Hoverboard
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A hoverboard was similar in appearance to a skateboard but underwent a hover conversion. They were manufactured for all age ranges by different companies. Mattel made one for young girls. Other companies made more aggressive boards, that were used by gangs in some instances, including the No Tech series and the Pit Bull, a rocket-fired board with three attachments for other riders on similar boards.
Hoverboards worked similarly in principal to skateboards in that they needed momentum by the rider and most would become useless in terrain not suited for them (i.e water, ice, other low traction surfaces), save for the Pit Bull model.
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Robert Zemeckis joked in an interview[citation needed] that hoverboards were real--causing a frenzy amongst fans looking for the real thing, eventually having to retract his joke and explain that hoverboards did not exist.
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