The Future Is Now: Watch The Lexus Hoverboard In Action

They made a hoverboard… out of a Lexus?

Kinda. The luxury car manufacturer has answered the prayers of many a Back to the Future fan by creating a legit, working, honest-to-goodness hoverboard.

Before you start day-dreaming about taking it for a spin in your own backyard, there’s a catch.

The board is embedded with liquid-nitrogen-cooled superconductors that allow it to levitate above magnets; meaning, it’ll only work on a path littered with magnets, and those types of path aren't super common (at least, not near my house).

But Lexus, anticipating our scepticism, went and built a magnetic skatepark in Barcelona.

Yes. Magnets, who have already given us so much, just helped bring us closer to hoverboards.

(Good luck explaining this all to the Insane Clown Posse.)

Let there be no more delay! Watch the hoverboard in action below. To understand the science, let Wired assist.