Ben Merrell shows what a few hours on the Jetblade can produce for an experienced rider. Eye of the storm.
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We met Dean LaVelle by coincidence in Florida when looking for the ideal wakeboard bindings. The guy at the Miami Ski Nautique said, “you have a new board? You gotta show Dean.” The connection was made. Dean jumped on the JetBlade and immediately began ripping it up at his wakeboard school in Pompano Beach Florida. A recent trip to Cancun Mexico continues broadening the horizons of what is possible.
This is the Jetblade with the torsion bars in place during initial testing, look at the streams and the smoothness of the jets.
Shoulder Symmetrical Jets, SSJ
The grand-daddy of hydro applications, Jetlev. Took Wendell Moore’s development for Bell and attached it to a jet ski. Examples: Jetlev from Jetlev Inc., AquaFlyer (concept) from Jetlev Inc., FlyJet Shuttle from Flyjets, X-Jetpack H3X from Stratospheric Industries.
Under Foot Symmetrical, UFS
The upstart freestyle alternative to the jetpack. Examples Flyboard, a brand from Zapata Racing. FlySurf from Adrenalin, FlyJetBoard from Flyjets, Jet Water Board JWB,
Under Ass Symmetrical, UAS
Jet bike conceptsJetovator, JetBike
Under Foot Asymmetrical, MonoJet, UFA-MJ
Hoverboard by Zapata Racing
Under Ass Symmetrical, MonoJet, UAS-MJ
Hoverboard by Zapata Racing
Sidewinder, a snake that moves sideways across the sand. An air to air missile. A hydro UFS, Under Foot Symmetrical jets made by Stratospheric Industries, Inc. So why do we call this amazing hydro jet device a Sidewinder? It is about the motion through the air. The unlocked foot angle control is night and day different from pre-existing “jetboards”. It is like the difference between riding a skateboard and riding a roller cart with swivel wheels. We first saw independent swivel jets on a FlyJet out of Russia in 2012, the yaw motion was great, swiveling around the body’s axis, we had the same motion in a jetpack and it seemed kind of obvious, but it was an eye opener none the less. We knew we had to include it on our unit. Now, what to call the product itself? JetBlade. The model, Sidewinder, the thing, JetBlade.
We are testing the Sidewinder and keeping everyone updated through Instagram and WhatsApp. Tim and Russian Paul and the Hydro Shaper are all taking it easy and getting the feel of it. We send the pics to our partner in Dubai, he writes back, “nice, but can it go high?”. We give the Sidewinder to Om and tell him to see what he can do. Om has no fear. He takes it up, signals for more power and flies around for twenty minutes, getting a feel for the altitude, laughing the whole time. He brings it back, lands next to the beach, doesn’t even get his hair wet. We send the photos, “need to go higher?” we ask… “No need, very good” is the response.
