Jude Gomilla takes hisย homemade, 3-D printed jet-powered snowboard out for a test spin in Tahoe. The jet-powder system was built by Gorilla-glueing an electric ducted fanย to a 3-D printed mount, and then Gorilla-glued that to his board.ย Gomilla rekonsย his jet-powered snowboard can go 15mph on the flats with it’s 22lbs of thrust. Unfortunately, the 4000mAh battery runs flat in about four minutes when run atย full throttle.

Now who wants to see the race between the rocket-powderedย snowboardย and the jet board!?

Tim Konrad, founder of Unofficial Networks, is a skier with over 20 years in the ski industry. Starting the blog in 2006 from Lake Tahoe with his brother John, the website has grown into one of the worldโ€™s...