This high-flying, jet-powered hoverboard is real

The description says three miles, but the video says 2252 metres, or roughly 1.4 miles. Not that that isn’t impressive.

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According to the Jalopnik writeup, he did a victory lap as well.

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Maybe if the Wright brothers had accepted sponsors (Macassar oil? Quiggin’s Mint Cake?) we would all have hoverboards today.

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The thing I have on my back is like a Camelbak but it’s full of kerosene…

This sounds like a remarkably bad idea.

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I don’t care when he did this or how far he went–it just looks awesome!

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Caveman inventor: “So you grind the shiny stone against the rough rock until it’s sharp and then you can use it to kill the saber-tooth tiger!”

Caveman elder: “That sounds remarkably dangerous.”

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A camelbak full of kerosene

What could go wrong?

Why aren’t these in production yet?

When can I get mine and be jetting down (well, above) the sidewalk to get to work?

reminds me of an old cigarettes ad campaign

“don’t throw burning camels out of the window”

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