Franky Zapata, the French inventor-slash-daredevil who flew across the English Channel on a hoverboard, has launched an ‘airscooter’ to go alongside his jet-powered flyboard and flying deckchair.

French jet ski champion Franky Zapata made some serious waves back in 2011 when he showed off his ambitious water-jet Flyboard, which uses a jet ski motor to pump water through a pair of boots and ...

We're both strapped into a nearly 100-pound contraption called a Flyboard, sitting on the edge of a dock, wearing helmets and wetsuits, arms Velcro'd against what's similar to lightweight ski poles. A ...

Some people swim the English Channel between Britain and France, others prefer to sail. French inventor Franky Zapata has attempted to make the crossing on a jet-powered hoverboard – but failed.

Franky Zapata, a professional racer and designer of jet skis, demonstrates his Flyboard, a water-powered jet pack that propels him 30 feet into the air. Zapata's incredible moves begin about 15 ...

This weekend, after much doubt as to whether his latest creation was real or not, jet ski champion Franky Zapata set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight. I was there when it ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Franky Zapata made his name in the 1990s with his Jet-Ski team Zapata Racing. He then went from winning seven world titles in ...

In the few weeks following the release of a video that appeared to show jet-ski champion Franky Zapata flying high in the sky on a jet-powered hoverboard, the online community split into two clear ...