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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Lifestyle
Abha Shah

Best hoverboards for kids and adults in 2025 - Top picks in the UK

It has been a decade since the first hoverboard was invented, and the world hasn't been the same since. 

At first, the divisive 'toy' was welcomed as a futuristic advance, with fans dizzy at the prospect of being able to glide from A to B, oat milk latte sitting undisturbed in hand. Sure, they weren’t quite Marty McFly’s hoverboard in Back To The Future - these boards are fitted onto wheels - but they were close.

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