Kyle Smaine competes to win the men's freestyle ski half pipe event at the Freestyle Ski and Snowboard World Championships in Kreischberg, Austria, Jan. 22, 2015. Smaine died after getting buried in an avalanche in the mountains of central Japan over the weekend. The U.S. Freeski team posted on social media about the 31-year-old American’s death. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic, file) **FILE**
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