But when he found his feet, stopped freefalling and took a look around, the young boy discovered there was more to his new world than what he suspected and feared.
Part skiing, part freefalling, you travel through rather than on the snow, bounding over drops as if vaulting flights of stairs scattered with pillows.
It's actually very meditative - it's an incredible experience when you're freefalling from say 35 or 40 metres down to 60 metres you're without gravity- it's almost like flying.
