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@Tea_Bee
On the balance of probabilities, I'm going with real.
Points of contention are...
Chain tension: I can't see on my PC (too jerky), I'll have to pass on being able to judge that. Inconclusive.
T-shirt movement: Just cos its sunny, doesn't mean there isn't a decent breeze.
Never looks backwards: If you watch wire-walkers, they always find a fixed point to look at and stare straight at that. He's just doing the same. If backwards wheelies are that hard, you'd expect them to employ the same sort of techniques. You just have a spotter out of shot watching for cars.
I'm also going for the positioning of the front wheel as it leaves the ground - almost instantly, it's at 90 degrees. When I pull a forwards wheelie, I'm getting the front wheel ready before the front drops - I square up the front wheel, then let the bike go and my weight comes down onto the handlebars. His weight is quite back on the bike as the wheel leaves the floor and it looks like he's instantly twisting to keep balance. When you're dropping out of a wheelie, unless you come down at a stoopid angle, the bike straightens out once both wheels are on the floor, so I'm never fighting to stay perfectly balanced til the very last second. But you'd immediately fight hard to stay balanced as you came UP into the backwards-wheelie.