- Jetboard
The Jetboard was an early powered longboard
surfboard . It is one of the earliest, if not the earliest motorized sufboard, produced in1968 or earlier. It was 11 feet long, weighed 85 pounds, had an aluminum hull and a 6.25horsepower , single cylinder chain saw engine. [cite web|url=http://www.powerboarding.com/classicjetboards.htm|accessdate=July 19|accessyear=2006|title=Fueling the Powered Board Revolution]The early hulls were made of wood, but later hulls were made by the aeronautical company
Sargent Fletcher inEl Monte, California . Their initial development and production was funded byAlfred S. Bloomingdale (heir to theBloomingdale's Department store fortune). [cite web|url=http://www.powerboarding.com/classicjetboards.htm|accessdate=July 19|accessyear=2006|title=Jet Board History]ee also
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California Surf Museum References
External links
* [http://www.scooterhelp.com/jetboard/jetboard.history.html Jetboard history]
* [http://www.powerboarding.com/classicjetboards.htm Classic Jetboards from Powerboarding.com]
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