A video shows a man riding a drone-powered hoverboard through city traffic.
In April 2021, video of what appeared to be a man riding a hoverboard at night on a street alongside other cars went viral on both Facebook and Twitter: This man is living in 2030! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/fgXLCEPldS - Buitengebieden (@BuitengebiedenB) April 24, 2021 Based on the similarity of the device in the viral video to prototypes designed by a company named Omni Hoverboards, Snopes concludes that the video is genuine. In 2017, for example, an official delivered the game ball in a Portuguese soccer match using an on an Omni Hoverboard: Omni Hoverboard's website also highlights their product's capabilities above a pond in this promotional video: The Omni Hoverboard is not yet available to the general public. Alexandru Duru and Philippe Maalouf, the co-founders of Omni Hoverboards, told TMZ that the company is 'very close' to bringing their product to market. 'We are told pricing is still a work in progress, but the 10-propellor model is expected to fetch around $36K,' TMZ reported, adding that the company is interested in selling 'an 8-propellor model that could retail for around $27K.' Because the video shows a device that appears to be an Omni Hoverboard, and because that product is real and capable of performing the feats shown in the video, we conclude the video is authentic.
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