Cara-Beth Burnside

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Cara-Beth Burnside
Personal information
NicknameCB
BornJuly 23, 1971 (1971-07-23) (age 52)
Orange, California, United States
Home town Oceanside, California
Alma mater University of California, Davis
Occupation(s)Professional skateboarder and snowboarder
Medal record
Winter X Games
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1997 Big Bear Lake, California SBD Slopestyle
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1998 Crested Butte, Colorado SBD Half Pipe
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1999 Crested Butte, Colorado SBD Half Pipe


Summer X Games
Representing Flag of the United States.svg  United States
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2003 Los Angeles SKB Vert
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2004 Los Angeles SKB Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2005 Los Angeles SKB Vert
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2006 Los Angeles SKB Vert
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2007 Los Angeles SKB Vert

Cara-Beth Burnside, nicknamed "CB" (born July 23, 1971, in Orange, California, United States), is a professional skateboarder and snowboarder and ranks amongst the top female athletes in these sports in the world. She was the first president of the Action Sports Alliance.

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Skateboarding career

Burnside started skating in men's amateur skating competitions in the 1980s due to the lack of women's skate contests. During this time, Burnside started to learn to snowboard due to the lack of professional opportunities for female skaters. [1]

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. [2] She has received a total of 5 Summer X Games medals for skateboarding. [3]

In 1989, Burnside became the first woman to appear on the cover of Thrasher Magazine and in 1999, she became the first woman to have a signature skate shoe. [1]

Burnside was named TransWorld Skateboarding 's female vert skater of the year in 2004.

In 2015, Burnside was inducted in to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame. [4]

Snowboarding career

Burnside was on the first United States Olympic snowboarding team at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, where she placed 4th. [5] She has also won titles at the snowboarding Grand Prix, the X Games and the Vans Triple Crown. [2]

She has received a total of 3 Winter X Games medals for snowboarding. [3]

Personal life

Burnside is an advocate for opportunities in women's sports and founded the Action Sports Alliance in 2005 to create more professional opportunities for women in sports. [1] The Action Sports Alliance also helped secure equal pay for women at the X Games. [1]

Burnside is a vegetarian. [6]

Filmography

She is featured in the beginning and end titles for the documentary film Not Bad for a Girl .

Video Game Appearances

Burnside is a playable character in the video games Grind Session and Tony Hawk: Ride .

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Meet the Skate Icon Who Was the First Woman to Grace the Cover of Thrasher Mag , retrieved January 18, 2022
  2. 1 2 Women of Action Cara-Beth Burnside video interview and biography Archived November 26, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
  3. 1 2 "Cara-Beth Burnside's official X Games athlete biography". X Games. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  4. "Cara-Beth Burnside – 2015 – Skateboarding Hall of Fame and Museum". skateboardinghalloffame.org. April 21, 2020. Retrieved January 18, 2022.
  5. Cara Beth Burnside Official Website biography Archived December 23, 2010, at WebCite
  6. The 2008 World's Sexiest Vegetarians Are… // Out There // peta2 Archived January 6, 2010, at the Wayback Machine