As it was such easy work for this great advantage, hoverboard sales sites and pages appeared everywhere. You can fill a dictionary together with the titles people were giving them - Scoot Boards, SwayBoards, BalanceFoots and many commonly, hoverboards, despite the clear fact that the wheels of these are firmly planted into the floor. The reason the title hoverboard became it's given title is due to the feeling that a consumer receives when riding it, a'hovering' sensation.