R.I.P. Shane McConkey & WeekendMovie

March 29th, 2009 by Chocotoffert

Another extreme sportsman has left the building though a ski-accident:

Shane McConkey

Shane is well known for pioneering & popularizing extreme skiing with base jumping.

Not surprising, are his splendid skills featured in plenty of films. This weekend I like to put attention to one of his films, the film Steep (2007).

As this film attempts to find out why/how people like Shane keep on choosing to run the deadly and dangerous extreme sports. Sure its extreme fun, but after losing more than just one hand of friends, doesn’t that make them think? Shane now follows Doug Coombs, who died shortly before the end of the production of the movie Steep.

Notwithstanding, the movie ALSO gives a great overview of extreme skiing history and how it is still evolving/growing. Off course with amazing footage:

= Trailer =

Executive Producers Tom Yellin and Kayce Jennings can be found talking about the film here:

Anyway, the weekend film can be found at the usual spots, as well here.

Enjoy.

More extreme sport: here