VIDEO: Snowboarder sucked into air by kite
A thrill-seeking snowboarder in Algeria got more than he bargained for when a sudden gust of wind sucked him hundreds of feet into the air.
The extreme sportsman and generally lucky-to-be-alive bloke was snowkiting - a cross between snowboarding and kitesurfing - when the incident happened.
A gust of wind pulled him from the ground and the man, believed to be Malik Bouchenafa, refusing to let go of his kite is carried away becoming a small dot in the sky in the footage which has been posted to YouTube.
After about 30 seconds he crashes back to earth, narrowly missing a sharp looking rock formation.
Despite this he seem to be uninjured and continues snowboarding away, though this time sensibly carrying his kite.
