Utility Pilot, the point was (if the video is real) if you start applying power ahead of time, even a altitude there plenty of space to come out of it.
Higher you are, further ahead of the aircraft you have to be.
I am ready to say that probably 90% of heli pilots have performed that maneuver at one point in their career, some as part of their work, some just for the fun of it and some just to get the blood going once in a while.
JD