Japan police said Tuesday they have confirmed the identities of the two men killed in an avalanche in Nagano Prefecture as a former world champion skier from the United States and an Austrian man.One of the victims was Kyle Smaine, a professional freestyle skier from California who won the halfpipe event at the 2015 world championships. He described the appeal of ski resorts in Japan in an Instagram post before the accident, which occurred in Otari on Sunday."This is what brings me back to Japan each winter. Unbelievable snow quality, non-stop storms, and really fun terrain that seems to ge…READ FULL ARTICLE