Gimme a historical perspective, here, Ronin-- am I amused or appalled?
From our local newspaper:
XBoard Hawaii says it has distribution agreements with dealers across Hawaii after giving free demonstrations of a personal watercraft that is basically a motorized surfboard.
Motorized surfboards have come and gone over four decades, but this one can go 45 mph. More than 30 riders tested the XBoard, made by Aqua Extremes Inc. and distributed by CyberAds Inc.
The distributor chartered a 40-foot Power-Cat, cruised 3,000 feet offshore, and let riders set off from the swim fin on the boat's stern. This was done on three consecutive days last week, off the coast of Lahaina, Maalaea and Kahului.
The previous weekend the device was demonstrated on Chesapeake Bay at a massive annual boat show in Annapolis, Md., and before that demonstrations were given off the coast of South Florida, where the Miami Herald did a feature article on the device.
CyberAds, which describes the XBoard as a surfboard that behaves like a jet ski and is powered by a rotary engine, said XBoard Hawaii got several orders as a result.
Aqua Xtremes has indicated that XBoard will be available to consumers this summer. It plans to recommend a retail price above $7,400 with a carbon fiber hull model going for closer to $8,000.
Aqua Xtremes is based in Nashville, Tenn., but is owned by Torrance, Calif.-based Nova Communications Ltd. Formerly First Colonial Ventures, Nova Communications (OTC: NOVAC) once invested in dot-coms before agreeing to acquire the watercraft manufacturer PowerSki International. In January the longtime head of Nova Communications resigned and was succeeded by Art Robins, the former head of a company that made trailer tops for the transportation industry. The secretary of Nova, also since January, is James Abel, president of a precision custom metal stamping company based in Queensboro, Kentucky.
http://www.cyberadsinc.com/xboard/index.cfm
From our local newspaper:
XBoard Hawaii says it has distribution agreements with dealers across Hawaii after giving free demonstrations of a personal watercraft that is basically a motorized surfboard.
Motorized surfboards have come and gone over four decades, but this one can go 45 mph. More than 30 riders tested the XBoard, made by Aqua Extremes Inc. and distributed by CyberAds Inc.
The distributor chartered a 40-foot Power-Cat, cruised 3,000 feet offshore, and let riders set off from the swim fin on the boat's stern. This was done on three consecutive days last week, off the coast of Lahaina, Maalaea and Kahului.
The previous weekend the device was demonstrated on Chesapeake Bay at a massive annual boat show in Annapolis, Md., and before that demonstrations were given off the coast of South Florida, where the Miami Herald did a feature article on the device.
CyberAds, which describes the XBoard as a surfboard that behaves like a jet ski and is powered by a rotary engine, said XBoard Hawaii got several orders as a result.
Aqua Xtremes has indicated that XBoard will be available to consumers this summer. It plans to recommend a retail price above $7,400 with a carbon fiber hull model going for closer to $8,000.
Aqua Xtremes is based in Nashville, Tenn., but is owned by Torrance, Calif.-based Nova Communications Ltd. Formerly First Colonial Ventures, Nova Communications (OTC: NOVAC) once invested in dot-coms before agreeing to acquire the watercraft manufacturer PowerSki International. In January the longtime head of Nova Communications resigned and was succeeded by Art Robins, the former head of a company that made trailer tops for the transportation industry. The secretary of Nova, also since January, is James Abel, president of a precision custom metal stamping company based in Queensboro, Kentucky.
http://www.cyberadsinc.com/xboard/index.cfm
An appalling amount of misery on the fool who motors into our lineup. 
