In this photo provided by the Reno Sparks Convention and Visitor's Authority, Shane McConkey, a long time star of ski action movies who pioneered ski BASE jumping off giant cliffs in Europe, makes history as he performs the first-ever urban Ski-BASE jump off the roof of the Silver Legacy hotel casino in downtown Reno, Nev., Saturday Nov. 17, 2007. The stunt was to promote the local premier of the 2007 Warren Miller ski movie Playground and to raise money for the Make-a-Wish foundation, which helps make wishes come true for seriously ill children.(AP Photo/Reno Sparks Convention and Visitor's Authority, ho)

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Extreme skier, Squaw Valley resident Shane McConkey dies

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• March 26, 2009