Here is the heart-stopping moment a snowboarder gets caught in an avalanche on a mountain, but manages to stay on top of the cascading snow and survive unscathed.Blake Nielson was cruising down Big Cottonwood Canyon near Salt Lake City on Sunday when the avalanche began, and he captured the whole incident on a camera mounted to the front of his helmet.The film shows the ground suddenly falling away from Nielson, who the struggles to stay on the surface using 'swimming motions' in the shifting snow. He finally managed to escape the slide after about 300 feet of downward motion.
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