Extreme skier McConkey dies in jump in Italy

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    [video=youtube;NtXt_UsZ4YQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NtXt_UsZ4YQ[/video]


    RIP...He knew the risks and was fine with them...it just sucks he leaves behind a wife and baby. Such a bummer...:sigh:
     
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    That's really sad... but at 39 what the hell was he thinking?
     
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    That's an amazing video. Reminds me of the beginning of a bond movie, I think it was "Octopussy." James Bond is being chased down a ski slope and he just skates off into thin air and parachutes down a few thousand feet to the valley below.
     
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