Whistler Blackcomb, BC 2/20 - 2/21/21

McConkey was the greatest. I can’t believe you guys weren’t familiar with him. Watch any of the MSP films he’s in. I recommend PUSH. He was amazing
 
Legend
 
D.B. Cooper said:
This is due to an accident that happened in Italy where an air force jet hit a lift. This according to my brother's friend who is a heli ski pilot in Whistler.

I don't specifically remember McConkey, but I'm sure I raced against him when I was a kid at Jay.
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The US jet hitting the cable accident happened in Tirol too. Was working with colleagues in Milan when that one happened. https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/marine-jet-severs-ski-lift-cable-in-italy
 
D.B. Cooper said:
I don't specifically remember McConkey, but I'm sure I raced against him when I was a kid at Jay.
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I'm guessing here, but had you met him I would think he would be hard to forget. I think it was Lake Tahoe he was kicked out of for skiing naked.
He's one guy I wish I could've had a beer with. I think we shared the same sense of humor.
 
His earliest naked stunt was at a mogul contest at Vail. He was kicked out of the competition because he through a backflip. He took the lift back up and poached the course naked throwing a spread eagle at the bottom
 
Ripitz said:
His earliest naked stunt was at a mogul contest at Vail. He was kicked out of the competition because he through a backflip. He took the lift back up and poached the course naked throwing a spread eagle at the bottom
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That's what it was. Thanks.
 
He may have passed but saucer boy will live forever!
 
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