Hoverboard

Hoverboard
Back to the Future film series element
Fictional Mattel hoverboard used by the character Marty McFly in both Back to the Future Part II and Back to the Future Part III.
PublisherAmblin Entertainment
First appearanceBack to the Future Part II
Created byRobert Zemeckis
Bob Gale
GenreScience-fiction
In-universe information
TypePersonal transport
FunctionPersonal transportation similar to a skateboard, but using a magnetic means of levitation instead of wheels.

A hoverboard (or hover board) is a fictional levitating board used for personal transportation, first described in science-fiction, and made famous by the appearance of a skateboard-like hoverboard in the film Back to the Future Part II. Many attempts have been made to invent a functioning hoverboard.