Video footage captures a daredevil skier using death-defying stunts and a GoPro action camera to win extreme sport competition. Professional skier Léo Taillefer, 22, used breathtaking skills that allowed him to be named winner of GoPro’s February Line of the Winter competition. Contestants had to shoot the best action video while navigating the slopes of Val d’lsére in France. Daily Mail reports: The fearless daredevil recorded his moves to win the contest, which challenges skiers to capture the best raw GoPro footage as they make their way down the slopes. The video shows Léo effortlessly zipping through the trees and negotiating huge drops, undaunted by the danger. The 22-year-old French athlete travels down the slopes at high speed with ease, as bystanders watch in awe and cheer him on. At one point, he even pauses on the snow to scale a wall, before continuing down the slope. The video has now gone viral, having amassed tens of thousands of views in mere hours. The Line of the Winter contest challenges entrants to turn on their GoPro and document their action on the piste to be in with the chance of winning the £14,000 ($20,000) grand prize money. Run by the [...]