Thursday, August 20, 2015

Flyboard: the jetpack/hoverboard hybrid that launched a global sport


Franky Zapata can make you fly. A former world jet-ski champion, Zapata was frustrated by being tethered to the waves. So he invented the Flyboard -- a jetpack/ hoverboard hybrid that lets its wearer soar up to 15 metres in the air using high-powered water jets. "My inspiration came from Iron Man," says Marseille-based Zapata, 36. "I was a jet-ski pilot for many years, but I always dreamed to fly as a superhero -- and thanks to my experience in hydro-propulsion I made it possible."

By: Oliver Franklin-Wallis,

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