The skiing world mourns death of KyleSmaine in Japan avalanche
On Sunday, American freestyle skier Kyle Smaine, who won the gold 2015 halfpipe world championship, has died at age 31.Smaine was one of several skiers caught in an avalanche on eastern slope of Mount Hakuba Norikura in Japan on Sunday. Three managed to escape the avalanche, but two died.
On Instagram, photographer, Grant Gunderson, who was at the slopes with Smaine and their friend Adam Ü, a professional skier, when the avalanche occurred, shared his account of what transpired. Describing the massive avalanche, he wrote, “Adam, Kyle and the other skier tried to run. Adam was buried 1.5 meters deep for 25 minutes and is unscathed. That is a miracle. The skier buried next to him died from internal injuries. Kyle was thrown 50 meters by the air blast and buried and killed.”
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