Single Wheel Longboard?

**robotopdx** · 01-03-2009 10:42 PM

Found this article and video on engadget Very funny stuff, Don't think any board builders need to worry about this one taking off.

Man improves, adds a dose of trademark infringement to single-wheeled skateboard concept - Engadget

**Water140** · 01-03-2009 11:17 PM

I've seen it back when it was first being developed through YouTube videos
I didn't think it would get this far

**gabriel[abc]** · 01-03-2009 11:20 PM

geez talk about balance

**bakersfield90** · 01-03-2009 11:23 PM

May I ask how that is a longboard?
Are cars really big longboards with engines?
Are scooters two wheeled longboards with handles?
Are doors longboards without wheels on hinges?

**ross932** · 01-04-2009 02:31 AM

its like an indo board with a motor

**KAKA** · 01-04-2009 04:02 AM

ha...........

**robotopdx** · 01-04-2009 09:13 AM

Originally Posted by bakersfield90

May I ask how that is a longboard?
Are cars really big longboards with engines?
Are scooters two wheeled longboards with handles?
Are doors longboards without wheels on hinges?

while I agree that it is a sad excuse for a longboard I do think it is a longboard.
A wheeled board that you steer by shifting your weight from side to side. Over 30" makes a longboard.
If I were to be more accurate I should have called it a power board..... Still very funny stuff.

**sniffleless** · 01-04-2009 09:43 AM

That thing seems even more retarded than a Segway.

"Over 30" makes a longboard"???
If that is true then most shortboards are actually longboards seeing as how they are 32". I always considered longboards starting at 36".

**NJ Joe** · 01-04-2009 09:53 AM

Originally Posted by sniffleless

That thing seems even more retarded than a Segway.

"Over 30" makes a longboard"???
If that is true then most shortboards are actually longboards seeing as how they are 32". I always considered longboards starting at 36".

Then how do you explain minis such as flexdex and lbl humus?

**VANILLA GUERILLA** · 01-04-2009 09:55 AM

You just wasted 2 minutes of my life and I want it back.

**Dirtdude180** · 01-04-2009 10:06 AM

Hmmmm I wonder if Chaput could make a flywheel this big cause overly large flywheel + ceramic bearings = this board would dominate at maryhill period

oh and imo a longboard isnt defined by the size of the deck as much as the size of wheels and what its intended use is

**beberts09** · 01-04-2009 04:08 PM

Originally Posted by bakersfield90

May I ask how that is a longboard?
Are cars really big longboards with engines?
Are scooters two wheeled longboards with handles?
Are doors longboards without wheels on hinges?

orrrrrr, are longboards really short cars without engines???

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BAM! let that one sizzle over a little. haha

**sniffleless** · 01-04-2009 04:14 PM

Originally Posted by NJ Joe

Then how do you explain minis such as flexdex and lbl humus?

Ummm....they are minis.
GFH makes a 24" one. So are we going to say that longboards start at 24"?
Are we talking the technical point that a board goes from short to long or the style itself of "longboarding?"

**soulrider** · 01-04-2009 04:27 PM

wow that was lame

**x-tra** · 01-04-2009 05:00 PM

**ub6ib9** · 01-05-2009 05:03 PM

Originally Posted by sniffleless

Ummm....they are minis.
GFH makes a 24" one. So are we going to say that longboards start at 24"?
Are we talking the technical point that a board goes from short to long or the style itself of "longboarding?"

Stop. ur a skateboarder. u ride a skateboard even if it's 100" long. problem solved