Watch: French inventor crosses English Channel in 22 minutes on a hoverboard

French inventor Franky Zapata crossed the English Channel on a jet-powered hoverboard on Sunday. Failed once initially in the month of July, the inventor glided away with ease this time.

Reaching a speed of up to 106 miles per hour during the 22-mile trip, Franky arrived in Dover, England 22 minutes later. He had started from Sangatte in France. After landing he said, “We made a machine three years ago, and now, we’ve crossed the Channel, it’s crazy.”

However, as reported by The Guardian, Franky had to make a pit stop for refueling as he only carried a 10-minute supply of fuel on his back.

The inventor and his team used a slightly different route and a larger refueling platform this time compared to their last failed attempt.

Franky first invented the Flyboard in 2011 that used a water jet to propel the rider through the air behind a boat. Later, inventing the Flyboard Air powered by four turbo jet engines, which allowed the rider to fly through the air untethered and for stabilizing the hoverboard, a computer is used.

Franky Zapata also set a world record for the farthest hoverboard flight after he flew the Flyboard Air along the south coast of France for 2,252 meters (about 1.4 miles).