A powerful hoverboard just broke a Guinness World Record for traveling over a mile

Franky Zapata on the Flyboard Air.

A hoverboard created by inventor Franky Zapata is a far cry from the typical ones you see rolling down the street.

Zapata's jet-powered hoverboard not only actually hovers — it flys. Called the Flyboard, the device just broke a Guinness World Record for flying 7,388 feet or roughly 1.4 miles.
That record is ten times higher than the previous one reached by Canadian inventor Catalin Alexandru Duru, who got a little over 905 feet in the air. The Flyboard reached a height of about 164 feet.
The record was broken in Sausset-les-Pins in the South of France on Saturday. Zapata, a former French jet ski champion, claims the hoverboard can actually reach a height of 10,000 feet and climb to a maximum speed of 93 miles per hour. The test was done over water with boats trailing Zapata.
Jet ski champion Franky Zapata hovers in the air as he breaks the Guiness World Records for furthest flight by hoverboard.
Zapata decided to attempt breaking the World Record after his first video showing the devicewent viral, amassing more than 3 million views.
The Flyboard runs on four 250-horsepower RC jet engines that allows it to stay airborne for 10 minutes without being tethered, the Verge reported. Zapata controls the Flyboard using a handheld remote while the hoverboard itself runs on Jet A1 Zapata decided to attempt breaking the World Record after his first video showing the devicewent viral, amassing more than 3 million views.
The Flyboard runs on four 250-horsepower RC jet engines that allows it to stay airborne for 10 minutes without being tethered, the Verge reported. Zapata controls the Flyb

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