I hadn't heard of this, but it is very interesting to me. I couldn't skate to save my life, but for my capstone course, in our brainstorming sessions I had the idea of doing an all terrain electric powered board on wheels.
My initial intent was actually for carrying stuff for me. The idea came one of the many days that I was carrying a huge laundry bag to the laundry store a couple of blocks away. If only I had something I could just place the bag on top of with wheels. Then I thought it could also carry my backpack to school everyday, groceries, etc. Maybe I could tie a surfboard-like leash to it, and it would have a sensor attached that upon pulling it would know which direction to follow me on. The possibilities for my laziness are endless! Anyways, we ended up going with another idea, probably for the best, since the kinda board I was thinking off was probably out of the scope and time we had for the course.
Looking forward to how this goes. Best of luck to all involved.
Longboarding isn't like skateboarding very much. I never skated before but earlier this year I bought a $60 longboard of Craigslist and used it to get to work. It was a bit weird at first but I got there about 25% faster than walking. On the way back it felt pretty OK and next day it felt natural. I skated every day where it was dry outside since. It's exhilarating.
If there was one thing about it that had a learning curve then it was pushing. Knowing where to put the food and how to evenly push off takes some getting used to but that's not even something you have to do with the boosted board.
It's weird that skateboards became popular and longboards took much longer to go mainstream. Skateboards are roughly like BMX trick bikes, cool but limited use and hard to learn, longboards are the road bike equivalents.
You mean shortboards. Longboards and shortboards are both types of skateboards - despite what some overzealous shortboarders will tell you. Hey at least you're not a fruit booter (I kid! I kid!)
My initial intent was actually for carrying stuff for me. The idea came one of the many days that I was carrying a huge laundry bag to the laundry store a couple of blocks away. If only I had something I could just place the bag on top of with wheels. Then I thought it could also carry my backpack to school everyday, groceries, etc. Maybe I could tie a surfboard-like leash to it, and it would have a sensor attached that upon pulling it would know which direction to follow me on. The possibilities for my laziness are endless! Anyways, we ended up going with another idea, probably for the best, since the kinda board I was thinking off was probably out of the scope and time we had for the course.
Looking forward to how this goes. Best of luck to all involved.