I think he went higher than he actually traveled forward on this compact quad backflip. Kind of like an aerial jump for snowboards.
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEZHrqdO2P5/?taken-by=d_opelord
Here is the same feature with a different result:
https://www.instagram.com/p/BEZEQGWhCcJ/?taken-by=oslo_parken