Electric Skateboards vs. Mechanical Skateboards
(I kinda went overboard
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Tony Hawk once said, “ I won’t quit skating until I’m physically unable”. Well, Mr. Hawk, I’ve got good news for you. You won’t have to worry about not being able to ride a skateboard once you’ve tried an electric longboard; you’ll be worried about not having enough time to live the skateboarding dream. First off, electric skateboards can actually be used as a viable transportation. Unlike normal skateboards, which make you sweaty and can’t be used for a long time without making you tired, electric skateboards can go wherever you need without making you break a sweat. Along with that, electric skateboards are much more convenient to use during your everyday life. Unlike a bike, you can put them in your backpack or take them into the subway without causing a commotion or taking too much effort(http://goo.gl/BILMo3). Secondly, anyone can use them. Being self powered, you don’t have to focus on pushing. This allows you to instantly remove several headaches involved with skateboarding, such as learning how to push and learning that you shouldn’t push Mongo. Finally, electric skateboards are just more fun. You don’t have to worry about getting back up onto the hill you just bombed; just ride back up with no effort. Electric skateboards are better because they are convenient transportation, anyone can use them, and because they are more fun.
Besides Tesla, if you drive a car, you know that it sucks to drive places(I actually don’t know how to drive quite yet, I know this because my dad is always pissed whenever I ask him to drive 40 minutes to badminton practice). However, if you drive an electric skateboard, they have been know to, according to a kickstarter backer of Boosted Boards, “Gives the same high as a Tesla at a fraction of the price.” An electric skateboard allows you to travel places that bikes and cars can’t go. Whenever you don’t need it, you can just stash it into your backpack. Three words describe it well: Best Transportation. Ever.
Along with being an excellent form of transportation, Electric Skateboards can be used by anyone. If you are a businessman wearing a suit, you won’t get hot and sweaty from pushing while going to your meeting. If you go to school with these, people would die to get their hands on one of these. Also, even if you’ve never ridden an ordinary skateboard, you don’t need to know how to with an electric one. Lots of people say its like snowboarding, but since I don’t own an electric skateboard, I have to be content with a snowboard
. The advantage is that once you get it, you can ride it, straight out of the box. No years of mastering how to get speed out of your pushes. Just you. You and the board.
Most importantly, electric skateboards are made to have fun. Regardless of anything else, whether you’re going to your daily commute to work or just want to go down to the mall for some window shopping, it gives you a chance to have some time for fun, carving corners and bombing roads. Thats what life is about, right?
All in all, there are plenty of reasons why electric skateboards are better than ordinary skateboards, but I’m not going to be biased; there are some ways that normal boards are better. However, electric skateboards, along with being toys, also have the practical use of transportation. They are more convenient than bikes and provide about the same capabilities. Also, with an electric skateboard, anyone can ride it. I’m sure in a couple of years, you’ll even see seniors riding them. In the end, electric skateboards are made to have fun. Looking forward to all the years I have left, one thing is in my mind; Life’s too short to push!
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Even if I don’t win, I still want to thank you, Mr. Enertion, for creating a better, more affordable, DIY e-skateboard kit. Also, to think that this project started, not in hopes of making money, but because you were concerned about public safety! I look up to you in the realm of DIYers. I tip my hat to you!
Your admirer,
Moosejaw
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