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Kevin Pearce, Olympic Snowboarding Hopeful, Suffers 'Severe Traumatic Brain Injury'

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U.S. Olympic team hopeful Kevin Pearce remained in critical condition today, as the 22-year-old snowboarder suffered a severe injury while training in Park City, Utah on Thursday, December 30, 2009. Pearce, whom many saw as a lock to make the Olympic team, came down while attempting a cab double cork, a double back flip with a twist that Pearce had attempted, and landed, before. The edge of Pearce's snowboard hit the ramp while landing. Pearce, who was wearing a helmet, hit his head on the...Read Full Story

Bing is for Doing: Kevin Pearce’s Story

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  This weekend, Bing will be premiering a new campaign featuring winter sports athletes doing amazing things. The campaign will launch with American snowboarder, Kevin Pearce, who was on the path to the 2010 Olympics before a tragic snowboarding accident left him with a traumatic brain injury. Pearce, now an aspiring sports commentator and an advocate for both the National Down Syndrome Society and the prevention of Traumatic Brain Injuries, just returned to the slopes this month. Bing has...Read Full Story

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Snowboarding life story: Kevin Pearce is back!

By lescrosnez on  From random-blog.com
After an absence of two years, Kevin Pearce is back on the slopes with a snowboard on his feet. For those who don’t remember, two years ago Kevin was the victim of a serious accident while training for the Olympics Games qualifications in 2009. During a pipe session, his head struck the coping and he was not wearing a helmet . Kevin spent several days in a coma with damages everyone thought irreversible. Even Kevin’s doctor said he could no longer ride his snowboard. Nevertheless...Read Full Story

Snowboarding life story: Kevin Pearce is back!

By lescrosnez on  From random-blog.com
After an absence of two years, Kevin Pearce is back on the slopes with a snowboard on his feet. For those who don’t remember, two years ago Kevin was the victim of a serious accident while training for the Olympics Games qualifications in 2009. During a pipe session, his head struck the coping and he was not wearing a helmet . Kevin spent several days in a coma with damages everyone thought irreversible. Even Kevin’s doctor said he could no longer ride his snowboard. Nevertheless, following...Read Full Story
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February 15 1:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Qualification
February 15 2:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross 1/8 Finals
February 15 3:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
February 15 4:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Semifinals
February 15 5:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Snowboard Cross Finals (Medal Event)
February 16 6:45 PM Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Qualification
February 16 7:45 PM Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Quarterfinals
February 16 8:45 PM Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Semifinals
February 16 9:45 PM Snowboard - Ladies' Snowboard Cross Finals (Medal Event)
February 17 10:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe Qualification
February 17 11:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe Semifinals
February 17 12:45 AM Snowboard - Men's Halfpipe Finals (Medal Event)
February 18 1:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' Halfpipe Qualification
February 18 2:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' Halfpipe Semifinals
February 18 3:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' Halfpipe Finals (Medal Event)
February 26 4:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Qualification Run
February 26 5:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Elimination Run
February 26 6:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' PGS 1/8 Finals
February 26 7:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Quarterfinals
February 26 8:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Semifinals
February 26 9:45 AM Snowboard - Ladies' PGS Finals (Medal Event)
February 27 10:45 AM Snowboard - Men's PGS Qualification Run
February 27 11:45 AM Snowboard - Men's PGS Elimination Run
February 27 12:45 PM Snowboard - Men's PGS 1/8 Finals
February 27 1:45 PM Snowboard - Men's PGS Quarterfinals
February 27 2:45 PM Snowboard - Men's PGS Semifinals
February 27 3:45 PM Snowboard - Men's Parallel Giant Slalom Finals (Medal Event)
Editor's Note: Each week in The Human Factor, we bring you the story of someone who has overcome tremendous obstacles to achieve a goal.  Today we introduce you to Kevin Pearce, a professional snowboarder who was considered Olympic gold medalist Shaun White's biggest competitor. Then an accident on the Eagle Superpipe in Park City, Utah, [...]  
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Everyone's welcomed me back to the snowboarding community in such ... gave Pearce the sense of belonging that he couldn't get freeriding or working TV at last month's Winter X Games and on the pro tour. "To actually be in it, to be riding ...  
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As news broke of Canadian freestyle skier Sarah Burke's death, snowboarder Kevin Pearce of Norwich found himself personally connected to an athlete he had never met. Two years ago Pearce suffered a traumatic brain injury when he fell on the same halfpipe as Burke.  
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At Breckenridge in Colorado, on a green run, Pearce ripped it ... I’m lucky, and I’m happy.” Kevin’s mother, Pia, gave him a big hug. She suffered through the ordeal, first receiving the call that Kevin was hurt, then the long and arduous months ...  
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It's been a long two years for Kevin Pearce, the American snowboarder who was critically injured on New Year's Eve in 2009, suffering a traumatic brain injury when he hit his head on the halfpipe in Park City, Utah, while on a training run. Pearce almost died, but he has since made a remarkable recovery, which culminated in his recent return to the slopes. The whole story is told—narrated by Pearce himself—in the new Bing ad below, from the...  
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