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• Jet-powered skis were an impractical idea that lived in my head for years. I just needed to know if it could be done.
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The first time I punched the throttle, there was no explosive launch, no violent shove. Instead, I just started sliding forward, smoothly, quickly gaining speed faster and faster. Before I knew it, I was flying past everyone around me. I had strapped 16 kilowatts of electric jet thrust to my arms, and it was exhilarating! This project had lived in my head for years, and I had just made it a reality.
Like many makers, I grew up watching inventors like Colin Furze strap jet engines to all sorts of things, pushing ideas to their absurd limits. Maybe this is why I have always had a fascination with going fast. I’m sure this is a common thought for a lot of makers; how to take something normal and push it to the extreme. Well, that was me with skiing. As soon as I had enough confidence to go f