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ASPEN, Colo., April 5 (UPI) -- A daredevil snowboarder is dead, apparently after soaring off an out-of-bounds cliff near Aspen Highlands resort in Colorado, authorities said.
Rescuers were unable to resuscitate Wallace Westfeldt, 22, of Aspen after a witness saw him fall Friday, police spokeswoman Renee Rayton said. Aspen Highlands ski authorities arrived at the scene and pronounced the skier dead, Rayton said.
Westfeldt was a competitive snowboarder for 15 years and placed third in the men's North American Snowboard Free Ride competition, a contest in which boarders make their way down a slope by jumping from cliffs, hills and rocks.
He also recently took third place in the Stihl Colorado Free Ride Championships for men's snowboarders.
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