Elias Elhardt is one of our favourite riders of the now: not only is he ballsy as fuck and stylish as hell (his front 180 melons are to die for) but he’s also one of the nicest, most stoked out snowboarders going.

A Kashmiri peak at over 4000m above sea level, if things were to wrong here he’s a hell of a long way away from any sort of hospital you or I would recognise.

But back to to ballsy side of things, this drop in is well on the sketchy side of things. A Kashmiri peak at over 4000m above sea level, if things were to wrong here he’s a hell of a long way away from any sort of hospital you or I would recognise.

Still, it just goes to show the life of a pro snowboarder ain’t all that bad, not when the only beings you’re competing with for fresh tracks are mountain goats (check the hoof prints seven seconds in).

You can see the full line from the heli in the latest Pirates movie – Perceptions, for which this was filmed – as well as the highly recommended Bad Seeds by Nitro.

There’re a few more episodes like this to drop over the next couple of months so stay tuned!