Couple marries while hovering over beach

Sport $90,000 contraptions on their backs for ceremony

Published Sunday, August 26, 2012

Grant Engler and his new wife, Amanda Engler, kiss after arriving back on shore following their wedding dance over the water in jetpack suits in Newport Beach, Calif. (AP)

Here comes the bride, all dressed in a jet pack that's zipping down a California beach.

Amanda Volf and Grant Engler donned water-powered packs to be married in Newport Beach.

The 25-year-old former wedding planner from Grand Rapids, Mich., says she wanted a unique ceremony.

So the couple donned the $90,000 contraptions on their backs, along with a wetsuit for the groom and white board shorts and a rash-guard shirt for the bride.

The jetpacks from Jetlev Southwest helped the couple hover a few feet above the water, to the cheers of their wedding guests.

Everything went smoothly - except for a kayaker who capsized during the newlyweds' first dance on the water.

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