2014

Brazilian website www.FalandoViagem.com.br came out to Jetpack America – San Diego to try out the sport of jetpacking to share the experience with their readers back in Brazil. Although the country is better known for its soccer fans (or futbol as it’s known there), Brazilians are a notoriously fun-loving people who flock to the beaches,

In February 2014, Joyce Kang, host of Joy in America on the ICNTV network, a Chinese travel show featuring the best of what the United States has to offer, came out to experience the new sport of jetpacking. Jetpack America president Dean O’Malley provided some history on the jetpack equipment as well as the evolution

Yahoo! Travel writer Bill Fink traveled the US looking for the top extreme travel adventures. And not just the kind where you’re along for the ride, like a tandem skydive or a bungee jump off a bridge, but ones where you’re actually in control of the action. Not surprisingly, his search led him to Jetpack

On May 8th, 2014, Jetpack America president Dean O’Malley visited the students at Remington Elementary in Santa Ana as part of their Career Day program. With over one hundred students from the 3rd, 4th and 5th grade classes in attendance at the assembly, it was a packed house filled with wide-eyed students, many of whom

On Monday, April 28th, 2014, Jetpack America President Dean O’Malley was invited to join the weekly Smart Money Talk Radio segment on KCAA 1050 AM in Los Angeles after one of the hosts, Scot Landborg, came out to Jetpack America’s Newport Beach headquarters to see what the concept of “jetpacking” was all about. After taking

Conde Nast Traveler recently wrote an article entitled “Where to Rent a Jetpack (Yes, Really)” promoting the various companies around the world offering the ability to rent the Jetlev jetpack, the Flyboard or the Jetovator. Not surprisingly, Jetpack America was featured prominently in the article, with mention of its three locations in Newport Beach, San

  On Saturday, April 19th, actress, singer and dancer Zendaya Coleman and Entertainment Tonight host Brooke Anderson visited Jetpack America’s Newport Beach headquarters to give the sport of jetpacking a try as part of Visit California’s Dream It…Do It promotion, where they’re featuring several A-List celebrities experiencing some of the amazing adventures that California serves

March 29, 2014 was another warm, sunny day in Newport Beach, California. Two of our longtime Jetpack Club Members, John Steed and Chris Del Rey, just happened to have flight times booked back to back. Since they both have become advanced Jetpack pilots, lead Jetpack Instructor James Gibeson decided it was time for a little

Hoverboards haven’t been in the news this much since the release of Back to the Future II, where Marty McFly was seen zipping around town on his futuristic hovering skateboard. What vaulted them back into the news this time is a fictional company known as HUVr Tech and the viral video that was announcing that