RENO, Nev. (AP) — An extreme skiing champion formerly of Vail, Colo., and most recently based at Lake Tahoe has been killed while jumping off a cliff with a parachute while filming a movie in Italy.
Thirty-nine-year-old Shane McConkey won several national and international skiing competitions, including the X Games and World Extreme Skiing Championships.
He founded the International Free Skiiing Association and had grown popular in recent years for his BASE jumping competitions and big-mountain film exploits.
McConkey lived in the Vail Valley in the early 1990s and competed on the Pro Mogul Tour. He ran an annual ski camp in Chile with Chris Anthony, a Vail-based pro skier who skied with McConkey at the University of Colorado.
McConkey is survived by his wife and daughter.
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