Oct 26 2007Electric Skateboard Is Not Good For Tricks
The Skatemaster FT-2 is an electric skateboard that reaches breakneck speeds of up to 11 MPH and has a range of about 7 miles. It takes between 3-6 hours to charge and comes with an awkward looking handheld transmitter that controls the sealed electric motor. You use the trigger to both accelerate and decelerate your speed, so there's no need to put your foot down. It'll run you about $290 or so and is awesome. Almost as awesome as the electric scooter I used to have. Which, on a scale of awesomeness, was right up there with falling down a flight of stairs in front of a pretty girl and getting stabbed in the gut with a flathead screwdriver.
Skatemaster - the lazy dude's sk8tr rig [redferret]
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Reader Comments
1. Ll - October 26, 2007 11:14 AM
How freaking lazy are people? oh and first!!!!
2. Feckless - October 26, 2007 1:20 PM
This could come in handy for dumping a body in a river while you are at a safe (and alibi producing) distance.
3. Uncle Eccoli - October 26, 2007 2:29 PM
TMZ's got a picture up on their site of Billy Zane on the thing.
4. mr. scruff - October 26, 2007 3:07 PM
why would I want one of these.... i have a back to the future board already.
5. blpressure - October 26, 2007 3:44 PM
@1, are you kidding. Most people take their cars a few hundred meters to buy a bag of chips because they're too lazy to walk or ride a bike. Usually they're the same limp wristed pansies who go on about big cars damaging the environment.
6. mr. scruff - October 26, 2007 4:08 PM
#5, too-shea! (or however you spell that... nice nice!)
7. nominus - October 26, 2007 4:48 PM
what kind of shit is this? I sent a tip for this thing http://www.ridetheunit.com/video/video5.MPG like 2 months ago, and it never gets posted. But they sure as hell post something that isn't innovative or cool in any way. Has this website full-on Dursted or something?
8. Squeedle - October 26, 2007 5:27 PM
This guy in my camp @ Burning Man made one of from a longboard, spraypainted it silver, got nekkid and sprayed *himself* silver, and rode around the play as the Silver Surfer. It was FUCKING RAD.
9. Feckless - October 26, 2007 7:44 PM
@8 - I hope you slapped him with a rolled up towel as he went by. It kind of reminds me of the origins of Valentines Day.
10. mactank - October 27, 2007 12:52 AM
loooks cool
http://www.mactanque.com