tote up this to the list of thing you never sleep together existed but now urgently call for .
The kinsfolk at Zapata Racing have been in the business sector of hydropropulsion products for geezerhood . Early variant of the company ’s “ Flyboard ” looked like across between a fire hose , a skateboard , and Iron Man ’s hand blasters . Later , “ Pro Rider ” iteration of the Flyboard would do off with the manus stabilizers entirely , leaving the passenger ’s hand free to dart dudebro hired man gesture at gawking onlookers :
But the “ Flyboard ” could never rightly be call a hoverboard . Its symmetrical soma and the emplacement of its underfoot propulsion system make it hard to “ ride ” the board laterally , the way we sit matter like surf , skate , and snowboards . It ’s really more of a hoverplatform . Or a hoverplank .
Zapata Racing‘s newest product , on the other hired hand , may be the closest anyone ’s make out to delivering on a real - lifetime hoverboard . The companionship calls it ( no beating around the bush here ) “ The Hoverboard ” :
Like the Flyboard , the Hoverboard ’s actuation scheme is fed water through a 60 - foot hose , connected on its other end to the jet drive of a 100 + horsepower personal vessel , like a JetSki . Unlike the Flyboard , however , the Hoverboard ’s got that whole directionality matter going for it , which lets you do things like this :
And this :
And recall : Like the Flyboard , it ’s hands free . Do n’t forget to dudebro .
[ Zapata RacingviaDevinsupertramp ]
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