital neurointensivist Safdar Ansari said in a statement. . Burke, a 29-year-old from Ontario who lives in Squamish, British Columbia, successfully lobbied to add halfpipe skiing to the 2014 Olympic program in Sochi, Russia. She was expected to defend her latest X Games gold medal this month in Aspen, Colo. . Sarah is a very strong young woman, and she will most certainly fight to recover, her husband, Rory Bushfield, said in a statement. . . The complete articles may be read at the URLs provided for each. . . WEBBIB1112 . . 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