Watch this paraglider spectacularly crash-land with painful consequences

Phew! Close one.

Extreme sports can be exciting and exhilarating, but they also come with the danger that things may not always go to plan.

Here is one of those times caught on the Go Pro of one extremely lucky-or unlucky- (depending which way you look at it) lad who found an unfortunate landing spot when descending from an evening of paragliding.