'Chainsaw ice skating' is a thing now, but you probably shouldn't try it

As in Canada, many parts of Sweden remain trapped in winter's frosty, unrelenting grip. 

It's hard to predict when (or if) the weather will finally warm up in these regions, but as a YouTube video that's gone viral this week proves, outdoor enthusiasts aren't waiting another second for the fun of spring to begin.

Scandanavian snowsports site Freeride.se reports that it was "boredom" that led Swedish pro-skier Erik Sunnerheim to propel himself around a frozen lake with a chainsaw.

Hailing Sunnerheim for "going MacGyver on the ice," Freeride explained that this winter's weather had led to particularly thick ice at the Are alpine ski area near Ostersund, Sweden. 

This might explain how Sunnerheim (whose nickname is "The Demon") was able to pull himself across and around a nearby ice sheet using nothing but a pair of skates and a power tool without breaking through the surface.

Fortunately, the entire stunt was filmed so that the internet could witness this freshly-invented extreme "sport" in all its glory.

In just one week, the original chainsaw ice skating YouTube video has been viewed more than 300,000 times, with copies on LiveLeak and other video networks racking up hundreds of thousands more views.

A GIF made from the video on Imgur (which incorrectly states that the stunt took place in Canada) has now been viewed more than 3.3 million times alone.

Many online are praising the stunt, saying that they'd like to try it out themselves. Though, as others note, it's probably not the best idea.

"At first, I thought it was super-fun and wanted to try it right away," wrote Gizmodo Australia. "But then all the things that could go wrong started to pile up in my brain taking the shape of a giant nope."

RT wrote similarly that "one doesn't have to think too long to realize how many things could have gone wrong during the stunt."