World champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine dies after becoming buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan.
abc.net.au/news/world-champion-skier-kyle-smaine-dies-in-avalanche/101909794World champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine has died after getting buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan on the weekend.One other skier died and another emerged unscathedThe US Freeski team has paid tribute to the 31-year-old on social media.
"Kyle Smaine was a World Champion freeskier, loved exploring the mountains, was a fierce competitor but an even better person and friend," they said.Smaine — who lived in Lake Tahoe, California — recently posted that he was taking the trip to ski in the back country of the Nagano prefecture to enjoy the "unbelievable snow quality".His wife, Jenna Dramise, also posted on Instagram, saying: "Tonight I hope to ride some pow or bikes with you in my dreams.
There had been heavy snowfall in the area at the time of Smaine's trip, and authorities had issued avalanche warnings.He said that Smaine "was thrown 50 metres by the air blast and buried and killed". Two other skiers were with Smaine, one of whom died and the other who was buried in nearly 5 feet of snow, but emerged unscathed.Smaine won the world championship in ski halfpipe in 2015, the year after that discipline was added to the Olympics.Tributes to Smaine poured in on his Instagram page.
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