Cara-Beth Burnside
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Cara-Beth Burnside, nicknamed "CB", is a pioneer of women's professional skateboarding and snowboarding from Orange, California and ranks amongst the top female athletes in these sports in the world.
As a skateboarder, Burnside has won more than 16 titles in competitions such as the X Games, All Girl Skate Jam, Vans Triple Crown, Slam City Jam and Soul Bowl, and in 2004 she was named Female Vert Skater of the Year by World Cup Skating.[1]
As a snowboarder, she was on the first United States Olympic snowboarding team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where she placed 4th.[2] She has also won titles at the snowboarding Grand Prix, the X Games and the Vans Triple Crown.[1]
In 1998 she received gold medals for both the snowboarding halfpipe event in the 1998 Winter X Games and the skateboard vert event at the 2003 Summer X Games. She is the only woman to have received gold medals at both competitions.[2]
Burnside is sponsored by a number of clothing and gear manufacturers, including Vans and Hurley International. She is the first woman to have a signature skate shoe.[2]
[edit] References
- ^ a b Women of Action Cara-Beth Burnside video interview and biography
- ^ a b c Cara Beth Burnside Official Website biography
