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Video: Record-Breaking Flight on a Hoverboard

Jet ski champion Franky Zapata pilots the Flyboard Air. YouTube/nick2ny
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Key Takeaways:

  • Jet ski champion Franky Zapata set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight, piloting his Flyboard Air for 7,388 feet (over 1.4 miles).
  • The record-breaking flight took place over water in southern France and covered more than eight times the distance of the previous record.
  • The Flyboard Air, developed by Zapata's company, Zapata Racing, is an independently propelled device capable of hose-free flight for up to 10 minutes.
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On April 30, jet ski champion Franky Zapata broke the Guinness World Record of farthest hoverboard flight, piloting a Flyboard Air between Carry-le-Rouet and Sausset-les-Pins in southern France.

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