World record set for farthest hoverboard flight 
Franky Zapata, the French jet ski champion who invented the Flyboard Air, set a new Guinness World Record for the farthest hoverboard flight on Saturday. Zapata rode the Flyboard Air hoverboard for a distance of more than 2,252 meters (7,388 feet), which surpasses the previous record of 275.9 meters (905 feet, 2 inches), set by Canadian Catalin Alexandru Duru. 