Kyle Smaine, a U.S. freestyle skier, has died after being caught in an avalanche in Japan, his family says.
Kyle Smaine, a skier based in Lake Tahoe, California, had traveled to Japan for the"unbelievable snow quality," according to a recent post on his Instagram account.a gold medal in halfpipe at the FIS Freestyle Ski and Snowboarding World Championships 2015, as he shared a video of him skiing.
Smaine was skiing in Nagano Prefecture, in the center of Japan’s Honshu island, when he died after the avalanche unfolded, his father, William Smaine, confirmed to NBC News. At least five men, all foreign nationals from the U.S. and Austria, had been caught in the avalanche on the eastern slope of Mount Hakuba Norikura, a Nagano police spokesperson said, according toPolice had previously said the five men were skiing in two separate groups on the roughly 8,100-foot high mountain. Three of the skiers were able to climb down the mountain on their own on Sunday following the avalanche, but Smaine and another skier, who has yet to be identified, were left behind.
Weather authorities had issued an avalanche warning for the area after days of heavy snowfall. The warning came as Japan grappled withcaused by heavy snow and record-cold temperatures, with authorities also investigating whether the severe weather was behind a number of deaths. Police officers board a gondola heading to the site of an avalanche in the village of Otari, Japan on Sunday."aware of the incident in Nagano Prefecture and has been in touch with the relevant authorities to provide all appropriate assistance."Smaine's Instagram account was flooded with tributes from friends and fellow athletes.“Wish we had more time to ski these past few years,” Joss Christensen, a U.S. freestyle skier from Park City, Utah, wrote.
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