BASE jump w/TRIPLE back flip, skis and wingsuit

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Uploaded by on Feb 28, 2007

Shane McConkey does a triple back flip with skis and wingsuit while BASE
jumping in Norway. All captured on helmet cam. Shane is crazy. He is also awesome.

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  • On March 26, 2009, he died while skiing in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. After performing a double back flip, McConkey intended to glide away in his wingsuit. But McConkey struggled to release his skis. By the time he got them off, he'd been free-falling for 12 seconds and was too close to the ground for his wingsuit or parachute to do him any good. His parachute did not malfunction; it was never deployed.

  • Rest In Power Shane.

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  • @mPUAinfo Shane was only concerned with reaching that heel piece on his left ski so that he could release it and achieve a snag free deployment. His movements were intentional and deliberate. He succeeded in releasing that left ski off of his boot and then both skis were gone. He immediately transitioned into a perfect flying position; but he was too low. Less than a moment later, he impacted the snow, and died. RIP Shane

  • @mPUAinfo Shane did a double back flip in perfect McConkey style. As planned, afterwards, he went to release his skis. This is where the jump went wrong. He was able to release the right ski, but not the left, to make matters worse, the right ski became in-tow on the left.. He remained focused on releasing them by reaching down to that left binding. This put him into a spin/ unstable falling style, that was out of his control and not his concern (continued...)

  • @mPUAinfo Description: The jump was to be a wingsuit ski base. Ski off of a mountain, do some flips, then pull on release cords that are attached to upward releasing ski bindings in order to jettison the skis and fly away from the wall in the wingsuit and deploy.

  • oh my GOD!!!!!!!!!

  • holly shit

  • lol

  • @1xOMAx1 yea, but 7 billion people are tired of comments based on the number of thumbs downs there are.

  • back flip to OH MY GOD THIS IS THE WRONG RUN!!!

  • 4 people sit on their couch all day with their thumb up their ass

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