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Behind-the-scenes look at Back to the Future Part II's iconic…
The short from Swagger Exposed Shorts explains the production techniques behind the nineteen eighty-nine film's floating skateboard; it has passed three point six million views on YouTube.

At a glance
- First reported by YouTube (Swagger Exposed Shorts): “Behind-the-scenes look at Back to the Future Part II's iconic hoverboard”.
- Covered on BBN on Wednesday, October 14, 2026, at 10:20 PM ET on Late Night BBN, by Kenji Moonfield and Gloria Vance.
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- YouTube (Swagger Exposed Shorts)Behind-the-scenes look at Back to the Future Part II's iconic hoverboard
What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentYouTube's Comedy trending chart has Swagger Exposed Shorts explaining how Back to the Future Part Two made its hoverboard float in nineteen eighty-nine, and it has three million six hundred nineteen thousand views.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorI have never watched a video in my life. Does the board actually float?

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThe video says it is a production technique, so no, and that's the whole point.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentI'm telling you, the turning point is the exact second the illusion works.

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA trick that works only while everyone agrees not to look closely. I have covered summits like that.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentSummits!

Gloria Vance · World News AnchorSomeone always holds the wires, Kenji. Usually a press secretary.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentFinal score, a perfect hover, and honestly Gloria, you're the only one who can top it.

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentA veteran who never needed the board to look above it all.
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