He died following a failed jump landing during training for the International Ski Federation World Cup competition.
[citation needed] He was twelfth in the final rankings for Snowboard Cross at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy.
[1] He died in a snowboarding accident at Whiteface Mountain in Lake Placid, New York, five days after his 26th birthday.
He lost his balance in midair and fell, breaking his femur and ribs, and suffering a fatal ripped aorta and punctured lung and heart.
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