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Current Olympic champion in skiing and other grieving community for free professional skiers, CR Johnson, who died in a fall while skiing a steep fall in Squaw Valley in California. Cr Johnson was a famous American skiing and was expert in freestyle and freeride.Cr Johnson was born on 8th October 1983 in California. He was a born star as he started skiing in very small age. He used to do skiing on his home mountains. His parents and family knew that he will do some wonder when grew up. Johnson, 26, who participated in the Winter X Games, was skiing with a group of friends when he was in trying to negotiate a "very, very closely," rock, "said Jim Rogers, a member of the Lake Tahoe ski station.

After falling face-first, Johnson spun and struck the back of his head on rocks. Johnson was wearing a helmet, but Rogers said the helmet took a serious blow. Ski patrol members received the call shortly before 2 p.m. but were unable to revive him. Placer County Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Ausnow said Johnson died on the slopes.

"This is a man of very, very strong skiing talent," Rogers said. "This young man had been a fixture here at Squaw Valley for years. ... He grew up at Squaw Valley."

Nancy Cushing, chief executive officer of Squaw Valley USA, said Johnson was skiing Wednesday afternoon at the Light Towers section of the resort and had an accident.

"It's a terrible tragedy," Cushing said told the Sacramento Bee. "He was part of the Squaw Valley family." "C.R. grew up on the mountain," Cushing said. "We have a lot of Olympic athletes in Vancouver, and a lot of them are his friends. It'll be very sad for them." He fell face-first, then spun around and struck the back of his head on rocks in the Light Towers area of the resort. Johnson was wearing a helmet, but Rogers said the helmet took a serious blow.

Ski patrol members were called shortly before 2 p.m. but were unable to revive him. Placer County Sheriff's Lt. Jeff Ausnow said Johnson died on the slopes.

Johnson was well-known at Squaw Valley, a challenging resort near Lake Tahoe's north shore that hosted the 1960 Winter Olympics. It also is the home base for several members of the U.S. ski team, including Olympic alpine medalist Julia Mancuso.

She tweeted about Johnson's death late Wednesday: "crazy day just got a little bit more unexpected... just learned that my friend and insane skier CR Johnson just died at Squaw.. my heart and prayers go out to everyone at home and CR's family."

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