Skating Above Air & Water
**VIRAL VIDEO**
Skippy Massey
Humboldt Sentinel
It’s as awesome as it sounds.
If you have ever seen the second or third movies in the classic Back to the Future movie trilogy, then you know how cool the idea of a Hoverboard is.
If you haven’t, the idea is simple. It’s like a skateboard without wheels, allowing the rider to almost magically hover above the surface.
Devin Graham, a popular YouTube personality known for his extreme sports videos, got his hands on the slick water-based hoverboard in Cancun, Mexico. Created by Zapata Racing, the hoverboard uses a 59-foot hose attached to a watercraft and can surprisingly jam up to heart-pounding speeds of 23 mph.
There have been various attempts over the years to create a Hoverboard, but nothing happened that was of any real use until now. While it isn’t quite the same as in the movies, the water Hoverboard shown in this video grabbing a whopping 2.5 million views over the past two weeks is about as good as it comes for the time being.
We’re still waiting for a real-life air Hoverboard to hit the streets near us sometime soon.
Below is the behind-the-scenes look of how Devin made this video:
Devin would want us to include this for your extreme sport curiousity:
Sponsoring the filming and production, Rocky Mountain Flyboard is the largest Flyboard operation in the US, selling Hoverboards, Flyboards, parts & accessories. They have a Business Quick Start package for people who want to open a business and get up and running fast.
If you’re down in Mexico, check out AquAXtreme for Flyboard rentals in Cancun. You can try one out and they’re the ones who hooked up Devin’s team with the equipment and logistics for the making of the viral video here.
Happy Hovering.
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