A cool video has emerged from Brazil of a man speed flying over Rio de Janeiro.

In the video, which was filmed on Saturday, the man leaps off a cliff and descends fast with the Pedra da Gavea mountain as a backdrop.

He then swoops over treetops and homes before landing safely on a beach.

Speed flying, also sometimes called speed riding, is the sport of flying a small, fast fabric wing, usually in close proximity to a steep slope