Franky Zapata made his name in the 1990s with his Jet-Ski team Zapata Racing. He then went from winning seven world titles in Europe to developing a series of flying toys connected to water jets that ...

Zapata Racing, the name used by the crazy and amazing fellows that created the incredible Hoverboard water fun thingie, reveals a new contraption that seems to be a game-changer. Flyboard Air, in case ...

Capable of being operated with only 20 hours of flight training, or in fully autonomous mode with GPS guidance, ZAPATA’s proprietary balance methodology and algorithms are truly disruptive. ZAPATA’s ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Investigation into Franky Zapata’s Flyboard Air hovercraft stirs debate over innovation and regulation in France ...

A new style of water-based device has been born called the Flyboard, which incorporates a pair of water jet-powered boots to propel its rider through the air and water. In a similar way to the ...

European leaders including French President Emmanuel Macron were treated to a demonstration of the Flyboard Air, a sort of gas turbine-powered jetpack/hoverboard/flying platform originally invented by ...

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