Shane, You Will be Missed.

RIP shane. we will always miss you. from the first time i meat you, i knew you would become my favorite skier. You influenced all of us so much. without you, skiing wouldn't be where it is today. you pushed us to the next level and we love you for that. have a great time in the endless winter. RIP
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I got a text from a friend about an hour ago saying that Shane had passed away... I was completely shocked and blown away. Shane, you shredded harder than anybody else and I remember the first time I saw footage of you skiing I was in disbelief at what could be done on skis. You single handedly pushed the sport to an entirely new level. Shane, you will forever be the fucking man!
RIP
 
fuck i can't believe thishe was in a way a total hero of mine, so terrible to hear about this
RIP Shane, you were the man
 
holy shit

That guy will most definitely be missed...holy shit i can even talk. I am so sad.

RIP
 
I remember being so stoked seeing him doing backflips off huge cliffs in some old ski movies, one of the things that really got me into skiing.

rest in peace Shane.
 
I grew up watching Shane in all the matchstick movies. I can't even believe this news. You are an unbelievable skier Shane and your love for the sport has pushed me to love skiing as well. RIP man.
 
rip shane

i will always remember you by the segment in seven sunny days(bond re act)

+++++++++++++vibes to his wife daughter and the rest of his family
 
Shane was an inspiration of mine too...... and a true Freeskiing LEGEND

Freeskier posted this regarding shane:

http://www.freeskier.com/articles/article.php?article_id=3666

and Wiki had this:

Competition Results

2000:

  • Nea Award Winner - Freeskiing Male
  • Bridge Day Championships - 5th.
  • 3rd Exit Style Winner of Judges Choice Award
  • Gravity Games Big Mtn. Champion, Gravity Games Skiercross - 6th
  • Gravity Games Big Air - 7th
  • X-Games Skiercross - 5th
  • Japan Core Games Skiercross Champion- 3rd.
  • Jonny Moseley Invitational - 3rd.

1999:

  • ESPN X-Games Skier Cross - 2nd.
  • IFSA World Tour of Freeskiing - 5th.
  • US Freeskiing Nationals - 5th
  • World Tour event at Andermatt - 3rd.

1998:

  • IFSA World Tour of Freeskiing Champion- 2nd.
  • European Freeskiing Champion- 2nd.
  • U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - 2nd.
  • Canadian Freeskiing Championships-4th.

1996:

  • IFSA Overall World Tour Champion - Unofficial tour- 4th.
  • European Freeskiing Champion
  • U.S. Freeskiing Championships-4th.
  • World Extreme Skiing Championships-6th.

1995:

  • U.S. National Freeskiing Champion
  • South American Freeskiing Champion
  • Pro Mogul Tour Overall - 16th.
  • 1st seed and Japan Super Mogul - 7th.

1994:

  • South American Freeskiing Champion
  • World Extreme Skiing Championships-2nd
  • Pro Mogul Tour Overall-8th
  • 1st seed and Pro Mogul Tour Event at Copper Mtn. - 1st.

Career Accomplishments

2005: Nominated for Laureus World Sport Award - World Alternative

Sportsperson Of The Year, Ranked #1 Powder Magazine Reader Poll and Won

Powder Magazine’s Full Throttle Award again.

2004: Ranked #2 again in Powder Magazine’s Reader Poll, Won Powder

Magazine’s Full Throttle award, Won Powder Magazine’s Best Helmet Cam

award, Went ski base jumping all over Europe and even got to bust a

double front off the Eiger and Got Married in Thailand!

2003: Ranked #2 in Powder Magazine’s Reader Poll, Won the Chinese

Fruity DH at my own event! (Beat Daron Rhalves!) and Skied bitchen

lines that closed out to 500ft cliffs and then aired off em with my

parachute!

2002: Ranked #1 in Powder Magazine’s Reader Poll and Invented

world’s greatest powder ski! The Volant Spatula with reverse camber and

reverse sidecut!

2001: ESPN Action Sport Awards Skier of the Year, Red Bull Ultra

Cross’s Big Air Comp - 1st and Ranked #1 in Skiing Magazine’s Top 25

skiers in North America.

 
wow, a shitty day just got a lot worse. +++++ vibes+++++ to shane's family and extended family down in tahoe.

Tomorrow everyone needs to go throw some big spreads, backflips, drink whiskey from the bottle, and shred a little bitter harder for shane. RIP saucer man
 
its wierd to think someone like shane is dead, everything i saw of him he was in a super good mood, goofing off, trying new things, and just extremely active overall. its just wierd when someone so alive dies.

he's my favorite big mountain skier, most big mountain skiers seem to have this serious "im a badass" attitude, but shane was like a little kid, he did it all purely for fun.

i guess the good thing is that he died doing something awesome, im sure shane would rather die doing something crazy like ski base jumping, rather than choking on apple sauce at 90 years old. he may have died at a very young age, but he lived more than pretty much anybody else.
 
you know man wtf.

seriously he ripped at skiing, has a kid and a wife, why the fuck does this horrible shit happen.

RIP Shane, this sucks
 
hearing this just absolutely knocked me over. in other sports peoples idols dont die off this way. i grew up loving doug coombs, then bam. and now this.
 
My thoughts and love go out to his family, as you can see from everything written above this was a good man who lived a full and unabashed life - may you live on in us.
 
Ok, so when I watched "Claim" in the fall my friend and I went and bought saucers. our plan was to give tribute to Saucer Boy when spring fell.

Well, now - I think the saucer tribute is more necessary than ever.

I know I am a man of words and not pictures and videos, but I promise - I will have video of this.

 
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