Snowboarder gets caught in avalanche in Colorado
- 7 years ago
A dramatic video has emerged of a snowboarder getting swiped by an avalanche as he goes down a slope in Colorado.
The footage, shot late last year near Denver, USA, captures the moment a layer of snow starts tumbling down the mountain as the snowboarder rides the slide.
Although the avalanche caught up with him he managed to swim back to the surface of the snow.
"I immediately relaxed as I got buried, as I have trained myself to do from years of surfing, but quickly realized that I would need to swim to the top to get anymore breaths of air," he wrote online.
"Quickly got to the surface and rode away unharmed," he added.
The footage, shot late last year near Denver, USA, captures the moment a layer of snow starts tumbling down the mountain as the snowboarder rides the slide.
Although the avalanche caught up with him he managed to swim back to the surface of the snow.
"I immediately relaxed as I got buried, as I have trained myself to do from years of surfing, but quickly realized that I would need to swim to the top to get anymore breaths of air," he wrote online.
"Quickly got to the surface and rode away unharmed," he added.