Mar 12
Alright. Pack it up, people. I don’t care if you skate or not—I don’t—because, either way, I think we should all take a little day trip and go chill out on this floating ramp in the middle of Lake Tahoe.
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Feb 20
The endless impossibly early mornings heading to the rink for practice aren’t the only things taking a toll on figure skaters. Researchers at Brigham Young University recently designed and built an unobtrusive skate sensor that can measure the impact when a figure skater lands a jump—and it turns out they’re absorbing forces up to eight times their own body weight.
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Jun 14
Skateboarding’s earliest shredders cut their teeth in empty pools and drainage pipes, but extreme sport-boardin’ has come a long way in the years since. There are plenty of devoted skateparks out there now, but this one in Denmark goes back to those roots by doubling as a functional drainage system.
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Jan 08
When we first saw the ZBoard, an electric skateboard with weight-sensor controls, we hoped it would be the first powered skateboard that could actually ride, well, like a skateboard. We tested it out today and it’s exactly that: a fun ass skateboard that can move on its own. More »
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