I always envisaged skateboards and their grown up cousins snowboards to be kids toys. Not something I was ever interested in trying, they came about after I was a kid, because they were so toy like.
Now it appears they are all grown up. Here are powered units that can hit 60 kph and can even go over rugged terrain. Kids will love them but in the PC age where we are wrapping everyone in cotton wool do you think this is a sensible product to try and market? It seem to me to be more suited to military use than for the public so I foresee some new laws out soon like they did with quad bikes.
In the meantime these should enable teenagers to let off some steam on the pavements and roads. The car theft rate should go down a bit because these will be much more of a thrill.
60kph – would you want?
Not for me. I can’t even get an ordinary skateboard going.
Ill second that Lord T………I felt like such a failure as a young kid in the 70s and 80s when skateboards and rollerscates were the main form of entertainment for kids….I couldn’t even master a simple thing like a skateboard. I think that must have left an even bigger scar than being thrown in an orphanage at 10 days old. The fact I had to wait at the bottom of the hill and play with my Star Wars figures whilst my mates zoomed past me could have destabilized an already fragile young lad!!!!
I hate the look of it…..but my son who is a master at all such things would love one….I have serious issues with that boy….He has betrayed me by better on the skateboard than I am. He shall be punished and denied a PS3 Mwah ha ha ha ha ah ah ah ah ah ah.
Right I orf to buy the new call of duty game and shoot some people on line.
TEV,
Yes. I know exactly how you feel. Having your kids trying to teach you something, and you failing miserably, is a bit of a reversal. Having your own words thrown back at you is a low point.
So I just explained I wasn’t interested.