The son of Canadian Olympic skier John Smart has died in an avalanche at the age of 23. Kai Smart was left in a coma after getting caught in a slide in Japan and was flown back to his native Canada on Thursday, but died on Sunday. “It is with immense sadness that we have to let you know that our kind, brave and beautiful son and brother Kai is no longer with us,” the two-time Olympian said in a statement on Facebook. “We are beyond heartbroken and there are no words to describe the pain we are feeling losing him so young.” He said that despite efforts to fly him back to Vancouver, “the severe lack of oxygen he endured during the avalanche had destroyed any chance of recovery,” adding that his organs had gone to four recipients. “Kai was a warrior, a mountain man, an explorer of the world, a lover of people of all walks of life, an inspiration to so many, an honour student, a passionate skier, surfer, dirt biker, climber, kitesurfer and so much more… He lived life to the fullest every single day.”
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