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CalebGaviccompetesatthe2014FlyboardNorthAmericanChampionshipsatHarbourSquareParkinToronto'swaterfront.By:ToddCoyneStaffReporter,PublishedonSunJun222014“Flyboarding”won’tmeananythingtomost.ButthosenearToronto’scentralwaterfrontonSundaygotafirst-handlookatthelatestextremesportthat’spartJetSkistuntdriving,partwater-borneballet.
ItwastheworlddebutoftheFlyboardNorthAmericanChampionships,drawingjurorsandthrill-seekersfromallwetcornersoftheglobe.

ThetrademarkedFlyboardisbestdescribedasapairofhydro-poweredhoverbootshookedtoarevvingJetSkibyaboutfivestoreysofthrust-conductingrubberhose.Onebyone,thecompetitorsshootupfromthewater,flippingintoairborneacrobaticsanddramaticswandivesinfrontofapanelofjudges,whichonSundayincludedFlyboard’s35-year-oldFrenchinventor,FrankyZapata.
SportingstuntnamesliketheSuperman,theDolphin,theSuperDolphinandtheSwaggedOutDolphin,thesportmaybethemostobnoxiousandadrenaline-pumpingfuntobehadonthewatersincetheinventionoftheJetSkiitself.TheFlyboardarosefromratherhumblebeginnings,andwehaveEurope’snewhydrocarbon-emissionlawstothank.“IleftschoolwhenIwas15,”ZapatatoldtheStarduringSunday’ssemi-finals,citingbadgradesandadreamtoraceJetSkis.ZapatagothisracingstartasateenagerinMarseille,France’scoastalsecondcity,andwassoonachampionrider.Buthehadamechanic’sintuitionthatdrewhisfocusunderthehoodandhewassoonsussingoutwaystomakehisskisgofaster.
By2008,Zapatahadhisowncompany,ZapataRacing,andwasridinghigh,buildingsomeofthefastestJetSkienginesintheworld.ButtheninJuly2011,theEuropeanCommissioninBrusselsannouncedtoughnewanti-pollutionlawsthat

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