Taking the piste! Moment drag lift operator pranks unsuspecting skier at French resort
- Footage shows a man holding ski poles on a mountain in Correncon-en-Vercors
- He misses the first pole that passes him by on the lift system and looks behind
- Ski lift operator notices an opportunity and hands him an unattached pole
- Man is left standing stock still on the mountain and is baffled by the situation
This is the hilarious moment a ski lift operator pranks a man as he waits to be taken up a mountain in France.
Footage filmed by an onlooker shows a man with grey hair holding ski poles on a mountain in Corrençon-en-Vercors in southeastern France.
As he slowly approaches the bottom of the button ski lift he looks behind him to try and intercept a pole to hold on to as he is carried up.
He misses the first one that passes him by and looks towards the ski lift operator as if to ask for some assistance.
Footage filmed by an onlooker shows a man with grey hair holding ski poles on a mountain in Corrençon-en-Vercors in southeastern France
The ski lift operator sees an opportunity to have a bit of fun with the skier and has a pole that isn’t attached to the lift to trick him
The skier wobbles slightly as he gets ready to take the pole and then tries to sit down on to the seat
The ski lift operator sees this as his opportunity to have a bit of fun with the skier and has a pole that isn’t attached to the lift to trick him.
He gets the pole into place to make it look like it is coming from behind the skier before handing it to him.
The skier wobbles slightly as he gets ready to take the pole and then tries to sit down on to the seat.
But he ends up looking shocked as he realises he isn’t actually moving anywhere.
He looks behind him before the ski lift operator bursts out laughing at his own prank.
The ski lift operator then grabs a real button lift seat and passes it to the skier and he starts moving up the mountain.
And it’s not the first time a skier has struggled to get to grips with a ski lift.
The ski lift operator then grabs a real button lift seat and passes it to the skier and he starts moving up the mountain
A snowboarder in a yellow jacket first tries to grab hold of the lift, before falling over in just a matter of seconds in a video from 2019
In 2019 three Scottish men made fools out of themselves while trying to grab hold of a drag lift on the slopes.
Video footage shows the three men trying to grab hold of a handheld ski lift – known as a drag lift – in an unknown location.
A snowboarder in a yellow jacket first tries to grab hold of the lift, before falling over in just a matter of seconds.
His friend filming the video at first encourages him, saying ‘keep going!’ before cackling with laughter as the snowboarder unceremoniously falls over.
The next two men in the trio fare no better when they step up to the plate.
Neither of them make it more than a yard before falling over to howls of laughter from their friend filming the ordeal.
Several people are then seen very easily able to grab hold of the rails and slowly go up the slope.
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