Did you cry after McConkey?

wyguy

wyguy

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I somehow just got around to watching it and was balling at the end. Fantastic film portraying a brilliant life.
 
I haven't seen McConkey but I cried in The Crash Reel and especially the part in Sarah Burke and CR Johnson
 
Yes but not as much as I did when I saw his final segment in In Deep. I was riding the bus home from highschool watching it on my iPod touch hahaha.
 
I am not an emotional guy at all (I kind of wish I was), but after that film I was pretty torn up. It was a great documentary that really hit the feels.
 
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I somehow just got around to watching it and was balling at the end.
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BALLIN!

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Seriously though, I was pretty emotional at the end. Not crying, but definitely thought the movie was touching. One of my favorite ski movies
 
I wouldn't say crying but I teared up a little. And that never happens for me during movies, so it for sure had me feeling the feels
 
The shot of Winters (I think, or the other MSP guy) filming McConkey off the cliff he died on and turning around giving the worst look on his face ever was gut wrenching
 
I didn't really tear up or cry, but I got a fucking massive lump in my throat. The ending scene of his parachute not deploying was too real for me.
 
I tear up for a lot of real life shit, not for Hollywood flicks, so seeing the end of that was pretty emotional, and as a side note I was pretty broken up about the tragic death of JP and Andreas so seeing some of the tribute videos like the one for JP that was posted here on NS got water to fall out of my eyes for sure.

Big ups to the people who make emotion evoking tributes to the people who died doing what they loved.

if I could live one day the way Shane and jp and all them lived every day... Sad stuff
 
The part where his wife was telling the story of how she got the phone call and when she asked how the trip was going going and all they had to say was "bad" is what got me

Where do I see Deep?
 
I saw it when I was at work on an oil rig. I was so worried somebody would walk in and see tears in my eyes, I would never hear the end of it
 
This post really highlights one of the reasons I love free skiing. And that is that there is so much love in the community. Guys like Shane taught us to love our sport and those around us. We look out for each other. And I think this is one of the things that makes freesking unique. You don't find this in other sports.
 
McConkey played at the Vail Film Festival last year. I was working the event and had already seen/bought and cried because of the movie. What blew my mind was the reactions from audience, pretty clear and even split between those who empathized and cried and those who judged and called McConkey an irresponsible father with a death wish
 
I got to see the premiere at Squaw Valley, and I'm pretty new to skiing so I didn't know jack about him at the time. Being there in the presence of his family & friends, all the people he had the biggest influence on, was such an intense experience. Had I just watched the DVD at home, I wouldn't have got it. But being there was a life-changer, it changed how I see the community & culture of skiing more than anything else. And it made me wanna charge everything on skis.
 
McConkey definitely hit me right in the feels. However, for some reason even though I knew her the least as a skier, the Sarah Burke tribute made me the most emotional of all the skiers who have passed. Something about that video and song.
 
My three roomates cried, there snowboarders who had never heard of him.

I had to walk out of the room, still do everytime it ends!
 
It's easily the saddest movie I've ever seen. The shot of them filming from the heli on Shane's last jump tears me apart inside.
 
The shot of the guy filming from the heli and just pointing the camera down... down... then his face...

Felt like I was trying to swallow a tennis ball at the end, choked me right up.
 
I wouldnt say that i cried but I definitely felt like I was going to. I Also felt fairly emotional from the Warnick tribute at the end of Road To Zion.

Shit sucks
 
Hadn't been on netflix for a year since it's been on but have wanted to watch it since I heard it was coming out. Just got a chance to watch it and love it.

Didn't cry but I don't really generally. That said it def got to me. Very intense movie. Glad to see how well it was done, and glad to finally see it after all these years.

SIP
 
it would have been alot more sad if the joke with jt and shane taking the money out of his wallet didnt lighten the mood
 
i cried big raindrop tears. it was brutal.

as for the crash reel, i saw it at sundance and was torn up. 10/10 would recommend
 
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it would have been alot more sad if the joke with jt and shane taking the money out of his wallet didnt lighten the mood
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they couldn't have done that any better, i was laughing my ass off while sobbing at the same down with tears everywhere
 
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I didn't really tear up or cry, but I got a fucking massive lump in my throat. The ending scene of his parachute not deploying was too real for me.
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yeah same here. especially his filmer getting all freaked out really hit me
 
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