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Shane McConkey, the Glossary

Shane McConkey (December 30, 1969 – March 26, 2009) was a professional skier and BASE jumper.^[1]

41 relations: Alpine skiing, BASE jumping, Boulder, Colorado, British Columbia, Colorado, Daron Rahlves, Detachable chairlift, Dolomites, Eiger, ESPN, Extreme skiing, Fox Television Stations, Freeskiing, Glen Plake, Italy, K2 Sports, Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year, Marker (ski bindings), McConkey (film), Men's Journal, National Geographic Adventure (magazine), Norway, Oakley, Inc., Olympic Valley, California, Park City Mountain Resort, Red Bull, Red Bull GmbH, Romsdal, Sessions (clothing company), Ski geometry, Ski-BASE jumping, Skiing, Steep (film), Thailand, The Ski Channel, Ultimate Rush, University of Colorado Boulder, Vancouver, Vancouver Sun, Volant Spatula, Wingsuit flying.
Canadian freeskiers
Extreme skiers
Skiers from Vancouver
Wingsuit flight deaths

Alpine skiing

Alpine skiing, or downhill skiing, is the pastime of sliding down snow-covered slopes on skis with fixed-heel bindings, unlike other types of skiing (cross-country, Telemark, or ski jumping), which use skis with free-heel bindings.

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BASE jumping

BASE jumping is the recreational sport of jumping from fixed objects, using a parachute to descend safely to the ground.

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Boulder, Colorado

Boulder is a home rule city in and the county seat of Boulder County, Colorado, United States.

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British Columbia

British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.

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Colorado

Colorado (other variants) is a landlocked state in the Mountain West subregion of the Western United States.

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Daron Rahlves

Daron Louis Rahlves (born June 12, 1973) is a former American World Cup alpine ski racer and freestyle skier.

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Detachable chairlift

A detachable chairlift or high-speed chairlift is a type of passenger aerial lift, which, like a fixed-grip chairlift, consists of numerous chairs attached to a constantly moving wire rope (called a haul rope) that is strung between two (or more) terminals over intermediate towers.

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Dolomites

The Dolomites (Dolomiti), also known as the Dolomite Mountains, Dolomite Alps or Dolomitic Alps, are a mountain range in northeastern Italy.

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Eiger

The Eiger is a mountain of the Bernese Alps, overlooking Grindelwald and Lauterbrunnen in the Bernese Oberland of Switzerland, just north of the main watershed and border with Valais.

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ESPN

ESPN (an abbreviation of its original name, the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by The Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan.

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Extreme skiing

Extreme skiing is performed on long, steep (typically from 45 to 60+ degrees, or grades of 100 to 170 percent) slopes in mountainous terrain.

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Fox Television Stations

Fox Television Stations, LLC (stylized as FOX TV STATIONS), also known as FTS and Fox Television Stations Group, LLC, is a group of television stations in the United States owned-and-operated by the Fox Broadcasting Company, a subsidiary of the Fox Corporation.

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Freeskiing

Freeskiing, or new school skiing, is a specific type of alpine skiing, which involves tricks, jumps, and terrain park features, such as rails, boxes, jibs, or other obstacles.

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Glen Plake

Glen Plake (born September 9, 1964) is a US National Ski Hall of Fame skier. Shane McConkey and Glen Plake are extreme skiers.

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Italy

Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.

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K2 Sports

K2 Sports, LLC, known simply as K2, is an American sporting goods company headquartered in Seattle, Washington focused primarily on winter sports equipment.

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Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year

The Laureus World Sports Award for Action Sportsperson of the Year, known as the Alternative Sportsperson of the Year prior to 2007, is an annual award honouring the achievements of individual athletes from the world of action sports.

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Marker (ski bindings)

Marker International is a German manufacturing company of equipment for winter sports established in 1952 and headquartered in Straubing, Lower Bavaria.

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McConkey (film)

McConkey is a 2013 documentary film about extreme skier Shane McConkey.

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Men's Journal

Men's Journal is an American men's lifestyle magazine focused on outdoor recreation and comprising editorials on the outdoors, environmental issues, health and fitness, style and fashion, and gear.

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National Geographic Adventure (magazine)

National Geographic Adventure was a magazine started in 1999 by the National Geographic Society in the United States.

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Norway

Norway (Norge, Noreg), formally the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe, situated on the Scandinavian Peninsula.

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Oakley, Inc.

Oakley, Inc. is an American company headquartered in Foothill Ranch, California, which is an autonomous subsidiary of Luxottica.

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Olympic Valley, California

Olympic Valley (historically and informally known as Squaw Valley) is an unincorporated community located in Placer County, California northwest of Tahoe City along California State Highway 89 on the banks of the Truckee River near Lake Tahoe.

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Park City Mountain Resort

Park City Mountain Resort (PCMR) is a ski resort in the western United States in Park City, Utah, located east of Salt Lake City.

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Red Bull

Red Bull is a brand of energy drinks created and owned by the Austrian company Red Bull GmbH.

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Red Bull GmbH

Red Bull GmbH is an Austrian multinational private conglomerate company known for its range of energy drinks of the same name.

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Romsdal

Romsdal is a traditional district in the Norwegian county Møre og Romsdal, located between Nordmøre and Sunnmøre.

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Sessions (clothing company)

Sessions is an apparel company that designs, develops, produces and markets action-sports based products primarily in the snowsports industry as well as young men's and women's clothing.

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Ski geometry

Ski geometry is the shape of the ski.

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Ski-BASE jumping

Ski-BASE jumping is the recreational sport of skiing at a high speed off of a cliff or mountain and free-falling through the air, using a parachute to descend to the ground, therefore combining the two sports of skiing and BASE jumping.

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Skiing

Skiing is the use of skis to glide on snow for basic transport, a recreational activity, or a competitive winter sport.

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Steep (film)

Steep is a 2007 documentary about extreme skiing written and directed by Mark Obenhaus.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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The Ski Channel

The Ski Channel was a Video On Demand Cable, Satellite and Telco television channel distributed on Comcast, Time Warner Cable, DirecTV, Verizon FiOS, Brighthouse Networks, Cablevision, RCN, AT&T U-Verse and Cox Communications.

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Ultimate Rush

Ultimate Rush is a 2011/2012 documentary television series produced by the Red Bull Media House in association with Matchstick Productions.

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University of Colorado Boulder

The University of Colorado Boulder (CU Boulder, CU, or Colorado) is a public research university in Boulder, Colorado, United States.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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Vancouver Sun

The Vancouver Sun, also known as the Sun, is a daily broadsheet newspaper based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.

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Volant Spatula

The Spatula was a ski manufactured by Volant skis from 2001 to 2003.

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Wingsuit flying

Wingsuit flying (or wingsuiting) is the sport of skydiving using a webbing-sleeved jumpsuit called a wingsuit to add webbed area to the diver's body and generate increased lift, which allows extended air time by gliding flight rather than just free falling.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shane_McConkey

Also known as Saucer Boy.

Shane McConkey, the Glossary

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See also

Canadian freeskiers

Extreme skiers

Skiers from Vancouver

Wingsuit flight deaths

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