How to ride out an avalanche unscathed

In case you're wondering what it's like to ride out an avalanche unscathed.

What the snowboarder in question had to say: "I deployed my Black Diamond airbag backpack straight away but was then just along for the ride. It was crazy to feel the power of all that snow moving together. Luckily, when it was all said, my head was above the surface and I wasn't injured. It reminds me I still have a lot to learn about snow safety."

An extremely lucky man not only to avoid asphyxia by burial, but to escape crashing into anything (the second leading cause of avalanche deaths).