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 ...

When I was a kid I couldn't wait for the future. I thought that by the year 2019, we'd all be driven to work by robot butlers and living on the moon instead of going to the beach for our summer ...

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 ...

A champion jet ski racer wanted to fly, so he designed his own jet-powered hoverboard. Now the EZ Fly is being considered for use by the military. Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you ...

When footage of a flying hoverboard first emerged last month, many thought it was fake, because the relatively tiny device appears to be breaking the laws of physics. But the "Flyboard Air" from ...

Franky Zapata, the French jet ski champion who invented the Flyboard Air, has set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight. Zapata achieved the feat Saturday morning off the ...

This guy is the ultimate channel surfer. A French inventor on Sunday successfully flew across the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard — that would make Marty McFly from “Back to the Future” ...