Swiss Snowboard Champion Estelle Balet Dies in Avalanche

Il mondo dello snowboard è sotto choc. La Balet aveva preso tutte le precauzioni con casco, airbag e rilevatore di vittime di valanghe, rivelatesi purtroppo inutili. La ragazza stava girando un video e scendeva a grande velocità sulla sua tavola

GENEVA (AP) — World champion extreme snowboarder Estelle Balet was killed in an avalanche on Tuesday while making a film in her native Switzerland. Police said the 21-year-old Swiss athlete was struck by the snow slide early in the morning above 

The Freeride World Tour, a global extreme snowboarding event, said in a statement: "Estelle Balet was a naturally gifted shining star and demonstrated remarkable talent bringing home her second title as World Champion just a few weeks ago in Verbier.

Dwa tygodnie temu 21-letnia Estelle Balet cieszyła się z drugiego z rzędu tytułu mistrzyni świata we Freeride World Tour. We wtorek Szwajcarka została porwana przez lawinę w Alpach. Do tragedii doszło podczas kręcenia filmu na zboczach Le Portalet (ok.

FILE – In This March 9, 2015 file photo Freestyle Snowboarder Estelle Balet poses in front of the vallee du Rhone in Vercorin in the Canton of Valais, Switzerland. The 21-years-old skier has been killed in an avalanche police confirmed more >.