Kip Garre
Tim Mutrie...behind Shane McConkey and jumped off; 3. Maintains relations with and shares a modest cabin near the base of Squaw with Ingrid Backstrom—the bonafide freeskiing star and, interestingly, quite the appropriate literary foil...
Blog Entry | Conversation | May 01, 2009Top photogs shoot for the sky in Whistler
Colin Whyte...mad applause. Head Red Bull photog, Christian Pondella, was next up with shots that ranged from BASE jumping to ice climbing to straight-up spelunking. These shots were definitely the most "extreme" of the...
Blog Entry | Conversation | April 24, 2009GETTING FRESH...With A Big-Mountain Pioneer
As told to Alyssa Roenigk...creativity and originality. Nothing's out of bounds, either. About three years ago, I started combining BASE jumping and skiing. There are about 30 of us doing it. We wear a parachute and are...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009Remembering Shane McConkey
Alyssa Roenigk...I heard the news that big-mountain skier Shane McConkey had been killed in a ski BASE-jumping accident in Italy. Born in Vancouver, McConkey, 39, was a pioneer in his sport and one...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009Thacker: 'Can we go 400 feet?!'
Tim Mutrie...record huck, Thacker—we had to ask—says he's not finished with this distance jumping stuff either. "Absolutely not," he said via cell phone. "We were still on the landing after measuring...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 30, 2009MSP: McConkey never threw his chute
Tim Mutrie...to focus on removing both skis and succeeded. He quickly turned into a classic, face down BASE jumping position to throw his pilot chute (which pulls out the main canopy), but after 12 seconds...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 27, 2009Remembering Shane
Micah AbramsEven before Shane learned to fly, he had the aura of a guy who could do the impossible.
Story | Conversation | March 27, 2009
Charging Harder
Graeme Murray/Red Bull - Matt Murray/Oakley...well as a generation of skiers who grew up watching his career progress from skiing to BASE jumping to ski-BASE-jumping -- a sport he quite literally invented
Photo | March 27, 2009
Float On
Klein/Red BullBASE jumping: Leaping from bridges, antennas, spans and earth. Once Shane had conquered those four cornerstones, he began...
Photo | March 27, 2009
Wingsuit Warriors
Alfredo Martinez/Red Bull...shared a special, adrenaline-fueled relationship with Miles Daisher, a fellow pioneer in the world of BASE jumping. Daisher has 1,838 jumps to date, not to mention 278 McConkeys and 3 Floater McConkeys...
Photo | March 27, 2009Shane McConkey Tribute Gallery
After the tragic ski-BASE-jumping death of Shane McConkey, the world of action sports will never be the same
Photo | March 27, 2009RIP: Shane McConkey dies ski BASE jumping
Tim MutrieTHURSDAY, MARCH 26, 2009: Decorated big mountain skier and BASE jumper Shane McConkey was killed earlier today in a ski-BASE accident in the Italian Dolomites. Shane...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 26, 2009The McConkey Effect
Tim MutrieSCOTT GAFFNEY Thursday afternoon, via phone, from Squaw Valley. • "I just read a quote on a message board and it's appropriate: 'It's like hea...
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 26, 2009Lunch Links: 3/9/09
Max Klinger and Ethan Trex...NBDL. Oof: baseball's attendance is down already. Drag racing in Saudi. Another cool piece on BASE jumping
Blog Entry | Conversation | March 09, 2009Mat "Condor" Hoffman talks about coming back to BMX after injuries
Alyssa RoenigkSurgery without anesthesia? No problem for BMX legend Mat "Condor" Hoffman—the toughest guy in sports
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