Skier creates spellbinding video by launching his camera in the air

Published May. 4, 2017 6:18 p.m. ET

Nick Schwartz

Nicolas Vuignier didn't want to buy a drone to shoot footage of himself throwing down huge freestyle ski tricks, so he figured out a way to record himself after tossing the camera in the air in mid-launch. Thanks to some brilliant editing, the end result was mind-blowing.

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Check out Vuignier "centriphone" video experiment, in which he whips an iPhone around his head like a helicopter blade while skiing.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqncOP7OzMg