A snowboarder sprang into survival mode when an avalanche interrupted his run over the weekend.
A snowboarder sprang into survival mode when an avalanche interrupted his run over the weekend ... and the scary incident was captured on video.was shredding at Big Cottonwood Canyon in Salt Lake City, Utah when an isolated wind slab broke loose above and below him ... which knocked him to the ground and"took me for a ride."
Nielson -- who says he tested the Kessler Peak area for instabilities before his run -- was able to stay above the surface as the snow shot him down the slope ... using swimming motions with his arms and kicking his board to keep from going under. In the video, Nielson is heard yelling over the radio to his partner ... saying,"Logan, I'm sliding!! ... I'm staying on top, but I am sliding!!"
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