longshanks":2sxlo3zx said:(Admin - How does one post YouTube vids properly...so it shows up like Patrick's post above?)
Skiace":659j2eze said:It's hard to overstate her impact on skiing. She was the first high-profile woman in the park scene. She was an integral part of freestyle skiing as it developed from moguls to slopestyle & pipe over the last decade and a half. For years she was the only woman around pushing those limits, even competing in men's competitions before women's competitions existed. She was a driving force behind getting women's freestyle events established. She was no doubt was a role model for countless girls all over, proving by example that they could have a future in park & pipe skiing if they wanted it. It's tragic she never got a chance to compete in the Olympics and see the sport she helped define truly reach maturity.
Patrick":328loevc said:longshanks":328loevc said:(Admin - How does one post YouTube vids properly...so it shows up like Patrick's post above?)
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NvhPWD_iHAo[/youtube]
You were close, you had too much stuff in your youtube link (quote my youtube links to see exact format),
Admin":38vs9ttr said:Longshanks, if you mouse over the youtube bbcode button when posting you'll see the format that the link has to be in. Same for Vimeo, Facebook video, etc.
jamesdeluxe":2i5vvmke said:Apologies for the morbid curiosity, but I haven't seen any videos -- what exactly was she attempting that caused the accident? Is the fact that two big stars incurred major injuries at PC due to some unique characteristic in the superpipe there or is it merely coincidence?
Feel free to say "search JONG" if that's my problem.
Exactly. She was on skis, btw, not a board, as ski-halfpipe is the event she championed for inclusion in the Olympics. It sadly also once again demonstrates that helmets are no guarantee of safety.longshanks":2c2z085y said:From what I had read early on (TGR) about the accident, Sarah actually landed on her feet (I don't know what trick she was doing) but suffered severe whiplash from the impact and that led to her vertebral artery tearing/rupturing.