Snowboarders lucky escape caught on 2 GoPro's

Probably the scariest moment of my life when I fell into a hole while snowboarding in Nozawa Onsen, Japan. Lucky for me my mates saw me fall and heard me calling out and came back to rescue me.

[@johnnywaffles2482]

Never ride alone

[@rogorix4991]

Johnny Waffles u r so right

[@bloroxcleach3439]

No friends. ..

[@nedaltrebor8553]

@@bloroxcleach3439 then stay on the groomed ;)

[@user-ft5rg4nm6j]

yeah never.. but i do this sometimes...its so wrong

[@FirstDagger]

And take a whistle with you.

[@fgfg633]

And no matter what the emergency, doesn't let go of the GoPro selfie sick.

[@Xeon979]

Just what I was thinking...

[@WhoThisMonkey]

​@@Xeon979 I was thinking I doesn't let go either.

[@violetmeow6723]

thats because camera man never dies, he who holds the camera holds immortality itself

[@Jeffro_333]

I had no idea enormous random holes like this even existed. That's scary AF!!

[@Top10AI203]

there called crevasses

[@coloradoman4042]

@@Top10AI203 that’s not a crevasse, thats a treewell. Nothing like newbies who have no idea what they are talkin about

[@MrStonedCrab]

@@Top10AI203 That is not a crevasse, that is a snow bridge formed over a river. A crevasse only exists on glacier and this is not it because of the trees all around. Two things to avoid at all cost while riding backcountry are rivers and trees

[@doriandundee9906]

random is the right word. How the heck did that hole even end up being there

[@SiegfriedSTM]

@@doriandundee9906 Large amounts of snow on a small stream or river. The water isn't frozen and gradually melts and carries away the snow until you end up with a hollow cavity beneath an otherwise inconspicious snow layer. Other way is for treebranches to form a roof which carry the snow but not the fellow skiing over it.

[@vonritter4945]

Bros before holes

[@bloroxcleach3439]

Amen

[@matusharky]

:D 100percent

[@moniqueh7948]

cretin

[@Velo.Gaming]

I think we know who is buying the beer.

[@gary999t]

Awesome video. As a once/twice a season skiier, I watch these videos to convince myself to stay on the piste, and only venture off-piste with a guide who knows what they're doing.

[@tmotten]

Holy shit mate. Glad to see you weren't on your own.

[@acexprt]

idk why but i find this is hilarious. i would be scared shitless but he just looks so helpless down there..

[@ryanv1279]

AceXprt having fallen in a tree well head first this gives me chills

[@trashpanda2094]

"I'm here with ya man!" "Oh good" "Be careful" "No shit!" lol

[@MrProphetius]

Never ski alone without a collapsable ladder!

[@Gadgetmawombo]

How are you supposed to carry that tho?

[@MrProphetius]

@@Gadgetmawombo carbon and collabsable, no problem

[@pdlucas74]

That's crazy. How big was the cavern underneath?

[@allenra530]

Could have been a tree hole, but this being Japan where everything is on a big or little volcano, could have been a small steam vent. It's not good to be out without a shovel, but you can use your board to dig steps out of the snow or to pull enough snow down to stand on and get out. That would be your best move in a situation like that with no shovel. Good thing that your mates were there.

[@---yx7ti]

guy realistically would've been fine could've dug himself out with relative ease

[@michaelnewell5422]

Don’t ride out of bounds, backcountry, or in the trees alone* you can ride alone in a resort just fine

[@TomSilver_42]

Damned mammoths, when they pee-pee the hole in the snow is enormous. Seriously, yellow jacket guy was pretty lucky that buddies heard him. That's why we never ride alone.

[@cibko]

oh come on man I fell into a similar hole in a creek with no one to help me. just put your snowboard against the snow and climb it like a ladder. from Russia with respect.

[@schmoopyvonboopy4959]

WTF? Random hole!? I'm never going off-piste! I'm glad there was someone to rescue you and it all turned out okay.

[@keepingitgreen8991]

At least he didn't wake up the bears hibernating

[@bardame]

Backpack with shovel and probe, and a beeper. Not only for avalanches! Had you been alone, you would have been able to get yourself out with the shovel. Had you been alone without it... you would have frozen to death. Please, do that investment when you go out there. Glad to see you had good buddies with you and got out!

[@bens.33]

He could have used his board as shovel... Still a proper shovel is always a good idea! He´s chrying out like a baby instad of braking snow out to Stand higher and get out more easy...

[@keeganmobley9031]

Ben S. Breaking snow out? By taking snow from the edges he could collapse the edge and bury himself. Re did the right thing and didn’t touch the edge until he was being pulled out.

[@bob15479]

Don't be dramatic marije... but yes carry gear.

[@timothyhall4827]

@@bob15479.......... I'm sure it was your intention to sound like a F@€KING dipshit....right?😉 I mean cuz ya do

[@russellcameron9035]

Hey Matt! Hope you are well man. You should sell this video dude! Was a crazy experience. You still in Japan? I live in Melbourne now.

[@wj6565]

Good he landed in it feet first!!!

[@shelliea4621]

Dang! I guess falling into a crevasse isn't as rare as I thought it would be. I've seen tons of video's like this in the last few days after watching a tree well rescue. Now my recommended videos are loaded with avalanches, tree wells & crevasse rescues.

[@cjw6659]

did you ever learn how that hole formed? It doesn't look like a regular tree well.

[@joblessalex]

Just dig the snow into the hole. The hole fills up, the guy gets lifted up, and the surrounding snow goes down.

[@4yearsclean]

I sure do hope y’all caved that in before leaving lol

[@JosephCee]

i used to want to go play in the snow but not anymore...

[@TheBestGrapefruitGuy]

Snow just straight up went and _"Yoink"_

[@OneSkiWonder]

HEADPHONES WARNING!!! I turned the volume up to hear people talking and then someone bumps the camera and nearly blows out my ear drums...

[@user-yl5rl7tg2j]

what the fuck are the odds you fall RIGHT there where the chimney is.. Awsome vid and I hope someone marked it with an X and told patrol

[@aqualung1466]

Incredible. So do you guys try to fill that in before taking off? Or cordon it off somehow? Forgive me, I don't know much about snow sports.

[@veroniqueaudet4152]

Tree wells are so dangerous. Happy you guys are ok.

[@DylanHart8]

not a tree well though

[@chow4254]

Anyone else notice the other red snowboard falling on the slow mo here's the time 0:36

[@chow4254]

It looks like the guy with the red snowboard is also falling in a hole

[@lealicus2047]

Kuanish's EDA it's the same guy

[@yordiw]

It's the same guy, filmed with another GoPro..

[@budgiebreder]

Its not just a single hole, underneath theres a tunnel under alot more of the snow!

[@gary_neilson1896]

Please tell me you alerted ski patrol about it so they could mark it off as a danger zone for others to see?

[@budders9958]

How do these holes form?

[@rickcross7888]

Bear 🐻 den

[@joshthegoat3815]

Bru this just makes me even more scared of the sport :/

[@abeat5875]

Nah bro don’t be, this is backcountry in the trees where you need to be a lot more careful. If you stick to the groomed trails at the main resort than this is literally never going to happen. That being said I still prefer tree trails and backcountry😂

[@paulmonaco1148]

Matt finished the day at the " BUNNY SLOPES " and N E V E R skied again. THE END... LOL.

[@aky525]

Dodged a bullet champ. Buy a lotto ticket and buy your good mate a beer!

[@architecturedraft5559]

Now that’s just terrifying. If he was alone he’d be dead makes me rethink me wanting to go alone

[@shelliea4621]

Never go alone. It's way too dangerous.

[@oscarclarke5809]

Bahaha pretty chill guys for the scariest moment of ur life

[@jacksquatt6082]

This taught me a valuable lesson: Always carry a rope in your pack when going in the outdoors.

[@johnwatkins3883]

Wow I was thinking a avalanche or something not that. Wired how it made that perfect circular drop area above that creek

[@dubious6718]

Still should have called ski patrol and told them about the hole so it could be marked.

[@gorgonscorgon2926]

Maybe he was just so fucking massive that when he fell he created a 10 foot crater in the ground

[@rickcross7888]

Lucky you didn't wake up the bear that was living down there....

[@trevorballantyne7127]

This is actually a fake video but if it saves one person it’s a great video

[@Jh0ac]

When she says its her first time.

[@doriandundee9906]

What the hell even is that hole? You telling me there are random air pockets below the snow? How does that even form?

[@xxwillxx1236]

If im not mistaken its where a tree was that got dug out to create the path

[@BillyMustang101]

Serves him right for riding with a selfie stick lol

[@germanylicious]

You guys didnt mark it? Did you let someone know to rope it off before the next person goes down?

[@nopenopenein8243]

Why do you keep insisting they didn't mark it?

[@rdr2pro845]

0:46 that is funny

[@russellcameron9035]

Hey matty its russ. Man what a funny time this was. Hope youre well buddy! Reply back bro

[@MrDumpy80]

Hey Russ! It's funny every winter this video gets loads of action. Especially this year had lots of people commenting. How are you going mate?

[@maxhorowitz-gelb6092]

Not as bad. But I fell 5 feet into a snow covered creek. I was being stupid and didn't see the hazard pole. You fell way further and there was no marking. That's scary. This accident seems completely unavoidable.

[@jamesb.9155]

Over 9 years ago!

[@dreiariola4761]

Seems that the bear was not at home.

[@_JudgeDredd]

GET MY GUY OUTTA THE HOLE ASAP!!!!!!!!!!

[@anactualplant9574]

All these people saying “don’t ride alone.” What if you don’t have friends?? Should I ask someone in the lift line to stay with me at all times? No. Riding alone is ok, just don’t ride alone backcountry. Simple

[@musclerussell8109]

Lucky it wasn’t a beer den down there

[@Hfgv281]

Can someone explain how this hole forms? Is it like a cravasse?

[@paulmonaco1148]

I'm having a PANIC ATTACK and I haven't skied for 20 - yrs... LOL.

[@psalm3496]

Jesus loves you he's coming soon Jesus is the way the truth and the life the only way to heaven too God bless you !

[@Chance-ry1hq]

A Gaijin trap...

[@fugley100]

I may be dead but it's not all bad. I got the video! Hurray, wait no.

[@oldskier3158]

Медведь глухой был в той берлоге,повезло вам...

[@Aerlinnx]

Dude, Thanks for the GoPro and Board. Bye!

[@grantclouse8410]

Then you let patrol know where the hole is.

[@stumpy3080]

Where abouts in Nozawa was this??

[@your_floorboards2591]

In the background you can see smother person fall into one

[@ryans9029]

It's another angle bro. Lol

[@janbo8331]

@@ryans9029 The powers of observation never cease to amaze me. Different person with the camera, the incident in slow-mo.. yet it seems the video would've needed a flashing neon sign saying DIFFERENT ANGLE. As a species we're in a much deeper hole than the guy in the video ever was..

[@waitemc]

Exactly why I don't go fishing by myself

[@albertbatfinder5240]

What, the snow holes?

[@michaelroberts8397]

So this guy see's the hole, falls to avoid, and rolls in to it?? lmfaoo

[@IamtheWV17]

Nah hole wasn't there.... snow dropped under him, initiating the fall, then gives completely and drops him in.

[@Glouzz]

Хорошо, что это не берлога медведя!

[@TylerMcKinney]

Talk about unlucky holy shit

[@hungrycatboi4894]

When ski alone or with my friends in woods, should i carry rope in my backpack? I love skiing in woods but if this would happen, it would be scary

[@SkulsterDulster]

Good luck getting out if you fall in headfirst

[@ladderman1090]

Try to avoid skiing in the woods alone.

[@michaelnagle8250]

I'm not sure this is very common. Never seen it in western US.

[@MrStonedCrab]

Freestyle boards, zero security equipements. Do me a favor stay on resort next time.

[@tannerthomas6694]

that could have had a very different ending!

[@Nolieno37]

This happened to my friend naiel

[@2WOKE-]

thats what you get for wearing those pants

[@theCODking97]

bro rrolled into the hole

[@aucklandvansaun3628]

yoo what is that thing? I'm terrified

[@Gwiedert]

You could still climb out of this by creating a step with snow, am I right?

[@johnnywaffles2482]

Guido B you face the chance of it caving in on you

[@morguepup]

Which leads to suffocation or just being slowly crushed to death by chunks of ice.

[@beanbag1415]

@@morguepup well I mean, if the only other option was to freeze/starve to death, that may be a chance worth taking.

[@lokivato]

hollow earth theory is true!

[@user-wi7ye7cb1b]

ребята красавцы!!!!

[@loulou6760]

I stopped breathing

[@user-ko8mf2jb4f]

Снежный колодец коварная штука блин

[@AndreyAndreev_USP]

U r really lucky one!

[@hobbygaertner420]

Yeah, guy got really lucky! So you yahoos mark the hole for the next unlucky souls passing there? No? Didn't think so .

[@germanylicious]

Male exactly my thoughts

[@sanford360]

What do you mark it with? Serious question?

[@gagesstuff5946]

Mark it with what? There handy dandy sack of cones

[@germanylicious]

@@gagesstuff5946 never seen holes marked before? Google it.

[@johnnyguitwithit2614]

Good job boy's!

[@huejanis3494]

It puts the lotion on its skin!

[@bryanhovich]

the guy almost die but he doesn't take off his camera no comment

[@thomaswiman3804]

Dang

[@StopPollutingClowns]

Smmoking

[@DeanMackenziebelldmb]

We're gonna need someone to get you out lol you can touch him 😂 ffs some people

[@gone4winter]

Is nobody gonna talk about that second skiier who went down right before him 💀

[@user-ee1nr2xd9d]

Что там не воняло медведем даже ))?

[@mizuguchi1998]

これ日本じゃん

[@storm4654]

А палку свою бросить не вариант,обязательно снимать? Постанова😆

[@schadeck123]

Very similar thing happened to me and a buddy last week, thankfully he didnt fall all the way through. Video on my page

[@TheMooshinator]

What the fuck was that hole?

[@nonamenobody8590]

Did anyone notice 2 of them fall down holes ?

[@ryans9029]

It's a second angle... The title says caught by 2 go pros....

[@nonamenobody8590]

@@ryans9029 my mistake

[@doreengilbert2510]

The worthless cuticle positionally drip because basement booly form but a tasteless mist. oval, clear pedestrian

[@psalm3496]

JESUS SAVED HIM!!! JESUS LOVES YOU ALL WERE IN THE LAST DAYS! JESUS IS COMING GUYS TURN TO HIM AND U CAN BE SAVED! HE'S THE WAY THE TRUTH AND THE LIFE THE ONLYWAY TO GOD!:)

[@jesusthe15th]

Believe what you wanna believe but Im fairly certain that his friends pulled him out

[@DixQuinzeHuit]

3:50 omg americans.. stop making everything look like x games, dont you have humility facing nature ?

[@bobclover4634]

You're upset because they cheered when they got him out of the hole? Also fuck off with your xenophobia, they're not even Americans you fool.

[@maxrippeto3054]

🤔genius

[@rustyshackleford1069]

Are you high?

[@haydenm.3912]

Looks like we have or local expert(*probably never skied before*) above guys... we should 100% listen to everything this professional(*breaks collar bone on the bunny hill*) skier has to say. I don’t get what all the hate is for, this guy is a true master(*freakin idiot*) in the skiing world. Case closed.

[@TailblockProductions314]

lmao they're Australian but ok