Goodbye to one of the GREATEST EVER

i agree, at least he was doing what he loved. It would have been that much worse if he died without his skis and parachute on. At least we can be assured that as he was skiing down, he had a smile on his face and was loving it.
 
RIP.

+++ vibes to you man, you were close to him. I met him once and I don't even know how to describe it.
 
damn dude that really blows.
+vibes and karma for you.
and RIP Shane.
p.s. call me an idiot but what exactly is a ski base accident?
 
Shane. McConkey. Was. A. Hero.

He will be sorely missed by everyone, including the millions of skiers worldwide who have never even seen him in real life but have been touched by this guys absolute genius and loveable attitude. I'm so sorry for those close to him too, he seemed like one of the greatest human beings alive.
 
we should make a skiing hall of fame with him being the first inducted. to be honest, i didnt know too much about him, but one thing that impressed me is that he was around 40 and still rocked it, so i think he was an idol to everyone in the ski industry. have seen him in so many videos, all his inventions, his skiing, everything was good in a way that i couldnt say about any pro skier...

his ego cam part in yearbook is one of the top5 seggies that i can think of.

way to create a legend. this is the first true freeski superstar to leave the stage, vibes to family and friends... i dont know if its better to die doing what you loved, but i guess the imagination helps us (and especially the people close to him) to get over it...

so RIP shane mcconkey, forever one of the greatest
 
i'm still in shock... this is terrible news. an inspiring person for me, such a good vibe and had been moving our sport since the beggining. i will truly miss this guy... RIP my friend and my thoughts and prayers go out to your family.
 
this should still be a sticky..

every time i get on the home page and see the picture of him on the news updates it makes me tingle this shit is fucked man :(

RIP SHANE, you are the one of the people that made me want to ski :(
 
WHO THINKS THE PONTOON SHOULD BE TURNED INTO THE SHANE McCONKEY PRO MODEL, KINDA LIKE WHAT HAPPENED TO DOUG COOMBS?

 
Enormous sadness for the skiing community. This is a HUGE loss!

All day tomorrow (being my last at a local hill) with a slush cup and throwing down where ever I can... will be dedicated to Pain McShlonkey.
 
"Corbin remembers filming McConkey doing a double back flip off the “whoopee” jump under Chair 4 on Vail Mountain.

Perhaps the most famous Vail McConkey story came from a Pro Mogul Tour event. McConkey took his run down the Look Ma course and did a flip, which wasn’t allowed at the time. After the disqualification, McConkey slipped back up Chair 3 and proceeded to poach the course naked, to the delight of the crowd. The stunt got McConkey banned from Vail Mountain, Corbin said."
 
dang man this is ruff... but hell i would rather die base jumping off a cliff big mountain skiin then die of a heart attack or old age or somethin... guarentee that if we brought him back and asked him if he would do it again he would be like HELL YA!
RIP man
 
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Someone posted that on TGR and I thought it was perfect.
 
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I doubt it will do anything but I did Email K2 and told them that they should na,e the ski ofter Shane. I figured, hey why not, maybe if enough people Email them they just may do it.
 
i emailed them and plan on calling them today, doug coombs got one right, he was a crazy awesome skier who just riped, and you have all of that in shane but x2 imo,
 
Watching videos and seeing how stoked he always was just makes you appreciate this guy even more. His sense of humor (7 sunny days) was lightening and will surely be missed in the chemistry of matchstick movies. The legacy will not be soon forgotten
 
k weird story about this

my friend a day before he died set shane mcconkey as his wallpaper

weird.

rest in peace
 
I was shaken up when I heard Shane McConkey was dead. I wasn’t

expecting the knot in my stomach. I wasn’t expecting my first thoughts

to be of his young daughter. I had never known him outside of a chance

encounter and didn’t expect to be emotionally affected on that level.

As the news started to spread, I received the same shaken reactions

from skiers who had never met him. I wondered why before realizing

that, as skiers we are all connected to Shane, and the debt we owe him

cannot be understated. I’m not here to write his obituary, but to give

him more than a simple R.I.P. by acknowledging the personal debt I owe

him for revolutionizing my life.

It is indisputable that Shane did more to revolutionize ski design

than anyone in the history of the sport. Every time I step into a pair

of skis, every time I go skiing, every time I have the best day of my

life, it’s a direct result of Shane’s impact on how skis are built.

I’m not going to lie to you and tell you Shane was my childhood hero

because he wasn’t. I’m too young, and the skiers I consider heroes were

the ones that looked up to him. But to me Shane and his relentless

positivity always embodied what skiing should be. Fun. Fresh. Exciting.

He lived skiing, and skiing lived through him.

What I admire most in Shane is that he was the absolute best at

being himself. He lived life doing what he loved, he was the best he

could be at it, and it was just a coincidence that his best was better

than almost anyone else. People who are the best at something while

being themselves are almost always doing something that has never been

done before. They are the people that change everything. Freeskiing has

lost some great humans, but none who have contributed as much to the

sport as Shane did, and it will be impossible to forget him.
 
It's also real difficult to stomach this loss. I did not know him personally, yet the news really hit me hard and legitimately bummed me out.
 
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