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Rembering Shane

By Alyssa Roenigk

Monday, March 30, 2009

I was snowboarding at Whistler Mountain in Vancouver last Thursday when 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 of the most well-liked and well-respected athletes I've had the privilege of writing about. He was also damn funny. Shane was among a small group of athletes we refer to around The Magazine as The Coalition of the Willing, a term coined by o ...

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