Seb Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 I'm sad to announced the death of Karine Ruby 31 years old and the first woman to win a olympic gold medal in our sport. The French lady died from falling in a 20m ''crack'' at tour de ronde of Mont Blanc. Karine is a legend in our sport, she is the woman with the most win on the world cup tour with 66 wins and 122 podiums. R.I.P Karine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tex1230 Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 wow. that sucks. She was a hell of a rider. Condolences to her family and friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 RIPping in Heaven now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neil sunday Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 here's the Fox New's story about it: http://msn.foxsports.com/olympics/story/9624172/Olympic-snowboarding-champ-dies-in-climbing-fall Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philfell Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 I'm pretty sure she is the most sucessful snowboarder to date on the FIS World Cup.....MALE or FEMALE. She dominated SBX and Alpine for the ladies and was pretty much unstopable. Of the 245 FIS events she started in she was on the podium in 147 of these. That is unbeleivable in any sport to have that kind of percentage of azz whooping ability. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgang Posted May 29, 2009 Report Share Posted May 29, 2009 http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090529/ap_on_re_eu/sbd_obit_ruby Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 So sorry to hear this. She was indeed a Champion. Sad news. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bordy Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 no words.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sinecure Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 How sad. What an incredible competitor. RIP Karine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack M Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Huge loss. Just terrible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 Oh no. Unbelievable! So sorry to hear. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted May 30, 2009 Report Share Posted May 30, 2009 She went too young. Anyone got their picture with her? Show me yours, I'll show you mine. later, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 She went too young. Anyone got their picture with her? Show me yours, I'll show you mine.later, Dave R. Looks like you are the fortunate one Dave, give it up. It would be a nice way to remember her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_roboteye Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 Looks like you are the fortunate one Dave, give it up. It would be a nice way to remember her. Ask and you shall receive my friend. Dec. 9, 2000. FIS course on Blackcomb. Taken with a POS disposable camera, but it did the job. This one taken a year later, I couldn't get very near to her. Dec. 7, 2001. Taken with a nikon F4s / AF 80-200 2.8 Anybody else got pics???? Post em' if you got em. later, Dave R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
www.oldsnowboards.com Posted June 16, 2009 Report Share Posted June 16, 2009 well done Dave!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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