The TERRIFYING Last Minutes of Pro Skier Sarah Burke

Subscribe for More Extreme Stories from the Edge: ExtremeEdgeStories Sarah Burke was a fearless freestyle skier who soared to the heights of her sport. The Canadian native s bold, innovative tricks broke boundaries in halfpipe and slopestyle events. She dominated at X Games, winning 4 straight golds, and took halfpipe world champion title in 2005. Burke s charismatic passion for freeskiing won Olympic inclusion for the Sochi 2014 Games. She lobbied relentlessly to get women a spot beside men on sport s biggest stage. Burke was poised to take Olympic gold herself when a training accident tragically ended her life at 29. But her pioneering legacy lives on in girls inspired to fly farther than the expectation of society.