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Celebrating the Life of a Ski BASE Jumper Legend

From his bio on Matchstick Productions Date of birth? 12/30/69 Hometown? Squaw Valley, CA Home mountain? Squaw What age did you start skiing? 2-ish How would your mother describe you in one word? “Perfect” of course. What do you expect? I’m a spoiled only child. What animal best describes the kind of guy or girl … Read more

Shane McConkey, legendary skier, in tragic BASE jumping accident

Legendary skier, innovator, personality and all-around snow industry superhero Shane McConkey passed away Thursday in a tragic ski BASE jumping accident in Italy. He was 39.

How to Swim Faster

How’s this for motivation?  Seriously, it’s a good thing they were monitoring the waters.  Does your insurance cover shark attacks?

If you do stuff like this, then we need to talk

20 Seconds of Joy

“BASE jumping kills people very quick,” says Jeb Corliss, professional BASE jumper. “It’s one of the few sports in the world where you make mistakes, you get killed.” Documentary filmmaker Jens Hoffmann met the Norwegian freeskier Karina Hollekim in 2002 when she first became interested in BASE-jumping. He immediately started filming with the intent to … Read more

Reasons to BASE jump in ’09

from Jaunted – the Pop Culture Travel Guide Because kayaking isn’t extreme enough, because it’s on your list of resolutions or because you’d rather not actually get stuck in a ski gondola: The reasons to go BASE jumping this new year are plenty, and we’ve been hearing more and more about the insane sport recently. … Read more

Why skateboarders need iMULTISPORT

Forego the helmet, pads and wrist protectors but whatever you do make sure you’ve got an iMULTISPORT-certified ACCIDENT policy in your back pocket. It pays cash when you land in the ER after breaking or fracturing something. It even pays you income if you’re outta work as a result of the accident.  All for about … Read more

Deep Water Soloing featured in Perfecto release this summer

Deep water soloing in the Mediterranean island of Mallorca, Spain is the finest on the planet. Join a cast of climbers as they explore the majestic sweeping limestone of this climbing paradise. Among Mallorca’s fragrant almond groves, famed nightclubs and speedo-sporting Eurotourists, limestone cliffs rise straight from the sea like sentinels, their steep pockets beckoning … Read more

Action/Sport Athletes shouldn’t overlook coverage

by Steven Lovelace It had been almost a year to the day since Stephen Murray’s life was changed forever. During the BMX Dirt final of the Dew Tour’s Panasonic Open in Baltimore, Murray suffered injuries to his spinal cord and vertebrae in a horrific crash that left him in a wheelchair. The BMX rider from … Read more

Cyclist nightmare

In a photograph made available today, a car collides into cyclists participating in a race in Mexico’s northern border city of Matamoros on Sunday. At least one person was killed and 14 injured when a driver slammed into the bicycle race. Although nothing can fully prevent this from happening, good coverage is advisable