Rory Bushfield
{{Short description|Canadian extreme skier}}
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| nickname = Bushywayne
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1983|5|30}}
| birth_place = Balzac, Alberta, Canada
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| spouse = Sarah Burke (2010–2012; her death)
| sport = Mogul skiing, Slopestyle, backcountry
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Rory Bushfield (born May 30, 1983) is a Canadian professional skier, filmmaker, and reality show 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.[https://archive.today/20130411142809/http://www.oakley.com/sports/ski/athletes/37]
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.grantland.com/blog/hollywood-prospectus/post/_/id/71548/splash-recap-the-only-celebrity-high-diving-show-endorsed-by-kareem-abdul-jabbar |title=» Splash Recap: The Only Celebrity High-Diving Show Endorsed by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar |website=Grantland.com |date= |accessdate=2022-02-18}}
Personal life
Bushfield and fellow freeskier Sarah Burke were married in Pemberton, British Columbia on September 25, 2010.[http://www.freeskier.com/articles/article.php?article_id=5396] {{dead link|date=September 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} Burke was a five-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.{{cite news| url = https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/a-year-after-her-death-sarah-burkes-husband-honours-her-by-living-his-life-to-the-fullest/article7549394/| title = A year after her death, Sarah Burke's husband honours her by living his life to the fullest | newspaper= The Globe and Mail}} He started the Sarah Burke Foundation in her memory.
Bushfield lives in Squamish, British Columbia with his dog, Dexter.{{cite news|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/remembering-sarah-burke---the-most-amazing-girl-ever/article4558063/|title=Remembering Sarah Burke – 'the most amazing girl ever'| newspaper= The Globe and Mail|access-date=2019-10-25}} He is also a single-engine pilot.
Filmography
- Strike Three – Level 1 2002
- Forward – Level 1 2003
- Yearbook – Matchstick Productions 2004
- The Hit List – Matchstick Productions 2005
- Push – Matchstick Productions 2006
- Seven Sunny Days – Matchstick Productions 2007
- Claim – Matchstick Productions 2008
- In Deep – Matchstick Productions 2009
- The Way I See It – Matchstick Productions 2010
- One for the Road – Teton Gravity Research 2011
- Attack of La Niña – Matchstick Productions 2011
- All.I.Can. – Sherpa 2011
- Super Heroes of Stoke – Matchstick Productions 2012
- The Dream Factory – Teton Gravity Research 2012
- Into The Mind – Sherpas Cinema 2013
- The Crash Reel - Documentary by Julian Cautherley & Lucy Walker 2013
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|4781587}}
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Category:Skiing people from Alberta
Category:People from Squamish, British Columbia