Franky Zapata sets new hoverboard world record with the Flyboard® Air

Pilot and jet-ski champion Franky Zapata breaks the Guiness World Records of the farthest flight by hoverboard with the IPU Flyboard Air after covering a distance of 2,252.4 meters (7,389.76 ft) with an average speed of 50-60km/h in Sausset les Pins near Marseille, France, April 30, 2016. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier

Jet ski racing champion Franky Zapata has set a new hoverboard world record, reports The Verge. 

Zapata set the record on April 30 for the farthest flight by a hoverboard with the Flyboard® Air.