Watch: ‘Back to the Future Part II’ Inspires Great ‘Hoverboard’ Short

We’ve seen one of the best parts of Back to the Future Part II become a faux reality with Mattel’s collectible Marty McFly hoverboard, and fans with a lot of money could have even bought Griff’s Pitbull hoverboard from the film. Now 2015 is just a couple years away, and the version of the future from the sequel hasn’t exactly become a reality. There’s no flying cars and unless Steven Spielberg steps up his game, there won’t be a Jaws 19 directed by his son Max. But that doesn’t mean the hoverboard isn’t still something inspiring for young minds with an eye towards the future, and a cool short film illustrates that fact. Watch! Here’s the short film Hoverboard from Sydney Freeland via SlashFilm: Hoverboard was created as part of the 2013 PBS Online Film Festival (you can vote for it to win right here), and it’s certainly a charming lover letter to one of my favorite sci-fi films of all-time. Of …