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Extreme skier Billy Poole, 28, died Tuesday after a skiing accident while filming a video.  According to The Salt Lake Tribune:  “Poole was making a name for himself on the slopes and was a positive ambassador for Utah’s ski scene, said Nathan Rafferty, president of Ski Utah — the state’s ski and snowboard association. ‘It’s really sad news,” Rafferty said. ‘He was a phenomenal athlete and a great representative of Utah’s ski community.’ “  “In this sport,” Black Diamond chief executive Peter Metcalf told The Associated Press, “death is part of life.”  A testament to that quote is a 1993 New York Times article on extreme skiing.  Here is an interview with Poole and a video of him skiing on youtube.com