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Sarah Burke

Sarah Burke

Acting

Biography

Sarah Jean Burke was a Canadian freestyle skier who was a pioneer of the superpipe event. She was a five-time Winter X Games gold medallist, and won the world championship in the halfpipe in 2005. She successfully lobbied the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to have the event added to the Olympic program for the 2014 Winter Olympics. She was considered a medal favourite in the event. Burke died following a training accident in Utah in 2012.

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Whiteshine

The award-winning team at Pléhouse Films today announced the production of White Shine, the eagerly-anticipated sequel to Red Tape, Pléhouse films critically-acclaimed second production. The 16mm film will document the winter of the D-Structure team members as they explore the planet in search of the best alpine and urban destinations. For it's third film, Pléhouse has accepted its most important assignment to date: follow the 20 skiers part of the D-Structure professional and amateur teams as they travel the globe. The Pléhouse film crews will shoot thousands of feet of film documenting these elite athletes as they perpetually push the limits of skiing in the backcountry, in terrain parks and in unusual urban settings. Featured Skiers: Philippe Belanger, Philippe Dion, Phil Larose, Iannick B., Charles Gagnier, Sarah Burke, Thomas Rinfret, TJ Schiller, Josh Bibby Credit: Plehouse Films

Whiteshine

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