After breaking skaters’ hearts by starring in a fake ad for a hoverboard earlier this year, Tony Hawk made amends with fans this week by taking a ride on the real thing.
Silicon Valley startup Arx Pax launched the world’s first real hoverboard on Kickstarter last month, showcasing a video of a board fixed with four magnet-based hover engines that levitate an inch above the ground over a special surface. At the time the project founders were asking for $250,000 to take the “Hendo” into production. So far, it’s raised more than $450,000. (VIDEO: Kickstarter Project Invents REAL HOVERBOARD For Real This Time)
Excitement over the board reached a new height this week when skateboard legend and infamous hover hoaxer Tony Hawk stepped into the Arx Pax warehouse and onto the Hendo for its first professional ride.
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Ride Channel writer Dave Carnie accompanied Hawk to the warehouse, where Hendo co-creator Greg Henderson told Hawk he could help promote the hoverboard.
“It can’t be me,” Hawk said. “Nobody believes me anymore. I’m the boy who cried hoverboard.” (RELATED: The ‘Real Hoverboard’ Hoax Revealed)
I rode a REAL hoverboard yesterday thanks to @HendoHover. If you don't believe me, it's your loss. Most 360's ever. https://t.co/Z4tNT0Q9ky
— Tony Hawk (@tonyhawk) November 13, 2014