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‘Chinese can actually fly’: man pilots homemade hoverboard over mountains, across Yangtze River

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Zhang, Z. (2026, October 28). ‘Chinese can actually fly’: man pilots homemade hoverboard over mountains, across Yangtze River. South China Morning Post. https://www.scmp.com/news/people-culture/china-personalities/article/3372367/chinese-can-actually-fly-man-pilots-homemade-hoverboard-over-mountains-across-yangtze-river

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Song Xingyu, a 26-year-old tech influencer from Enshi, Hubei province, gained attention for flying a homemade hoverboard over mountains and the Yangtze River on October 15. Known online as "Amazing Ayu," he has more than 3 million social media followers who watch videos of his aerial inventions. Song built the hoverboard in about two months and documented the flight to showcase his engineering skills and courage in overcoming challenges.

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Song Xingyu, a 26-year-old tech influencer from Enshi, Hubei province in central China, gained widespread attention on October 15 when he posted a video of himself flying a homemade hoverboard over both mountains and the Yangtze River. Known online as "Amazing Ayu," Song has more than 3 million social media followers who follow his aerial inventions. By teaching himself flight control and mechanical engineering, he brought science fiction to life with this ambitious project that took about two months to build.

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China Chinese Enshi Hubei province

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Song PERSON · 2× Amazing Ayu PERSON · 1× China GPE · 1× Chinese NORP · 1× Enshi GPE · 1× Hubei province GPE · 1× Song Xingyu PERSON · 1×

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‘Chinese can actually fly’: man pilots homemade hoverboard over mountains, across Yangtze River Song believes that because he started with nothing, he has no fear of failure, making courageous forward progress his only choice A Gen Z tech influencer from central China has brought science fiction to life by handcrafting a manned hoverboard and teaching himself flight control and mechanical engineering. Song Xingyu, 26, from Enshi, Hubei province, is known online as “Amazing Ayu.”

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2026-10-28 · South China Morning Post

‘Chinese can actually fly’: man pilots homemade hoverboard over mountains, across Yangtze River · assertive framing

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Xingyu → fly → Ayu

He has amassed more than 3 million social media followers by sharing videos of his aerial inventions. asserted

He → amass → inventions

On October 15, Song stunned the internet with a video of himself riding a hoverboard he had spent about two months building, soaring over mountains and the Yangtze River. asserted

he → stun → mountains