American professional freestyle skier and former world champion Kyle Smaine died after getting caught in an avalanche in Japan Sunday, his newlywed wife has confirmed. The 31-year-old Lake Tahoe, California-based pro skier was one of five foreign nationals from the US and Austria who were swept in the avalanche while back-country skiing in the central prefecture of Nagano, Japan, around 2:30 p.m. local time Sunday. Shortly before his death, Smaine shared a video on Instagram showing him skiing during a marketing trip to Japan. The deadly avalanche took place on the eastern slope of Mount Hakuba, Nagano police said. Smaine...