Shane McConkey

Shane McConkey
	McConkey at 2007 BASE Race; Romsdalen, Norway
Personal information
Nickname(s)	"Saucer Boy"; "Cliff Huckstable"
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 30, 1969; Vancouver, British Columbia
Died	March 26, 2009 (aged 39); Dolomite Mountains, Italy
Sport
Sport	Big Mountain, Ski-BASE, Wingsuit flying
Medal record
	2001 ESPN Action Sport Awards Skier of the Year

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Shane McConkey (December 30, 1969 – March 26, 2009) was a professional skier and BASE jumper. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia^[1] and eventually based himself in Olympic Valley, California. Due to an itinerant childhood, he never identified with a single place, but he was said to have come from Boulder, Colorado.^{[citation needed]} It was from here that he started his professional skiing career. He did so after dropping out of the University of Colorado Boulder to pursue his dreams.^[2]

^ "Vancouver-born extreme skier McConkey killed in Italy". The Vancouver Sun. March 27, 2009. Archived from the original on April 30, 2009. Retrieved March 10, 2012.
^ Gifford, Bill (July 2009). "Shane McConkey's Last Run". Men's Journal. Archived from the original on 2015-02-02.