Skiing with the bear on the slope - 9 Martie 2021, Partia Cocosul Predeal Romania, by Mister Fox

For those who don't understand romanian. I know that slope. I'm always eyes open for bears. From the video, we learn he is a ski instructor. And he was on his way down to his school kids. He first tried to talk the bear away from the slope. Because he had tourists (skiiers) behind. Then, the bear, out of the blue sky tried to chase him. For no reason, that's why you can never know what a bear does. So this man played the bear's game to exhauste it. When he saw that there are other tourists downhill. He stopped. Warn them to go fast downhill because there is a bear. Finally, he succeeded to make the animal go in to the forest. He laughs all the time because he is maybe from that region, and he is used with these animals. So, he is a kind of hero.

Best cameraman alive. Recording a bear chasing him while skiing down a slope.

Bro's got balls of steel. His tone was calm and didn't get high or nervous when the bear got really close

You are enjoying skiing and then look behind to find out a guy is bringing a charging bear😅

The filming skills of this man filming backwards skiing downhill is spectacular

I don't know what impressed me more, how calm he was being chased by a bear or his ability to ski backwards whilst filming

He handled this perfectly. A friendly bear begging for handouts can be dangerous. So he lead it away from his crew, and then the next crew, keeping its attention until it's playful energy was done. What a pro!

This was an amazing video. The bravery of the ski instructor to lure the bear away from the young skiers was courageous. Plus he was alternating between skiing forward then backwards and had to look behind him to see the other young skiers⛷ on the slope and earn them. The guy is a hero

Wow, this guy is the kind of ski instructor I would sign up with. For those who didn’t understood the situation: He lured the bear away from his students into the forest. He did it by trusting his ability on ski’s, stopped repeatedly to keep the bear on his trail and get him tired, sufficiently tired so that he gives up on chasing people and get back in the forest. Now that is a brave an humane approach. If you have the balls to do it. He obviously knew the trail the speeds he can get on that section, he was confident in his ability as a skier, and did the right thing. 👏👏👏

if you could understand Romanian you would see that this guy is a professional ski instructor who frequently has this kind of contacts with bears and knows how to react. he actually is protecting the tourist and attracting the bear to follow him. still courageous though. (with some kind of defending weapons probably)

American, "We drink energy drinks to help us ski down hill." Romanian, "We have bear chase us down hill."

This was the most casual bear chase video I’ve ever seen.

Most badass guy on the planet... casually chatting up the bear and filming it while skiing. DAMN! Ballz of steel!

this is Romania... few translations to the people watching the video: 1. The guy was not mocking or provoking the bear, he was a ski instructor attending a class and he kept telling him to go to the forest and was trying to keep the people in the group from panicking. He kept calling the bear cute :) 2. The reason he made the bear chase him was to keep him away from the other people, in interviews he said this has happened before (in other words he wanted to provoke the chase instinct of the bear on purpose, so it goes after him instead of a child or something) 3. He was warning people as he was going down the slope that theres a bear in order for them to leave" Thank you Cordain Dawnkeeper for this explanatory comment!

The persistence of the bear is terrifying 😅

This guy is amazing. You can tell he was leading it away from everyone else.

It's always professional courtesy if a bear is chasing you to stop and give the bear a chance to rest so he can continue the Chase

Keeping the camera focused on the bear during the chase was epic. Calm nerves prevailed - and he kept everyone safe. Well done! 🏆

That was intense! WOW! That bear was up close and comfortable. The skiing instructor did a wonderful job. Great video. Glad everyone was ok, including Mr. Bear!! Thumbs up.

It really shows how strong a bear's instincts are (as well as other wild animals). At first the bear seemed just curious, even a bit playful. As soon as the instructor started to ski, the bear's instinct to chase automatically kicked in. otherThis guy was obviously putting all the skiers as top priority. Good job, dude.⛷️🐻👍❤️