Man draws crowd to French parking lot with 'Flyboard' flight

Feb. 3 (UPI) -- A crowd of onlookers converged on a French parking lot to watch a daredevil take a nighttime flight on a flying "hoverboard."

A video posted to YouTube by user delphine shows the man hovering above the ground on a Flyboard Air, which uses air pressure to levitate, as opposed to the wheeled "hoverboards" that have become popular with consumers.

The attempt drew a large crowd of onlookers to the parking lot in Sausset-les-Pins.

The Flyboard Air was developed by Zapata Racing, which set a world record when founder Franky Zapata took one of the models for a flight of nearly 1-1/2 miles.