Selfie sticks and extreme sports are not designed to go together, as a snowboarder in Japan proved. While enjoying the slopes in the country’s Chiisagata District, the man can be seen decked out in purple holding a matching selfie stick at arm’s length. Recording himself from behind, the man begins his descent of the mountain and a skier can be seen just in front of him. Weaving down the slope, the snowboarder initially appears to make a success of the video and he even causes the snow to spray in the air while turning. Picking up the speed, the man heads in the direction of the chairlifts before moving away again – adjusting his selfie stick to capture himself from the front in the process. But as the confident snowboarder adjusts the camera, he is oblivious to the chairlift swinging into view behind. The snowboarder, in a bright purple jacket, is using a selfie stick to film himself in action . The show-off stops to clear some snow off the screen of the camera, not realising what is about to happen . It is later explained online that there was too much snow and that the chairlift was therefore lower to the ground than it would normally be. As the snowboarder in the purple jacket turns to his companion and appears to talk, the empty chairlift deals him a heavy blow to the head. And the final indignity sees the boarder fall to the ground while still filming himself. The snowboarder can be heard making a scream as he holds the back of his head and falls to the floor. Realising his mistake, the snowboarder concludes the video by shuffling himself out of the way and sitting beside the chairlift as another passes safely by. The empty chairlift appears out of nowhere and clatters the snowboarder over the head . And the final indignity sees the snowboarder fall to the ground while still filming himself .
The man records himself descending mountain with fellow skier.
He negotiates a number of trees and video is initially a success.
Pair stop but the snowboarder fails to move from path of chairlift.
While posing for the camera the chairlift hits him hard in the head.
The footage was recorded in the Chiisagata District of Japan.