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Winter X: White Nets Flawless Gold

By UCN on January 30, 2012 6:38 AM

Shaun White soars above the spectators as he competes in men's snowboard superpipe elimination during Winter X Games 2012 at Buttermilk Mountain on January 29, 2012 in Aspen, Colorado. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images North America)

Was there every any doubt? Shaun White proved yet again that he is the world's top halfpipe snowboarder with an unprecedented perfect score of 100 in the superpipe final at Winter X Games.

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Canadian Freestyle Skier Sarah Burke, Dies at 29, After Superpipe Crash

By UCN on January 19, 2012 4:56 PM

Sarah Burke of Whistler, Canada poses with her gold medal after winning the Women's Skiing Superpipe at Winter X Games 13 on Buttermilk Mountain on January 23, 2009 in Aspen, Colorado. (Doug Pensinger/Getty Images)

Sarah Burke was an X Games star with a grass-roots mentality - a daredevil superpipe skier who understood the risks inherent to her sport and the debt she owed to it.

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Canadian Freestyle Skier Sarah Burke In Coma After Superpipe Crash

By UCN on January 11, 2012 2:21 AM

Sarah Burke of Canada takes 1st place during the FIS Freestyle World Cup Men's and Women's Halfpipe on March 20, 2011 in La Plagne, France. (Christophe Pallot/Agence Zoom/Getty Images Europe)

Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke was in a coma Tuesday after crashing during a training run on the superpipe in Park City, Utah.

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Snowboarder Kevin Pearce to Ride Again Two Years After Life-Threatening Accident

By UCN on December 8, 2011 2:45 PM

The snowboarder Kevin Pearce at the National Rehabilitation Hospital Victory Awards earlier this month. Pearce is set to ride again. (Riccardo S. Savi/Getty Images for National Rehabilitation Hospital)

Instead of riding for Kevin, snowboarders can ride with Kevin again.

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Winter X: White Nets Flawless Gold

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