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Base or BASE may refer to:

In computing:

• BASE (search engine), Bielefeld Academic Search Engine
• Basically Available, Soft state, Eventual consistency (BASE), a consistency model
• Google Base, an online database provided by Google
• OpenOffice.org Base, OpenOffice.org's database module, also known as ooBase
• an HTML element <base>

In mathematics:

• Base (geometry), a side of a plane figure (for example a triangle)
• Base (group theory), a sequence of distinct elements of a set
• Base (exponentiation) or radix, the b in bⁿ
• Base (topology), a topological space
• Radix or base, the number of distinct digits in a positional numeral system

In science:

• Base (chemistry), a substance that can accept hydrogen ions (protons)
• An attribute to medication in uncombined form, for example erythromycin base
• Beta-alumina solid electrolyte, a fast ion conductor material

In other uses:

• Base (baseball), the first, second, and third base on a baseball diamond
• Base (company), an international design, communications, audiovisual, copywriting and publishing firm
• Base (politics), a group of voters who almost always support a single party's candidates
• Base, Maharashtra, village in India
• BASE (mobile), a Belgian mobile telecommunications operator
• Bedini Audio Spectral Enhancer, an audio signal processor used in the early 1990s
• Cooking base, a concentrated flavouring compound
• Binder (material), a material that holds paint or other materials together
• Foundation (cosmetics), a cosmetic applied to the face
• Foundation (architecture)
• Military base, or non-military base, which provides shelter, military equipment and personnel
• Pedestal, a supporting feature of a statue or other item
• Budapest Aircraft Services' callsign
• Bible Archaeology Search and Exploration Institute
• Base, a type of connection on a transistor
• Base, a position in some cheerleading stunts

People with the surname[link]

• Rob Base, American rapper

See also[link]

Wikisource has the text of the 1911 Encyclopædia Britannica article Base.

• Base pair, a pair of connected nucleotides on complementary DNA and RNA strands
• Nucleobase, in genetics, the parts of DNA and RNA involved in forming base pairs
• Bipolar junction transistor, Base Switch that controls current in a transistor
• Base and superstructure (Marxism)
• BASE jumping
• Business Association of Stanford Entrepreneurial Students, BASES
• Bases (disambiguation)
• Basis (disambiguation)
• Bass (disambiguation)
• Bottom (disambiguation)

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Matthias Giraud also known as "Super Frenchie" ( born on September 24, 1983) is a professional skier and B.A.S.E. jumper. He was born in Evreux, France and grew up skiing at St Gervais-les-Bains/ Megeve, France. His first highly publicized accomplishment was the first ski B.A.S.E. jump off Mississippi Head on Mt Hood, Oregon. Matthias Giraud started as a competitive ski racer, but moved on to freeskiing and later on big mountain skiing. Matthias Giraud is known for combining BASE jumping with skiing and completed several first descents and ski BASE jumps across the globe including the first ski BASE jump off the Matterhorn in Switzerland. He is also known for escaping an avalanche off Aiguille Croche in Megeve, France while performing a ski BASE jump with his friend Stefan Laude. Matthias Giraud currently lives in Portland, Oregon.

Career accomplishments[link]

• 2011:

First person to ski BASE jump off the Matterhorn, Switzerland - First Wingsuit flight from the State of Washington, USA to the State of Oregon, USA

• 2010:

Ski BASE jump off the Eiger West wall into the North face, Switzerland; First ski BASE jump off Ingram Peak, Telluride, Colorado, USA

• 2009:

First Descent and ski BASE jump off Aiguille Croche, Megeve, France; First person to ski BASE jump off Ajax Peak, Telluride, Colorado, USA

• 2008:

CNN Headline News - Video segment Voted “Best of Year”; First person to ski BASE jump off Mt Hood, Oregon, USA; First descent and ski BASE jump off Engineer Mountain South Face, Colorado, USA; First BASE jump while wearing a 360 camera with Miles Daisher.

• 2007:

Cover of SKI magazine; 7th Stihl Colorado Freeride Series (Aspen, Colorado, USA); Semi-finalist US Extreme Freeskiing Championships (Crested Butte, Colorado, USA); Forerunner US Freeskiing Open (Telluride, USA)

Publications & Media Coverage[link]

• CNN Headline News
• ABC - Good Morning America
• National Geographic TV
• Weather Channel
• Fox News
• ABC News
• NBC News
• Ski Magazine
• Skiing Magazine
• The Ski Journal
• Backcountry Magazine
• Skydiving Magazine
• Ski Canada
• Ski & Board (UK)
• Skipass.com
• SBC Skier
• ESPN Freesking
• WIDSIX TV

Media Testimonials[link]

“I’ve worked with Matthias Giraud on numerous projects over the last three years, and have found him to be hardworking, professional, and enthusiastic. Matthias possesses a rare mixture of natural physical talent, unbelievable enthusiasm and energy, and the ability to work with a team to accomplish incredible goals. He understands the needs surrounding the projects he works on, and makes sure that everyone is taken care of. Matty is incredibly focused and diligent, and we always look forward to any opportunity to work with him.”

John Trousdale, Inside Durango TV

“Matthias rocks! Ok, so that phrase is over-used, but it couldn’t be more appropriate for an adventurer like this. It’s rare to find someone so out-going, ready-for-anything and just down right fun. He’s the ultimate professional when it comes to being interviewed on television. He knows exactly the sound bite to give that will actually be used in stories, he generates a genuine excitement in viewers, is loyal to his sponsors, and engaging. Not to mention… the camera loves his charming French smile! I’m always hounding him to hurry up and take the next plunge on some crazy adventure because this guy is great for ratings!”

Anita Kissee, KATU-TV Anchor, ABC Network

“As a producer for National Geographic Television I recently completed a profile of extreme sports adventurer Matthias Giraud. On camera he grabs your attention with his passion for his sport and life. His enthusiasm is infectious, and he is captivating to watch whether jumping off a cliff or recounting his life’s experiences. Matthias is a great communicator and storyteller. He maintains a love for adventure and fun, while being thoroughly professionally in his work. He was helpful both creatively working in story development and also in completing legal contracts. I would look forward to working with him in the future”.

April Chabries, Producer, National Geographic Television

References[link]

1. CNN Headline News - Best of the Year
2. Good Morning America 2008
3. Skier makes daring base jump off Mount Hood
4. Special camera puts viewers in the adventure
5. Skipass.com Aiguille Croche Video
6. Man BASE jumps off Engineer
7. Extreme Skier Jumps Off Cliff, Films Avalanche
8. Smith Optics The Lounge
9. Ski B.A.S.E. Jumper Matthias Giraud

External links[link]

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Shane McConkey

Shane McConkey at 2008 BASE Race Romsdalen, Norway
Personal information
Nickname(s)	"Saucer Boy"; "Cliff Huckstable"
Nationality	Canada
Born	(1969-12-30)December 30, 1969 Vancouver, British Columbia
Died	March 26, 2009(2009-03-26) (aged 39) Dolomite Mountains, Italy
Sport
Sport	Big Mountain, Ski-BASE
Medal record 2001 ESPN Action Sport Awards Skier of the Year

The Sass Pordoi, base of the rock where McConkey died

Shane McConkey (December 30, 1969 – March 26, 2009) was a professional skier. He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia,^[1] and was based in Squaw Valley, California. He won numerous awards and competitions. McConkey started as a competitive ski racer, but moved on to be featured in a long line of extreme skiing movies. McConkey was known for combining BASE jumping with skiing, as seen in such feats as skiing into a BASE jump off the Eiger. McConkey went to Burke Mountain Academy. He was also known for his contributions to ski design, notably being the father of reverse sidecut and reverse camber skis (aka: skis with rocker); first mounting bindings onto water skis for use in Alaska, then with the Volant Spatula and, more recently, the K2 Pontoon ski design. McConkey's high-speed chairlift and ski area at Park City Mountain Resort are named after his father, Jim McConkey, who is considered the father of extreme skiing.^[2][3] On April 2, 2011 Shane McConkey was inducted into the U.S. Ski and Snowboard Hall of fame along with other Truckee skiers, Darren Rahlves and Glen Plake.

Career accomplishments[link]

2005: Nominated for Laureus World Sport Award - World Alternative Sportsperson Of The Year, ranked #1 in Powder Magazine's Reader Poll and won Powder Magazine’s Full Throttle Award

2004(salut): Ranked #2 again in Powder Magazine’s Reader Poll, won Powder Magazine’s Full Throttle award, won Powder Magazine’s Best Helmet Cam award, went ski BASE jumping all over Europe, double front flip off the Eiger and got married in Thailand

2003: Ranked #2 in Powder Magazine’s Reader Poll, completed his first of over 700 BASE jumps^[4]

2002: Ranked #1 in Powder Magazine’s Reader Poll and invented a revolutionary powder ski; The Volant Spatula with reverse camber and reverse sidecut

2001: ESPN Action Sport Awards Skier of the Year, Red Bull Ultra Cross’s Big Air Comp - 1st and Ranked #1 in Skiing Magazine’s Top 25 skiers in North America.

Competition results[link]

2000:

• Nea Award Winner - Freeskiing Male
• Bridge Day Championships - 5th.
• 3rd Exit Style Winner of Judges Choice Award
• Gravity Games Big Mtn. Champion, Gravity Games Skiercross - 6th
• Gravity Games Big Air - 7th
• X-Games Skiercross - 5th
• Japan Core Games Skiercross Champion- 3rd.
• Johnny Moseley Invitational - 3rd.

1999:

• ESPN X-Games Skier Cross - 2nd.
• IFSA World Tour of Freeskiing - 5th.
• US Freeskiing Nationals - 5th
• World Tour event at Andermatt - 3rd.

1998:

• IFSA World Tour of Freeskiing Champion- 2nd.
• European Freeskiing Champion- 2nd.
• U.S. Freeskiing Nationals - 2nd.
• Canadian Freeskiing Championships-4th.

1996:

• IFSA Overall World Tour Champion - Unofficial tour- 4th.
• European Freeskiing Champion
• U.S. Freeskiing Championships-4th.
• World Extreme Skiing Championships-6th.

1995:

• U.S. National Freeskiing Champion
• South American Freeskiing Champion
• Pro Mogul Tour Overall - 16th.
• 1st seed and Japan Super Mogul - 7th.

1994:

• South American Freeskiing Champion
• World Extreme Skiing Championships-2nd
• Pro Mogul Tour Overall-8th
• 1st seed and Pro Mogul Tour Event at Copper Mtn. - 1st.

Filmography[link]

• McConkey (2013)
• G.N.A.R. (2010)
• In Deep: The Skiing Experience (2009)
• Claim (2008)
• Seven Sunny Days (2007)
• Steep (2007)
• Push (2006)
• Yearbook (2005)
• The Hit List (2005)
• Warren Miller's Higher Ground (2005)
• Focused (2004)
• Ski Movie III: The Front Line (2002)
• Ski Movie 2: High Society (2001)
• Ski Movie (2000)
• There's Something About McConkey (2000)
• 1999
• Global Storming (1999)
• Sick Sense (1998)
• Pura Vida (1997)
• Walls of Freedom (1995)
• TGR's The Realm (1994)
• Immersion (2002)
• Nick Nixon's Alpine Rapture (1993)
• Nick Nixon's Ski Theater (1992)

Death[link]

On March 26, 2009, Shane McConkey died while skiing in the Dolomite Mountains in Italy. After performing a double back flip, McConkey intended to glide away in his wingsuit, "a stunt he's executed a number of times", according to a statement from Matchstick Productions, the company whose films McConkey often starred in. 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. He died on the scene.^[5]

References[link]

External links[link]

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• Bellamy, Steve (March 27, 2009). "We Remember Shane McConkey". The Ski Channel. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110717031900/http://www.theskichannel.com/news/skinews/20090327/We_Remember_Shane_McConkey. Retrieved March 11, 2012.  (Video of Shane a couple of days before he died.)
• Gifford, Bill (July/August 2009). "Dying To Fly". Men's Journal. http://www.mensjournal.com/dying-to-fly. Retrieved March 11, 2012. 
• McConkey, Shane (October 2002). "Mental Floss - A guide to the Volant Spatula, the world’s greatest powder ski.". Fuze Digital Solutions. Archived from the original on October 9, 2010. http://web.archive.org/web/20101009110408/http://www.fuzeqna.com/evogear/consumer/kbdetail.asp?kbid=61. Retrieved March 11, 2012. 
• McConkey, Shane (March 25, 2009). "We nailed the Sassongher line today!". Red Bull North America. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. http://web.archive.org/web/20110715164430/http://redbullairforce.com/2009/03/we-nailed-the-sassongher-line-today. Retrieved March 11, 2012.  (Shane's last blog post with pictures of where he died.)
• Porters Tahoe (March 27, 2009). "We will Miss you Shane McConkey....RIP". Porters Tahoe. http://www.porterstahoe.com/2009/03/we-will-miss-you-shane.asp. Retrieved March 11, 2012. 
• "Red Bull Air Force Raw Interview - Shane McConkey". Fox Television Stations. March 26, 2009. Archived from the original on March 30, 2009. http://web.archive.org/web/20090330222052/http://www.myfoxla.com/dpp/story/Red_Bull_Air_Force_Raw_Videos_Four_20090313. Retrieved March 11, 2012.  (Shane McConkey March 2009 interview.)
• "Shane McConkey - Snowpedia". Storm Mountain Publishing. Archived from the original on September 27, 2007. http://web.archive.org/web/20070927150620/http://www.freeskier.com/wiki/mediawiki/index.php/Shane_McConkey. Retrieved March 11, 2012. 
• Stifler, Emily. "The Ski Journal - Issue 2.1 - Shane McConkey". The Ski Journal (Funny Feelings LLC) 2 (1). http://www.theskijournal.com/issue/2.1/feature/Shane-McConkey. Retrieved March 11, 2012.  (Shane McConkey interview.)
• "A Tribute To Shane McConkey (1969-2009) - Ski Video". superstoker.com. March 29, 2009. http://superstoker.com/2009/03/a-tribute-to-shane-mcconkey/. Retrieved March 11, 2012.