In the international race to create a hoverboard, Toyota Motor thinks it's got one that Marty McFly would love.

The hero of the 1989 science-fiction film "Back to the Future II" famously rode a floating skateboard to escape his enemies, inspiring real-world engineers to try to build one. On Wednesday, Toyota's Lexus luxury division teased a video about the Slide, a prototype board that hovers several centimeters off the ground.

The promo video on YouTube shows the Slide emitting wisps of steam just below its bamboo surface. Its ends are slightly upturned like those of a skateboard.

The Slide can hover through magnetic levitation created by superconductors, a Toyota spokeswoman said. A cryostat, which is a device to maintain very low temperatures, cools liquid nitrogen in the hoverboard and that keeps the superconductors cold. When that happens, the superconductors create electrical currents that can repel magnets, allowing the board to float and move without friction.