Video: How not to do a backflip on skis

Next time we get some snow and you think you've got the skills to pull off a backflip on the slopes, maybe think twice about it.

By Adrian Collins

If you've been lucky enough to get away to the slopes this winter, we really hope you didn't go trying anything like this.

Thinking that they'll be able to pull off a nice back flip, the skier in this video comes pelting down the hill, only to hit the jump wrong and go flying through the air, losing their skis in the process.

We imagine that this person ended up in a Father Larry Duff style full body cast after he went on his skiing trip in Father Ted. Larry's tremenjous fun...