--- description: Well, that escalated quickly. title: Funny Or Die: Fake HUVr Hoverboard Video Was Our Fake image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Business](/section/business/) ## Business Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close * [Tech](/tag/time-section-tech/) ## Tech Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Funny Or Die: Fake HUVr Hoverboard Video Was Our Fake by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 10:42 PM CUT by [Doug Aamoth](/author/doug-aamoth/) ## Doug Aamoth Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Mar 5, 2014 10:42 PM CUT The good news is that the people behind [the fake HUVr Back to the Future hoverboard video](http://techland.time.com/2014/03/05/huvr-makes-back-to-the-future-hoverboard-look-pretty-real/ "undefined") have come clean. [It was comedy video site Funny Or Die](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/eb823e7388/funny-or-die-is-sorry-for-lying-about-hoverboards "undefined"). The other good news is that the hoverboard used in the video has been signed by all the video’s famous actors and athletes, and [will be given away on Funny Or Die’s Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/funnyordie/posts/10202742391635043?stream%5Fref=10 "undefined"). The bad news is that [the fake HUVr Back to the Future hoverboard video](http://techland.time.com/2014/03/05/huvr-makes-back-to-the-future-hoverboard-look-pretty-real/ "undefined") won’t be part of a long, drawn-out, dramatic buildup for anything cool happening in December or ever. It’s over. [Funny Or Die is Sorry for Lying about Hoverboards](http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/eb823e7388/funny-or-die-is-sorry-for-lying-about-hoverboards "undefined") \[Funny Or Die via [BostInno](http://bostinno.streetwise.co/2014/03/05/huvr-board-videos-is-it-a-hoax/ "undefined")\] **Recently:** [HUVr Makes Back to the Future Hoverboard Look Pretty Real](http://techland.time.com/2014/03/05/huvr-makes-back-to-the-future-hoverboard-look-pretty-real/ "undefined") ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/13186/fake-huvr-hoverboard-video-was-our-fake-says-funny-or-die/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/13186/fake-huvr-hoverboard-video-was-our-fake-says-funny-or-die/"},"headline":"Funny Or Die: Fake HUVr Hoverboard Video Was Our Fake","datePublished":"2014-03-05T22:42:05.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:01:39.696Z","description":"Well, that escalated quickly.","url":"https://time.com/13186/fake-huvr-hoverboard-video-was-our-fake-says-funny-or-die/","keywords":["Tech","Web Video","Back to the Future","Hoverboards"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Doug Aamoth","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/doug-aamoth/"}],"articleSection":"Business","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/business/","name":"Business"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-tech/","name":"Tech"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/13186/fake-huvr-hoverboard-video-was-our-fake-says-funny-or-die/","name":"Funny Or Die: Fake HUVr Hoverboard Video Was Our Fake"}}]}] ```