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Here’s an 870-Foot Backflip on a Snowboard

Snowboard BASE jumping is a real thing.

BY The Inertia Mountain | Staff

James Dean Stavro, as he’s known, does not do things in a small way. When James skateboards, he skates off perfectly tall buildings. And when he snowboards? Yep, he flies off perfect cliffs. Like this one in New Zealand’s Southern Alps.

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