1 Super Flyboarders Who are some famous flyboarders What makes them special to the sport Nellie Kubalek is 40 feet 12 meters in the air She lands a backflip It took three days of training to learn She’s the top U S female flyboarder Not many females flyboard She teaches girls to flyboard She created a special group It’s called FlyGirlz of Florida She can do double backflips She’s training to do triple backflips Only a few people can do it She said I want to be one of the first ladies to accomplish it 4
She loves flyboarding It came easily to her She was a gymnast for 16 years She said I just took to it and kept on going Damone Rippy is a flyboarding champion He started at age 14 He’s the youngest professional flyboarder He watched online videos He tried flyboarding at a friend’s birthday party He got hooked He trains several times a Flyboarders perform in many shows around the world 5
week He performs amazing stunts He flies over 40 feet 12 m above water Rippy said The higher I go the higher the risk You fall harder and are more uncontrolled He hasn’t had any major injuries But he has hurt his ribs He’s hurt his back He has cuts He has bruises He said I want to push the limits and continue to do my very best I love this sport Flyboarders are sometimes called riders 6
Jordan Wayment started as a professional wakeboarder He competed at age 14 Then he started flyboarding He could go higher He could do more tricks Nailed It 7 Spotlight Biography Suksan Liw Tongthai Suksan Liw Tongthai is from Bangkok Thailand He’s the 2014 X Dubai Flyboard World Cup Champion He’s also the 2013 Flyboard World Cup Champion He invents new tricks He’s the first flyboarder to land a triple backflip He flyboards higher than others He flyboards faster than others Before flyboarding he played soccer and takraw Takraw is a Thai sport It combines Hacky Sack and volleyball He wanted a change He tried flyboarding He pushed himself as a beginner He had an accident He said I hit my leg really hard on the hose because I didn’t understand everything yet I hurt my leg so bad and had to go to the hospital for a small surgery I was forced to stop training for 2 months to recover But was thinking about it every day As soon as I healed up I was back out there
