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5 REASONS SARAH BURKE IS TOUGHER THAN YOU

Sarah Burke Is Tougher Than You
Sarah Burke Is Tougher Than You
5 REASONS SARAH BURKE IS TOUGHER THAN YOU
From November Issue, Rory Bushfield Gives 5 Reasons Why His Girlfriend Is Tougher Than You

Rory Bushfield is the envy of skier dudes everywhere. In Sarah Burke, he has a girlfriend worthy of an ESPY for Best Female in Action Sports, and hot enough for the pages of FHM. But don’t let her Canadian-next-door persona fool you. As Rory attests, Burke is tough like Chuck Norris.

Sarah Burke Is Tougher Than You
You’d never know it if she’s about to pass out from pain. Sarah could be cringing with broken ribs and will still stop to talk to kids or sign a poster. When she broke her back on the final hit of the X Games slopestyle, all she could say was that she was fine.

Sarah Burke Is Tougher Than You
Sarah is a tough wrestler and is way stronger than she looks. She looks cute, but she packs a serious punch. Headlocks and steady footwork are her main strengths. The half-Nelson is her only weakness, but don’t expect her to submit. She never lets on if she’s in pain, in or out of a wrestling match.

Sarah Burke Is Tougher Than You
Sarah is constantly fighting to give girls the opportunity to compete in events like the X Games. People turn down her requests all the time, but she doesn’t let it get to her. She keeps fighting, as she has for the last decade. I think that makes her really tough.

Sarah Burke Is Tougher Than You
I took Sarah gopher shooting at my farm in Alberta. I shot a couple and she was a bit surprised. Then I handed her the gun and she tore a gopher apart. I don’t think she had ever shot a gun, and she blasted a gopher, from pretty far away, on her first shot. Pretty tough in the Bushfield books.

Sarah Burke Is Tougher Than You
When she is sessioning a feature or training for an event, she won’t stop until she’s satisfied. It doesn’t matter how much pain she’s in or how many death-defying crashes she takes. If Sarah wants something on the hill, it’s hers.

Reader Comments

Posted Sat Oct24, 2009, 8:51 AM — By ptor
Nice, but can she cook? ;-)
Posted Tue Oct27, 2009, 8:55 PM — By bruce noga
dear ptor, she'd cook you on the slopes so bad your new nickname will be "cremated toast". she rips.period.
Posted Wed Oct28, 2009, 2:12 PM — By ptor
Dear Bruce, I was referring to food and as a pretty mean cook I'd be up to having an on-slope or backcountry cook-off against her anytime. Of course she's a way better skier than me and is incredible at what she does. It was a joke, duh!!!, because maybe not every skier dude idealizes a gun-slinging hard-woman that goes to Iraq.
Posted Tue Nov10, 2009, 4:25 PM — By Spain
This is rad. Gotta respect a beautiful and badass girl!! this kind is rare to come across.
Posted Thu Jan28, 2010, 10:30 PM — By andrew
shes my cousens feonce
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