The first time you fly a jetpack you are immediately surprised to find that you are in fact sitting on the seat like a bicycle and your weight is all being carried by the saddle.
All sports start with, or eventually develop a “soul”, a connected set of underlying themes and principles driving the participants. The soul can be hidden, uncovered in steps and emerge over time, it can also become co-opted, molded by motives and commercial interests. We saw unusual trends in hydro sport, we talked to people about the […]
We have yet to tell the story of how we wound up flying on a beach in Dubai with Ben Merrell and his friends. At the end of last summer, right at the end of July, we announced that the Jetblade was ready and we started to ship the boards. At the time we had […]
Boards sports have been around for ages. Although the first tethered jetboard in 1956 actually had bindings, most of the first boardsport board had no bindings, the rider choose the right stances by moving around the board. As performance demands increased, binding systems were added in many sports that locked the feet into the board. […]
As easy an intuitive as flying a Jetblade is, there are still occasions with younger, older, or less sporty riders that an instructor will take a passenger along for a ride standing between the feet on the torsion bars. The instructor uses the conventional bindings and the passenger stands on the footplates (pads to […]
Time to clean out or replace your nozzle bearings? We built the Jetblade with maintenance in mind. Follow the steps in the video to disassemble the Jetblade nozzles and clean the bearings. Jetblade bearings are designed to be used without lubrication and have a small water wash port that is designed to keep water flowing […]
Converting a Jetblade to the full freedom of independent jet movement is quick and easy. The freedom of movement and natural intuitive use for beginners and pros alike is available in every Jetblade we have shipped since 2014. Watch the video for a demonstration of switching the Jetblade from Flatboard style fixed deck to full […]
Sport equipment development is a long term process, evolution of a new sport lead in new directions, yet certain things remain a constant. When we designed the hydro flight X-Jetpack and followed up with the Jetblade, we based our design decisions on years of experience producing outdoor sport equipment. What are the driving forces of […]
You went full plastic man. Never go full plastic. Plastic jetpacks as they are meant to be. Fisher Price’s Jetpack Mickey.