"I've spent 20 years skateboarding, but without friction it feels like I've had to learn a whole new skill, particularly in the stance and balance in order to ride the hoverboard. It's a whole new experience," Mr McGouran said.
Testing had been carried out in a specially-built "hoverpark" after some 200m of magnetic track was transported from Dresden to Barcelona.
The track was laid beneath the hoverpark surface in the Catalan capital.
The Lexus hoverboard technology featured two "cryostats" - reservoirs in which superconducting material was kept at -127.22C through immersion in liquid nitrogen.
The board was then placed above a track with permanent magnets.
"The magnetic field from the track is effectively 'frozen' into the superconductors in the board, maintaining the distance between the board and the track - essentially keeping the board hovering," said Dr Oliver de Hass, evico magnetics chief executive.
"This force is strong enough to allow the rider to stand and even jump on the board."
The timing of the hoverboard release will likely warm the hearts of Back to the Future fans. In the trilogy's second instalment, released in 1989, hero Marty McFly used a hoverboard when he arrived in the year 2015.
