--- description: Fail. title: Watch This Snowboarder Using a Selfie Stick Get Hit in the Head by a Chairlift image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Watch This Snowboarder Get Hit in the Head by a Chairlift Because He Was Using a Selfie Stick by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 5:55 PM CUT by [Samantha Grossman](/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Apr 3, 2015 5:55 PM CUT A snowboarder in Japan wanted to show off his sweet skills — so, naturally, he took a selfie stick onto the slopes. As the above video shows, though, he wasn’t quite able to pull this off. Not paying attention, the snowboarder gets clocked squarely in the head by a moving chairlift while trying to snap the perfect selfie. The above video repeats this moment several times and even slows it down so we can truly understand what happened. This isn’t even a lesson about why you shouldn’t use a selfie stick. It’s mostly just a helpful lesson about paying attention to your surroundings. _Read next:_ [_How the Selfie Stick Is Killing the Selfie_](http://time.com/3393333/how-the-selfie-stick-is-killing-the-selfie/ "undefined") [_Listen to the most important stories of the day._](http://time.com/newsletter/the-brief/?sl%5Fautoplay=true&xid=spl-fullbrief-article "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3770794/snowboarder-chairlift-selfie-stick/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3770794/snowboarder-chairlift-selfie-stick/"},"headline":"Watch This Snowboarder Get Hit in the Head by a Chairlift Because He Was Using a Selfie Stick","datePublished":"2015-04-03T17:55:10.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:18:22.145Z","description":"Fail.","url":"https://time.com/3770794/snowboarder-chairlift-selfie-stick/","keywords":["Newsfeed","viral"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3770794/snowboarder-chairlift-selfie-stick/","name":"Watch This Snowboarder Get Hit in the Head by a Chairlift Because He Was Using a Selfie Stick"}}]},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"VideoObject","name":"30-Second Tech Trick: How to Take the Best Selfies","description":"How to check your light, set up your shot and ultimately do what's in everyone's best interests.","thumbnailUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/v2/media/Ezv3GMLn/poster.jpg?width=720","uploadDate":"2014-03-19T18:00:39.000Z","contentUrl":"https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/Ezv3GMLn.m3u8","embedUrl":"https://time.com/3770794/snowboarder-chairlift-selfie-stick/","duration":"PT30S","potentialAction":{"@type":"SeekToAction","target":"https://time.com/3770794/snowboarder-chairlift-selfie-stick/?jw_start={seek_to_second_number}","startOffset-input":"required name=seek_to_second_number"}}] ```