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FILTER RESULTS ►‘McConkey’ Trailer Will Make You Believe a Man Can Fly
Shane McConkey was an extreme sports enthusiast, a professional skier and a man who defied physics for a living. He sadly died in a 2009 skiing accident, but his memory of dream-chasing lives on in the aptly titled, upcoming documentary McConkey. Show More Summary
Sky's the limit for JT Holmes
A new documentary about the late Shane McConkey is due out in 2013, but the trailer will be dropping later this year. We talked to McConkey's good friend skier, BASE jumper, and Squaw Valley local JT Holmes -- who just this weekend did his first ski-BASE jump since McConkey's death three years ago...
Best Burton video ever?
There's been a lot of snollerblading in the mountain town/ski resort spring party fiestas going down lately. From the Shane McConkey memorial Pain McShlonkey Classic, featuring an International Small Mountain Snollerblading com and snollerblade Chinese Downhill, to Jackson Hole's Gaper Day April 1...
Daron Rahlves and Glen Plake among Six U.S. Ski & Snowboard Hall of Fame Class of 2011
World Champion ski racer Daron Rahlves, (Truckee, CA), iconic skiing legend Glen Plake, (Heavenly, CA) and the late Shane McConkey (Squaw Valley, CA) one of the world's most noted big...
Shane McConkey — In Deep tribute
Shane Rules !!!! will be missed. Share this on del.icio.us Digg this! Post this on Diigo Post on Google Buzz Add this to Mister Wong Share this on Mixx Post this to MySpace Share this on Reddit Add to a lense on Squidoo Stumble upon something good? Share it on StumbleUpon Share this on Technorati [...]
Do fat skis increase the risk of injury?
With help from pro skiers like the late Shane McConkey, over the last decade skis have ballooned in width and the new reverse and hybrid cambers give skis a banana-like shape. There's one thing we know for sure: Fat skis make off-piste and powder skiing easier, letting us ski faster, longer and in steeper...
Cycle For A Cause Fundraiser
Cycle For A Cause Wrap Party and FundraiserWhere: The Downstairs Bar, Park City, UT.When: Tonight, December 11. 9:00 p.m. until close.Why: Raising funds to benefit Riley Poor, Shane McConkey, and Billy Poole, care of the Pacific Coast...Show More Summary
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Pacific Coast Cycle For A Cause Photo Gallery »Pacific Coast Cycle For A Cause Photo Gallery »With the tragedy that befell the families of Riley Poor, Billy Poole, and Shane McConkey, the last two years have been rough for skiing. Over...Show More Summary
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BASE jumping off Squaw Valley's tram "legally" was originally conceived as a Shane McConkey stunt to usher in Squaw's 60th anniversary season. Instead, for Saturday's opening day, JT Holmes jumped in Shane's memory.
Cycle For A Cause
Last year, skiing bid a sorrowful farewell to its most influential figure ever after the ski-BASE death of Shane McConkey. And only a few weeks earlier, a freak accident had left Riley Poor paralyzed from the chest down. With two events...Show More Summary
Memorial Plaque for Shane McConkey
During my trip to Portillo, Chile last month, we mounted a memorial plaque for our fallen brother and fellow Superstars Camp coach Shane McConkey. Shane and I spent 6 years skiing together in Portillo and we all wanted to leave a lasting memory of him on the mountains that he loved so much there. Show More Summary
Birdos Freeride Skis from Andermatt
A 30 year old Dan Loutrel runs Birdos, a small company in Andermatt producing skis of unmatched quality and appeal. Along with respected names such as Shane McConkey (RIP), Pete Turner and Stephan Drake is among the chosen few that are suspected to have started the reverse sidecut/reverse camber powder ski revolution a...
A Tribute to Shane McConkey - The Story of Rocker Skis
Thanks to our buddies at vapaalasku.com (a great Finnish freeride site). Arttu Muukkonen did a great interview of Shane McConkey a while ago and now let us to translate his article for our site - as a tribute to the great skier and innovator of the whole sport of freeskiing. Thanks to Arttu...
Shane McConkey- 1969-2009
As most of you know now, the world lost a true Superhero last week. Shane McConkey was a true hero, and wonderful friend, and an inspiration. I could tell a million stories about one of my closest friends, but I'm not quite ready to do that yet. Until that time please visit www.shanemcconkey.org a site set up in tribute and to benefit his beautiful family, Ayla and Sherrie.
R.I.P. Shane McConkey
1969 - 2009
With great sadness the ski community mourns the loss of a talented skier and great human being. Rest in Peace.
Photos Scott Markewitz.
Skier Shane McConkey Killed in ski-BASE Jumping Accident
Shane McConkey, 39, famed big mountain skier and BASE jumper died yesterday in a ski-BASE jumping accident in Italy. Reports are McConkey experienced problems in the air after a cliff...
Extreme Skiier Dies in BASE Jump
Skier and BASE jumper Shane McConkey was killed earlier today in a ski-BASE accident in the Italian Dolomites. McConkey experienced problems removing his skis and deploying his parachute canopy and then gliding down to the ground. "One ski did not come off," said his friend Scott Gaffney. "[H]e may have never even pulled his pilot chute."
Shane McConkey’s Death Shocked Us
News of Shane McConkey’s death really shocked us this morning. The legendary freeskier, base jumper and innovator Shane McConkey was killed yesterday in a base jumping accident in the Italian Dolomites. According to several news feeds, Shane McConkey experienced problems in the air after launching off a cliff with the expectation of deploying his parachute...
Shane McConkey Dies in Ski-BASE Accident
World renowned skier and BASE jumper Shane McConkey was killed today after being invoved in a ski-BASE accident.
McConkey, 39, was filming a movie in the Italian Dolomites for Matchstick Productions when the tragedy occurred.
He had planned on doing just what he had done 700+ times before. Jumping off what witnesses say was a 400-foot cliff [...]
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