The Metapost
Starting this blog back at the beginning of February, initially as a University set project has now grown into something that is somewhat enjoyable and now something I would like to continue to blog about. The idea of the blog was based on my passion for skiing and the realisation of many top name athletes losing their life to the sport but no central area to embrace them. It also something that is based around a strong following audience, however constricted to a more specific idea (death in skiing) that will differentiate the blog from other more standard blogs (Just Skiing) and websites. So I started with simple posts capturing part of the athlete’s lives but since grown into other aspects of the blog and trying to ever expand. (This post is intended for my University work if you are interested in how my journey has gone please continue…)
Riley Poor is another skier enthusiast who delved his expertise into the freeskiing industry not in his talents in skiing but his dedication to making the industry what it is today. He was in a sense a team manager but a great friend to all he came across.
He unfortunately suffered a serious injury to his spinal cord after a dive into a pool resulting in paralysis which has lead to a long recovery and uncertain journey ahead.
You can read about his journey here on his blog which is updated on a somewhat irregular basis; understandably, but shares stories about his personal life, recovery and the injury itself.
It’s unfortunate to hear people suffer such horrific and life altering injuries but you can see in a lot of cases a great deal learning and wisdom developing that is often shared to people who are close or in reach of the message.
Again he has a foundation that is dedicated to funding the sport as well financially aiding his recovery. It will be added to the donations page and please don’t hesitate to donate.
A Billy Poole Tribute by Phillip Baribeau, another interesting watch.
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Jamie Pierre breaking the world-record setting the mark at 255 feet!
If something’s so dangerous it requires a helmet, then maybe I shouldn’t be
doing it.” - Jamie Pierre
JAMIE PIERRE
A suggestion by a fellow newschooler ‘TheDude’ leads me to remember the contributions made by freeskier Jamie Pierre. He set a world-record in cliff jumping, leaping 255 feet to a soft powdery landing. He landed on his head but it was still a huge feat.
Jamie was unfortunately killed in an avalanche which had dragged him 800 feet along rocky terrain, while snowboarding in Snowbird, Utah on November, 13th 2011 at the age of 38. It seems that there have been a large number of high profile athletes who have fallen in rescent times but progression isn’t easy and sometimes we push to hard at the wrong time.
RIP Jamie Pierre
Image taken from
http://www.newschoolers.com/readnews/4300.0/Remembering-Jamie-Pierre
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