A Gen Z tech influencer from central China has brought science fiction to life by handcrafting a manned hoverboard and teaching himself flight control and mechanical engineering.
Song Xingyu, 26, from Enshi, Hubei province, is known online as “Amazing Ayu.” He has amassed more than 3 million social media followers by sharing videos of his aerial inventions.
On October 15, Song stunned the internet with a video of himself riding a hoverboard he had spent about two months building, soaring over mountains and the Yangtze River.