GoPro Line of the Winter: Nicolas Falquet - Switzerland 4.14.15 - Snow 

Thanks for this beginner-friendly tutorial on parallel turning.

This video would be 20x better if it also showed what he saw

This is one of the few videos that really properly shows how incredibly steep and difficult this kind of skiing is.

When you know this is a terrible idea, but you cant really go back...

It looks like that was just falling down a sheer cliff, and he happened to have skis on at the time Never the less, its pretty rad

im more impressed by the guy holding the camera who recorded while going backward on tiptoes

I was feeling happy that I finally had the guts to learn skiing and did a green run. This guy is insane. Loved the emotions at the end.

Nearly thought this was real life for a second. Amazing game. 10/10 for the developers.

Wish there was another angle for this!

This guy is absolutely fucking mental

After watching this in 2015, I trained for seven years and finally, watched it again.... just now. What a feat!

fuck man that's borderline suicide. This guy's insane

Good call wearing yellow pants. I would’ve had to go with brown personally…

0:00 - 2:38 trying not to fall from a cliff 2:38 - 2:46 skiing 2:46 - 2:59 falling from a cliff

Him: Let's jump down Me: *heart attack from watching*

I'm pretty sure he was falling instead of skiing

1:07 my mans eating snow

my grandparents explaining how they got to school:

Many years ago, I skied all the famous mountain ski areas all over the world, and even heli-skied a couple of times, but NOT to the extent I see in the above video! Avalanches are deadly and take lives every year. There are places where they shoot cannons off to break off those ice shelves and snow banks, but it can still be dangerous. I know I wouldn't chance it now -- as you age, you take less chances with your life! I would never ski off a giant cliff like they do now -- for one things, I have a great respect for heights and have always had acrophobia since I was a child, have had to deal with it and overcome it at times, but you never completely get over it. I learned to fly years ago and it helped a lot, but that motor under you really helps! I still can't stand on the edge of something really high with no rail, because you get that feeling that it's going to pull you off and down!

he'd be pretty pissed if he forgot to press record

You can hear the fear and seeing him continuing is a big W...what a champ!

This dude is living life to its fullest. It's not about wanting to die. It's about wanting to really live.

Fantastic skiing ability!No jump turn on such a steep cliff. With some pivoting and early weight transition, it even looks very natural.Amzing technique!

I was in my room, sitting safely on my chair in hot December in Israel, and scared to death to see this video. I was very worried for the guy. It is insane to do such things. I was happy to see that he manage to do it.

That snow looks like it's ready to give way at any moment

That slope had to be 70 degrees at least... Holy fuckign shit man, thats no longer skiing, its literally a controlled fall down the mountain. I have seen some crazy shit but even Peak 7601 in Alaska wasn't that steep!

Up next; Man skis down the side of the Empire State Building

That was one of the more stressful things I’ve ever watched. /step /step /sliiiiiide /step /step /sliiiiiiiide /stomp stomp stomp /OK OK OK FOOOOOOOOOSHHHHHHH YAAAAAA

what could possibly go wrong

If you are watching this on your phone… rewatch it upside down and also side ways you will see the depth of the snow and the fall. This guy has balls of steel

It's a crazy line, but it's not enjoyable skiing....

Did the Wrath of God film this? That's not a line, that's suicide

I know why his pants are yellow. I felt exactly the same while watching.

Starting at 2:46 he was basically free falling off the side of the mountain..

You can name it brave/stupid/crazy/balls whatever... The reality is - it's on another level! The adrenaline rush You get from watching this is already INSANE :D

this is one of the sickest, scariest things ive ever seen. He almost slides too far down the inital drop on the approach, and getting the second ski up onto that little hummockis sooooo dicey. I cant believe he looked down on this line and thought "Ill side slide down to that hump the ski down to that little serac then walk to the edge...." Just getting to the drop in is incredibly grippy! Balls of steel

This is the gnarliest line I've ever seen. This dude has balls made of Adamantium.

Lol at 1:06. A motivational snack

Amazing how his friend can hover like this. 👍🏻

Simply amazing...crazy view/perspective...courageously insane ski line! Siiiick!

does anybody know of any other footage of this particuliar line? looks fkng insane!

If he ever invites me skiing, I can't afford the time off work.

The fine line between snuff film and action video.

one word SKETCHY The whole time I'm saying to my phone this dude's higher the the birds fly ...a plane passing by is going knock him off the ledge lol super high! evey move I'm like no stop bro YOU GUNA DIE MAN .. HOLY CRUMB CAKE

Love how the experts keep their bodies facing down the line of the mountain- rather than mere mortals who would have clung to the mountain and thus fallen off.

God that looks SO scary! Honestly I have nightmares being on steep edges like that!

Was that actually skiing? Just looked like jumping from ledge to ledge then shuffling along Until the end

0:36 usually this is the time when I wake up

1:06 he eats the snow??

I'm glad that my skiing skills are not so good

1:45 when you realized what you are doing.

Fuck it. I'm going to Switzerland.

That does not even look like fun

This may be one of my favorite skiing videos... so much stoked at the end 😂😂😂

That's a sick line, but you know what would make that video even better? A camera man...

Thats sick man 😂 and REALLY dangerous!

Best line of the decade. Wow. Respect.

I found this easier to watch while holding my laptop upside down

15 seconds in I'm like "whyyyyy"

I’m glad someone caught how I went to school each morning

it all looks so easy when you see it in first person but no it looks like jumping of huge straight wall of snow

This is among the best things I've ever seen in any category

Anyone else notice him eating snow at 1:07... I guess that's his steep skiing ritual! Total legend.

What would happen if the snow collapsed even just a tiny bit and he falls to his left in the very beginning of the vid?

Seriously a normal camera-on-the-helmet would have been 1000 times better

Thanks bud that's when u hold the song and u let every beat drop

It would be interesting to see how did he got himself up there. Gravity always brings one down.

滑っているというより落ちているに近いような・・凄いな。。

I know he’s patting the snow down with his ski for his own reasons.. but it looks like a cute kitty patting its bed before taking a nap 🥰😋

I love skiing and especially on black runs but my stomach is churning watching this!! Amazing

When death angel has 6% of work remaining and is called back.

I watch this video once a year.. and ti this day it is still scariest ski footage I have ever seen.. If you know one scarier please share.

what a shame he has mounted the cam the wrong way...

2:55 the way he screams 😂

Bin there, done that, fell down it, fell off of it, got caught in it, got buried in it, dug myself out of it, then made turns in it, and still talk about! GOD I LOVE SKIING!!!! (RIP to those who didn't make it out. You won't be forgotten)

1:07 proceeds to eat a handful of snow

*Starts watch video* Skiier: FITA Me: Well that's a good start

I really like your videos it's very good and I like what you do

This video is named wrong.. this is the ski school at Keystone... its ridicolous what they make people that have never skied before go through just to find their instructor.

That's no hero! It's insanity at the fullest, no wonder if they pick him up with a spoon

How can you not show a shot of the whole mountain to really put the line in perspective? Clearly a crazy line but can’t really tell how crazy

it also increases the adrenaline to the viewer, incredible

Anyone know the go pro mount he is using?

Этот спуск экспромт? Или годы долгих тренировок? Снег свежий, незатоптанный, как на Эвересте.

We can see he's like "FFFFFFFFFFFFFfffffffffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuu" all the way down :D

I would die 5 seconds into the video

I am very happy to see you. But i wanna how carving with bumps

I think the only reason this didn't win was that go pro didn't want anyone to try to one up the terror factor.

そこじゃなきゃいけない理由でもあったのかってスタート

Totally insane. Many thanks and glad I watched this on the toilet.

2:38 he just fell strait down that wasnt even skiing any more

2:20 “Shite, did I press record?”Also, you can see that a mouse had actually got there before him and sadly had tumbled over the precipice. Just sayin.

Horrible is that so many people adore this.

走り出すまでが意外と長かったw

I am getting severe vertigo watching this and I am sitting on my sofa

Shout out out and big props to the cameraman.

To the comments saying he's motivated my insanity, fame, of greed. Though it's only an assumption, I'm gonna say it's LOVE. If it was anything else; I doubt he would have ever have gotten this good.

Me listening to him being scared out of his mind by his breathing

How do you even get this high up a mountain? Do they hike/climb up before or do they get a lift from a helicopter? Jeez, anxiety kicks in

When you try your best but the snow’s too *t h i c c*