The American freestyle driver Kyle Smaine (31) died in an accident on Sunday.
His father William Smaine confirms this to NBC News.
– Can’t find words
Smaine was only 31 years old.
The accident happened in Japan, when Smaine drove down a mountain, before being caught in a snow slide in Nagano on the island of Honshu.
According to a spokesperson from the local police, several people must have been involved – or witnessed the avalanche, which took Smaine and another person with it. The latter has not been identified, writes Reuters.
WON: Kyle Smaine after securing the World Cup win in Mammoth, California back in 2018. Photo: Sean M. Haffey/Getty Images/AFP/NTB
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Smaine won WC gold in half pipe in 2015. Three years later he also won a World Cup race in freestyle.
The magazine “Mountain Gazette” writes the following about the tragic death:
– It is with great sadness that we have to report that the much-loved freestyle rider Kyle Smaine died in an avalanche.
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