A Beginner’s Guide To Flyboarding
About four years ago, my father returned home from a business trip and showed me a picture he took of a person attached to some sort of futuristic jet pack. I’m pretty aware of new gadgets thanks to social media and websites like Popular Science, but I hadn’t seen or heard about anything like this before—I didn’t even know how to Google it! After several days, I gave up on my search. Then, a year later, I stumbled upon a video and learned that these jet packs are actually called Flyboards, and they're more like snowboards with pressurized streams of water that propel them into the air. The video made Flyboarding look not only fun, but beautiful! Multiple people were Flyboarding at the same time and doing coordinated tricks. I knew I had to try it for myself. Unfortunately, I couldn’t find a local company that offered Flyboarding. Since then though, it's started to gain popularity. I even found a company that offered to let customers Flyboard near my parents’ home...