Cara-Beth Burnside, nicknamed "CB" (born July 23, 1971 in

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, United States), is a professional

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and

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and ranks amongst the top female athletes in these sports in the world. She was the first president of the Action Sports Alliance.

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. As a skateboarder, Burnside has won more than 16 titles in competitions such as the

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, 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.Women of Action Cara-Beth Burnside video interview and biography
She has received a total of 5 Summer X Games medals for skateboarding. In 1989, Burnside became the first woman to appear on the cover of

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and in 1999, she became the first woman to have a signature

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. Burnside was named ''

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'''s female vert skater of the year in 2004. In 2015, Burnside was inducted in to the Skateboarding Hall of Fame.

Snowboarding Career

Burnside was on the first United States Olympic snowboarding team at the 1998

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, Japan, where she placed 4th.Cara Beth Burnside Official Website biography
She has also won titles at the snowboarding Grand Prix, the X Games and the Vans Triple Crown. She has received a total of 3 Winter X Games medals for snowboarding.

Personal life

Burnside is an advocate for opportunities in

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and founded the Action Sports Alliance in 2005 to create more professional opportunities for women in sports. The Action Sports Alliance also helped secure

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for women at the X Games. Burnside is a vegetarian.The 2008 World's Sexiest Vegetarians Are… // Out There // peta2

Filmography

She is featured in the beginning and end titles for the documentary film ''

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''.

Video Game Appearances

Burnside is a playable character in the

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'' Grind Session'' and '' Tony Hawk: Ride''.

References

External links

Girls Skate Network Interview
American skateboarders American female snowboarders Female skateboarders Living people X Games athletes 1971 births Sportspeople from Orange, California Snowboarders at the 1998 Winter Olympics Olympic snowboarders of the United States 21st-century American women University of California, Davis alumni {{US-skateboarding-bio-stub