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The Hoverboard Debate. Clip of the Day

Christopher Campbell
By Christopher Campbell posted 1 year ago
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This past Saturday, former Growing Pains teen idol Kirk Cameron participated in a debate about the existence of God. Now, it’s even less my place than his to comment on either the Christian or the atheist point of view, but the event did make me think of a serious debate that I was once involved in: the existence of Hoverboards. I knew they didn’t exist, but a friend of mine was certain they did. No, he’s not stupid; in his defense it was widely rumored that they had been invented and were to be released in conjunction with Back to the Future II. Apparently the rumor began when Robert Zemeckis joked that the wheel-less skateboards were real — at least that’s what Kirk Cameron says happened, in this clip from “The Secrets of the Back to the Future Trilogy.” Thanks to Kirk Cameron, I won my debate. I have no idea if he won his own or not. Anyway, this is one of my favorite videos of all time (available in the DVD box set of the trilogy), and I couldn’t resist making it my clip of the day. For my other choice, you can check out this other clip, which like BTTF features Christopher Lloyd, and like the clip I’ve chosen features a former child star, and it shows the reversal of what happens to Amy Adams in this week’s new release, Enchanted, which is unfortunately on my mind today. Aren’t you glad, I chose Kirk Cameron instead?

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  • badMike said

    I had a roommate in college who argued with me for hours by insisting the hoverboards were real and were going to be released to the general public. At the time I thought he was the only dope who thought that. What an odd thing for people to believe.

  • Adam Donaghey said

    Yes, I too remember having that debate… Although, I was in elementary school. Several friends of mine and me were entranced by the amazing tale a fellow a student unraveled before us. According to him, hover boards had been invented (however, they were not used in the BTTF films) and would be released–due to legalities–in the year 2001, just after my twenty-first birthday. I recall feeling betrayed that I wouldn’t get to enjoy the hover boards as a child and that I probably wouldn’t care to own one as an adult.

    Oddly enough, this discussion was held over a table filled with contemporary items we would soon place in a time capsule for a school project.

  • jose julian charles said

    i know that exist 5 models of hoverboards the matel the pittbul the no tech the rising sun the question and the no tech but you have that? how much for two each one? and it have charged and batery? pleae send me the e-amil very soon.i want to buy it. Tank you.