TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: in a sport where the potential is always there for spectacular crashes, Sarah Burke fall reported is rather harmless. He landed after doing the trick. According to one witness, he is to his side whiplashed. Autumn ripped arteries which causes bleeding in his brain. A hospital release yesterday said: we need to observe the course of his brain function before making a definitive statement about Sarah’s prognosis for recovery.
Burke was injured in a halfpipe similar to that in which the U.S. snowboarder Kevin Pearce suffered brain injuries in 2009. People in sports said halfpipe Park City was one of the best. And 22-foot walls-they are used for 18-not always make it more dangerous.