Pro skier Matilda Rapaport dies during a video game promo shoot
 

Pro skier Matilda Rapaport dies during a video game promo shoot
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Swedish skier Matilda Rapaport died after an avalanche occurred during a film shoot in Chile for the Ubisoft-published extreme sports game, Steep. Rapaport was 30 years old.

The avalanche occurred on July 14, and although Rapaport was rescued, the injuries sustained left her in a comatose state. Doctors fought to save her in the days that followed, but were unsuccessful. The skier was pro**unced dead on July 18.

Rapaport competed on the professional freeskiing circuit. The discipline focuses on trick skiing — think s**wboarding, but on skis — typically within the confines of a specially designed terrain park. Read more...


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