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TRENDING NOW: Epic human flying drone

Image Credit: YouTube

December 21, 2016 - 5:00 AM

Only YouTuber Casey Neistat can pull something like this off.

Casey and his team built a drone big enough not only to pull someone on a snowboard, but lift that boarder into the air.

The video has gone viral with almost 800,000 views.

Plus check out the behind the scenes video.

News from © iNFOnews, 2016

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