U.S. freestyle skier dies in avalanche in Japan



A U.S. freestyle skier has died after being caught in an avalanche, his family confirmed. Kyle Smaine, based in Lake Tahoe, California, was among five skiers engulfed by an avalanche near a winter resort in central Japan.

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23 comments

  1. What causes an avalanche and how do you survive one?

  2. Rip Kyle Smaine, you will be missed

  3. RIPπŸ™πŸ™from Korea

  4. awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww lol πŸ‘

  5. RIP. He's so professional and great man to go skiing when there's an avalanche warning.

  6. Mr. Smaine should have skied in Maine.

  7. Must be nice to be skiing in Japan

  8. I THOUGHT ALL THESE SNOW SPORTS PEOPLE WORE SELF-INFLATING AVALANCHE BACKPACKS?!?!?!???

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  10. Talented dedicated young athletes, dying wayyyyy too young.πŸ₯€πŸ•―😒 Sincere condolences to their families and friends.

  11. This story didn't mention racism, thank God. It's getting old.

  12. did he roll into a snowball that get bigger as it go down

  13. He was one of the good ones. RIP.

  14. No business like snow business.