Jason Burnett is done playing with fire — for now, anyway. An Olympic gymnast and aspiring stuntman, Burnett sustained major injuries to his right leg two years ago while doing what he describes as “stupid” tricks for a demo reel. At the time he was just getting his feet wet in the business after landing [...]
Jason Burnett of Toronto broke his own world record for degree of difficulty at a trampoline World Cup event Saturday en route to a silver medal in the men’s final. Burnett, who went into the final ranked third after Friday’s qualifications, jazzed up his optional routine with several multiple twisting moves to score a whopping [...]
All eyes were on Aussie trampolining star Ben Wilden but it was Canadian Olympic silver medallist Jason Burnett who stole the show at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships. Wilden, a South Australian Sports Institute (SASI) trampolinist, was gunning to crack the 40.0 mark at this competition. But it was Burnett’s 18.0 DD (degree of difficulty) [...]
Jason Burnett’s nickname around the Skyriders trampoline club in Toronto is Skills. He was given the handle because he’s known for doing all kinds of crazy, over-the-top tricks on the trampoline in training. Some of those tricks are so ridiculous that they are more likely to end up on the Internet than in a competition… [...]
Jason Burnett decided to go big or go home and it paid off. The Toronto native won a silver medal in men’s trampoline at the Beijing Olympics on Tuesday after nailing a routine that had the highest degree of difficulty in the competition. Burnett, 21, finished second with 40.7 points. “That rocked,” he said. “That [...]
Canada’s Jason Burnett won silver Tuesday in men’s trampoline at the Beijing Games. Burnett, 21, was the second finalist on the trampoline and earned a score of 40.70 for his routine, which featured a degree of difficulty of 16.8 — the highest in the final. The three-time Canadian champion from Toronto told the CBC that [...]