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There was a hoverboarder in the river outside PNC Park on Sunday
wapc.mlb ^ | 9/15/13 | Dan Wohl

Posted on 09/15/2013 8:20:41 PM PDT by Nachum

Let it be known: McCovey Cove doesn't have a monopoly on strange watery MLB happenings. The scene on the Allegheny River outside PNC Park was as wacky as anything we've seen in San Francisco on Sunday, as a fan appeared to have brought a hoverboard to the Cubs-Pirates game.

Marty McFly would have been proud -- and after all, we're only two years away from these things being widely available:

(Excerpt) Read more at wapc.mlb.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hoverboard; hoverboarder; hoverboarderriver; park; pnc
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I want one.
1 posted on 09/15/2013 8:20:41 PM PDT by Nachum
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To: Nachum

Wait until you see the rules the Gooberment issues to own one and the taxes, ouch!.


2 posted on 09/15/2013 8:26:34 PM PDT by SandRat (Duty - Honor - Country! What else needs said?)
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To: Nachum

Post the pic, or it didn’t happen.


3 posted on 09/15/2013 8:29:13 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Nachum

Hopefully there was not be a truckload of manure nearby........


4 posted on 09/15/2013 8:37:42 PM PDT by jdsteel (Give me freedom, not more government.)
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It happened!

 photo hoverboard_zps187edf68.jpg

5 posted on 09/15/2013 8:37:55 PM PDT by smoothsailing
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6 posted on 09/15/2013 8:53:53 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Windflier

http://www.jetpackamerica.com/jetlev-r200


7 posted on 09/15/2013 8:55:08 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( ==> sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: Nachum

Except that *real* hoverboards don’t work so well on water.


8 posted on 09/15/2013 8:58:21 PM PDT by Little Pig (Vi Veri Veniversum Vivus Vici.)
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To: smokingfrog
Oh, this thing? Yeah, I've seen 'em on YouTube.


9 posted on 09/15/2013 8:59:33 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Little Pig

Except that *real* hoverboards don’t work so well on water.

Unless you’ve got POW-AHR!


10 posted on 09/15/2013 9:01:45 PM PDT by GraceG
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To: Windflier
I guess this is old hat now??


11 posted on 09/15/2013 9:02:48 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Windflier
Do not try it on the ground


12 posted on 09/15/2013 9:04:25 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: smoothsailing

They’re obviously stretching the definition of the word, ‘hoverboard’. That thing is more of a water jet.


13 posted on 09/15/2013 9:04:50 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: GeronL
longer version of the Blob Jump


14 posted on 09/15/2013 9:05:19 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Ouch!


15 posted on 09/15/2013 9:05:30 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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16 posted on 09/15/2013 9:07:32 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: GeronL

Looks like something I would have done back in the day.

You wouldn’t even have had to hold muh beer :-)


17 posted on 09/15/2013 9:09:53 PM PDT by Windflier (To anger a conservative, tell him a lie. To anger a liberal, tell him the truth.)
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To: Nachum

Here’s a good YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lM8kEHjQz9U&feature=related


18 posted on 09/15/2013 9:10:19 PM PDT by Lancey Howard
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To: Windflier

lol.


19 posted on 09/15/2013 9:10:38 PM PDT by GeronL
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To: Lancey Howard

Nice


20 posted on 09/15/2013 9:26:55 PM PDT by Nachum (I am Breitbartacus!)
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