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Subject: Meanwhile, in Canada..
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shadow27 13.01.17 - 01:21am
An early birthday present has come to the rescue of an Australian snowboarder, whose remarkable ride down a Canadian hillside was eased by his new inflatable avalanche backpack.
Adelaide snowboarder Tom Oye, 29, posted video of the incident on Facebook yesterday, with the footage capturing the moment the snow cracked under foot. * +

shadow27 13.01.17 - 01:23am
Mr Oye immediately activated his backpack - similar to a car airbag - before a rapid, hair-raising 20-second descent amidst snow and pine trees.
He then ground to a halt as others rushed to offer assistance, but he reassured them: ''I'm fine. That was a little scary.'' * +

shadow27 13.01.17 - 01:24am
Mr Oye moved to Whistler in Canada three years ago and turns 30 later this month.
His 82-year-old grandmother, Marlene Oye from Flinders Park in Adelaide's west, said his family and friends chipped in to buy him the backpack during a recent visit home. * +

shadow27 13.01.17 - 01:25am
There's video of it somewhere, looks insane.

Did this guy just invent a new extreme sport? * +

mok214 13.01.17 - 01:31am
Fox News posted that video on Facebook and I was shockingly amazed. That avalanche took him downhill very quickly down a draw between two clumps of trees and then the avalanche subtly slowed down to a gentle stop. *

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