World champion halfpipe skier and Lake Tahoe native Kyle Smaine died over the weekend after getting caught in an avalanche in central Japan.
World champion halfpipe skier Kyle Smaine died after getting buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan over the weekend.about the death of the 31-year-old American. Smaine, who lived in Lake Tahoe, recently posted that he was taking the trip to ski in the backcountry of the Nagano prefecture to enjoy the “unbelievable snow quality.”
There had been heavy snowfall in the area at the time of Smaine’s trip, and authorities had issued avalanche warnings.
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