Skateboards
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.GroundSurf Electric Skateboard/Surfboard
It seems like these motorized or electric skateboards are the latest things, and I’ve been seeing many designs pop up in many places. The Ground Surf has to be one of the most unusual I have seen. First of all, you may notice that it has not four, but three wheels. It is also is [...]
The Matra MS1: Maybe the first practical hybrid bike
Lately, more and more light electric vehicles pop up. Whether they’re skateboards, wacky skates or whatever, they all share low speeds and ranges, and the need to drag them with you when the juice runs out. Then, there was the Pi Bike, which looked good, had an electric motor, and pedals to back you up. [...]
Curve Extreme Sport: Skateboarding reinvented?
Designer Gary Chang is looking to invent a new sport, based on skateboarding. His inspiration seems to have come from the world of MotoGP. As a former skateboarder, I can testify that normal skateboards aren’t that good as a means of transportation. First of all, they need flat and smooth surfaces, and second they can’t [...]
The Easy Glider takes Segway for a ride …
… and for a cheaper price! Admit it. You thought that the Segway was way cool, but the sticker shock simply made it not worth it. Now, the Easy Glider may take the Segway on a run for it’s money. It may sound like something “as seen on TV that promises amazing fitness results,” but [...]
Waterproof helmet-mountable camera for the kids
I remember using my extremely low resolution video camera to record my friends and I riding down the street on skateboards or anything else that had wheels on it. Then, we’d rush inside, hook up the camera, and be amazed at the jittery, pixelated video we recorded. Trust me, it was awesome. Nowadays, cameras are [...]
Carbon fibre toilet
We’ve already featured too many toilet gadgets ; intelligent toilets, toilets with a built-in aquarium, and the list goes on. Regular coolest-gadgets visitors have noticed a distinct UK bias to this blog, perhaps by our spelling of ‘colour’ and ‘tyre’ and even ‘fibre’, but maybe another dead giveaway is our obsession with toilets – we [...]
The UM71 Motorised Skateboard
Fancy whizzing around the neighbourhood on a moving plank then you might want to look at the new UM71 motorised skateboard. Steering is done as per a normal board via leaing and practice , but you control the speed and acceleration via a wire free controller that wouldn’t look out of place attached to a [...]
Wheely Cool – KMX Carts
These look fun, wheely wheely fun . BMX’s, roller blades and skateboards pale into insignificance in the fun stakes when compared to the new 3 wheeled KMX Karts. These ingenious designed carts will draw admiring looks where every they are seen, and once you learn how to do stunts like 360 degree spins everybody in [...]
