Dear Evolve,
A friend of mine is really into longboarding, but he’s more of an orthodox boarder. He likes to find big hills and skate down them. He’s always watching youtube videos of James Kelly, and other guys, reaching ridiculous speeds on incredible downhills.
Which leads to us thinking about traveling out of flat Florida, towards the mountains to really shred the gnar. While I know there’s no way I could pull of the kind of rides these pros do, I *can* ride my brakes downhill, for a slower version of the same fun.
But before we do, it begs the question of how safe it is for the board. As I understand electromagnetism, riding the brakes downhill will charge the battery. Well what happens when the battery reaches a full charge? Worse case, I can see the battery getting overloading, and exploding into a flaming board of death. Best case scenario, riding the brakes down a long, mountainous road would do nothing to the electrics or the battery.
I’m writing this letter to ask, what will happen to the board if we ride the brakes down a big hill or mountain? Soon I’ll have both your bamboo snubnose and carbon series boards, in case there is a difference between the two. But please tell us, if this is a good idea, or a terrible idea? Will it break something, or is it perfectly safe?
Sincerely,
Justin Diamond
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