23rd September 2006
Skateboard School & Magnet Powered Trucks
Rubicon skateboards have launched a travelling skateboarding school
so you can actually go to school and learn how to skateboard rather than learning stuff off of people like me online.
They've managed to get in with the Duke Of Edinburgh award scheme too so you can now officially skateboard as part of your extra curricular activities. Quite good, unlike...
Want To Ride Faster With Less Effort?
Some guy has invented magnetically powered trucks that are supposed to roll your board all on their own and generally speed you up and make it easier to ride around.
I'm dubious about this idea and seriously doubt it will ever take off. I don't think there are many skaters that skate simply to effortlessly ride about (something like soapshoes would be much better for that) and I also don't think skateboarding is the best market for gimmicky things like this.
But can you guess the worst thing about these trucks?
They only roll one way, so you can't ride in switch or fakie!
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Posted by Adam on 25th of September 2006
Soz i ment the skating videos
My bad :)
Posted by Levi on 25th of September 2006
its kool but it sounds like cheating and it sux that u cant ride fakie or switch!
Posted by james on 26th of September 2006
You can ride switch or fakie, you just have to keep the board pointing the same way all the time.
Posted by oldschool Al on 30th of September 2006
anyway, they would still be crap because you couldnt do many tricks to fakie, like on ramps or 180s etc
Posted by oldschool Al on 30th of September 2006
Well, I see a lot of potential for longboarding. As well many other applications for a technology that puts out more energy than is put in! UMMMMM!
Posted by Maddogg Morris on 08th of October 2006
Heh, didn't think of that. Maybe someone should contact the guy and tell him to make longboard wheels instead.
Posted by Adam on 09th of October 2006
pshh.
next they'll have decks that do tricks FOR you.
Posted by sk8emerica on 09th of October 2006
thats fucken gay why would u try to ruin skateboarding
Posted by jon on 14th of October 2006
thats fuckin gay dude its just lazy there would be no sense of acomplisment there, like when i landed my first fakie back side 360 it felt so good to land it because i had been working on it for almost 4 months,with that shit there wouldnt be that good feeling when you land a new trick, you wouldnt of been able to ride fakie anyway w/ those trucks but i was just using that as an example.
Posted by on 26th of October 2006
It's quite obvious the thing isn't made for random tricks, but simply for riding (which as was stated in the news bit, isn't exactly the reason people skate). I imagine it could do well with longboards, but I don't know.
Posted by Vaughn on 28th of October 2006
Heheheh!
This is a f*cking joke!
I'm sure they'll make boards
that do tricks by itself!
What a sad day for skateboarding
if that's gonna happen.. meh.
Posted by Four Star ChocoLaTe ToY MacHinE on 13th of November 2006
That's just GAY! I mean you coundn't even fakie on those damn trucks?!
Posted by Michael Garner on 29th of December 2006
That's so stupid! I mean, I hate the feeling of being aided by something after I've done something good.
Posted by on 21st of February 2007
Those trucks sound so rad man my friend Jeromy would love them dude. How much are they?
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Posted by gnarly surfer on 02nd of March 2007
Gnarly, does your friend use his skateboard for transport?
Posted by on 23rd of March 2007
And they're just gay anyway.
Posted by (Insert Name Here) on 23rd of March 2007
I don't think they will ruin skateboarding, seeing as the majority of people who skate, skate because it gives a sense of accomplishment and nobody will get that with this crap.
Posted by on 23rd of March 2007
I don't think they will ruin skateboarding, seeing as the majority of people who skate, skate because it gives a sense of accomplishment and nobody will get that with this crap.
Posted by on 23rd of March 2007
how about making some more beginner's courses?
Posted by nothing on 30th of March 2007
What's the point in that crap? That takes away the whole feel off accomplishment. And anyway , you can't skate fakie with them.
Posted by Adam Reynolds on 03rd of November 2007
I don't know if its a case about getting from A to B I guess it's alright but using it to do the work for you is plain lazy and not very fun. BTW the comments on the other articles are offv :)
Posted by Levi on 24th of September 2006