Montrealer glides through city on a snowboard after winter storm

When Joel Paredessaw snow blanketing MontrealonTuesday morning, he decided to bring his snowboardto work with the thought that he might use it to get home.

Paredes,who works as an IT specialistat an investment company in the city's downtown core, decided to give it a try when he saw how much snow had fallen by the time he was set to leave for the day.

"Everyone at work was telling me to be careful," he said in an interview.

"Originally I wanted to do it on the street and thought, 'OK, let's be smart,' so I went on the sidewalk."

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Paredesended upsnowboardingdown Peel Street from De laGauchetireStreetto St-Jacques Street.

He captured the whole thing on camera with a GoPro and aselfie stick.

The video, posted to YouTubeand sped up slightly for effect, shows him weaving along the sidewalk and, at one point, squeezing past two pedestrians heading in the other direction.

Paredessaid it's his 19th season snowboarding and he knows his limits, but he isconcerned the video might encourageyounger, less experienced snowboarders to try something similar.

"Now thatthe video is viral, I don't want kids to go ahead and do it," he said.

Paredes said he'snot concerned about any legal ramifications and compared it to skateboarding, which he also does downtown.