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Mark Zuckerberg rides his electric surfboard on the Fourth of July
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg celebrated the Fourth of July by waving a flag while riding an electric surfboard.

In a video posted on his social media, Zuckerberg can be seen gliding through the water with the flag as John Denver's anthem to West Virginia, "Take Me Home, Country Roads" plays in the background.

Zuckerberg is riding a hydrofoil board, which features a wing under the water that pushes the board into the air.

He also owns several efoil boards made by Lift Foils. Company cofounder Nick Leason previously told Business Insider that Zuckerberg owns several of the devices. The efoil board, which Zuckerberg was previously seen using in Hawaii last summer, costs $12,000.

The patriotic celebration comes a week after a judge dismissed the FTC's antitrust case against Facebook.

But not everyone was enthralled by Zuckerberg's video.

"I saw it, so now you have to see it too. I'm sorry. I did not make the rules," a viral tweet of the video said.Others joked that "Zuckerberg may have united the left and the right in America: just not in the way he planned."

In the comments on his Facebook video, one observer told Zuckerberg that next time he should also add a "cheeseburger and/or fireworks into this to go FULL AMERICA."

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Sarah Al-Arshani is a breaking news reporter for Insider. Before joining Insider, Sarah was an editorial intern with The Jordan Times. She graduated from the University of Connecticut in May 2019. Her work has also been published in local newspapers in Connecticut such as the Republican-American newspaper and Willimantic Chronicle. She can be reached by email at salarshani@jkmperu.com or on Twitter @s_arshani. Popular articles  Trump signed a law to punish China for its oppression of the Uighur Muslims. Uighurs say much more needs to be done.  Travel nurses say the current healthcare system is 'unsustainable' as COVID-19 infections surge again. Some say the pay is the only thing keeping them on the front lines. Healthcare workers say some COVID-19 patients and their families are demanding unapproved therapies A lawyer filed more than 100 lawsuits over vanilla flavoring in foods and drinks, arguing most of it is fake While the world focuses on the coronavirus, people in China with other illnesses may pay a price long after the outbreak ends