Rory Bushfield

Rory Bushfield
Personal information
Nickname(s) "bushywayne"
Nationality  Canada
Born (1983-05-30) May 30, 1983
Balzac, Alberta
Spouse(s) Sarah Burke (2010-2012; her death)
Sport
Sport Mogul skiing, Slopestyle, backcountry

Rory Bushfield (born May 30, 1983) is a Canadian professional skier, filmmaker, and reality star.

Bushfield is a former member of Canada's World Cup team, skiing moguls. He has also competed in slopestyle skiing before focusing on backcountry skiing and filmmaking.[1]

Bushfield was a contestant on the reality diving competition Splash beginning in March 2013. He won the competition, defeating Nicole Eggert, on May 7, 2013.[2]

Personal life

Bushfield and fellow freeskier Sarah Burke were married in Pemberton, British Columbia on September 25, 2010.[3] Burke was a four-time gold medalist at the Winter X Games and won the world championship in halfpipe in 2005. She died after a training accident in Utah on January 19, 2012.[4] He started the Sarah Burke Foundation in her memory.

Bushfield lives in Squamish, British Columbia. He is also a single-engine pilot.[1]

Filmography

References

  1. 1 2 http://www.oakley.com/sports/ski/athletes/37
  2. ↑ http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/71548/splash-recap-the-only-celebrity-high-diving-show-endorsed-by-kareem-abdul-jabbar
  3. ↑ "Sorry Dudes, Sarah Burke Is Now Married". Freeskier.com. 27 September 2010.
  4. ↑ http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/a-year-after-her-death-sarah-burkes-husband-honours-her-by-living-his-life-to-the-fullest/article7549394/
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