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GETTING FRESH...With A Big-Mountain Pioneer

By As told to Alyssa Roenigk

Monday, March 30, 2009

SHANE McCONKEY, 36, Skier Base: Squaw Valley, Calif. Family Man: Wife Sherry; daughter Ayla, 10 months. "We named her after the main character in The Clan of the Cave Bear." Doll Face: The Shane McConkey "Huck Doll" action figure comes with skis, helmet, goggles and parachute. Fatten Up: McConkey helped K2 develop the 2007 Pontoon powder skis modeled after water skis. Nothing's free anymore. What most people call freestyle skiing is really clone style. There's no freestyle about it. The ...

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