INTERNATIONAL: Finnish freestyle skier Jon Sallinen sent a camera operator flying during his first run in Thursday's, February 17, halfpipe qualifying after misjudging one of his tricks.

Sallinen was halfway through his run when he lost control on the left lip of the pipe, soaring over the edge and clipping the camera to send the operator crashing to the snow.

Sallinen has dropped back into the pipe to complete his run and the judges were very unimpressed, giving him a score of 18 out of 100, and the camera operator was soon back up on their feet again as qualifying has continued.

^{PHOTO: OF MOMENTS BEFORE AND AFTER CRASH BETWEEN JON SALLINEN OF FINLAND AND CAMERA PERSON}