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Chris Colin

Chris Colin is a San Francisco-based journalist who has written for the New Yorker, Outside and Wired. He is the author of Blindsight, What Really Happened to the Class of '93 and What to Talk About.

Garrett Foshay rides the Hendo, which hovers about an inch off the ground.

The Hoverboard Fantasy Comes True, Just As “Back to the Future” Predicted

Hold onto your flux capacitors; the future is here