Boosted FTL

I have an Evolve electric longboard. The plan was to wait until Boosted finally starts selling boards, and to buy one of theirs. But then I realized something.

Let me rewind to the other day, when I went to a local pawn shop. Instead of pricing their warez, they wound up asking me all about my skateboard. The inevitable question came up. How much for the board?

Keep in mind I paid $1400 for it. The website marked them down to $1200. I now see them going for $1000 as a Christmas special. A thousand, I told them. Mostly in the battery. This board has a 10 mile battery. You can get the board a lot cheaper if you only need a 3 mile battery.

Back to the present, and my girlfriend bugging me about getting her own board.

Now, the Emad board claims 7-10 miles, but only goes 3. The Evolve board claims up to 20 miles, but only goes 10. The Boosted board claims 6 miles. How far would you expect that one to go? Probably three miles, right?

Consider how Boosted has that sexy picture of a slim skateboard on their front page. Then look at their blog and see that all of their current prototype boards are much, much fatter. Boosted is trying to give people sexy looking boards. And it appears they can do it by skimping on the battery. By giving their customers less of the most expensive part.

So I went on the Boosted website to see what kind of battery they were advertising. They don’t even say! Imagine I buy a Boosted board, so that I can ride with my girlfriend. But she can only go 3 miles, while I want to skate for another 7. That would suck, right?

The only conclusion you can come to is that Boosted will skimp on their batteries. At least compared to Evolve they will. They’re certainly being dishonest when they continue to use that sexy pic on their homepage, when they know the final product will be much more bloated.

So it was decided that I would buy another Evolve board. Carbon series, bitch!