Happy Birthday Shane McConkey | Never Seen Before Footage of Shane Explaining the “Now” The above video is never seen before interview footage of Shane McConkey explaining why to live for the now. Happy birthday, Shane. We miss and love you. Thanks for all you gave to us. You changed the game for the better. Shane would have have turned 46-years-old today. SnowBrains | December 30, 2015 1 Comment
Happy Birthday Shane McConkey! Shane McConkey was born on December 30th, 1969. After that, he simply changed the ski industry forever bringing us rockered skis, intelligent humor, naked skiing, ski BASE jumping, next level skiing, and Saucer Boy. Shane dominated the skiing world achieving high level success in moguls, race courses, big mountain, park, skier cross, big air, all of it. Shane called Squaw Valley, USA home and he exported the infamous “Squaw Attitude” to the masses while thoroughly making fun […] SnowBrains | December 30, 2013 1 Comment
VIDEO: “The History of Freeskiing” The guy’s voice in this video is abrasive. The information that the video displays is quite good. Freeskiing has come a long, long way. From essentially not having an identity at all, to Scot Schmidt, to Shane McConkey, to Fat Skis, to Rockered Skis, to Double Corks, to the 2014 Winter Olympic Games. That’s the definition of progression. Where it will go from here, is tough to predict. We know about triple corks, we know about pushing Alaska lines even further, […] Miles Clark | November 18, 2013 1 Comment
Scot Schmidt Interview on Shane McConkey Powder Magazine brings us their 2nd installation of ICONS featuring Scot Schmidt talking about Shane McConkey. “In episode four of ICONS – an exclusive series featuring renowned athletes from a variety of sports talking about the influence of Shane McConkey – we feature the extreme skiing master himself, Scot Schmidt. Produced by Red Bull Media House, ICONS features outtakes from the feature biopic “McConkey,” which premiered […] SnowBrains | October 10, 2013 1 Comment
“A Celebration of Life” | McConkey Movie World Premiere Video from Red Bull The McConkey Movie premiere at Squaw was a celebration of life. It was also a powerful piece of closure for the Tahoe family. SnowBrains was at the premiere and we have a full report of the event along with a ton of photos and a film review here: McConkey Movie World Premiere […] SnowBrains | October 8, 2013 1 Comment
Shane McConkey Answers the Question: “What Would You Do If You Had 30 Days to Live?” This is an interesting glimse into Shane’s life. Shane wrote this note when he was in 8th grade. He ended up doing exactly what he said he’s do with his life if he had only 30 days to live. I think we all wish we could make this list and have it be our lives from now on. “We shot this clip on the […] SnowBrains | October 1, 2013 1 Comment
Travis Rice on Shane McConkey | Powder Magazine Video Powder Magazine brings us this exclusive video interview with Travis Rice speaking on Shane McConkey. This will be a new weekly series that will feature iconic athletes talking about Shane McConkey’s influence. Travis Rice leads off Icons, an exclusive series featuring renowned athletes from a variety of sports talking about the influence of Shane McConkey. Produced by Red Bull Media House, Icons features […] SnowBrains | September 19, 2013 1 Comment
30-Seconds of Shane McConkey Dominating Moguls, Racing, Big Mountain, Skier Cross, & Park [arve url="https://youtu.be/l40OrFzcHYg"] SnowBrains | September 16, 2013 0 Likes 0 Tweets 1 Comment
