Bus Cowabunga

Well it’s been interesting times in the world of Electric Skateboarding.

I’ve been working on a spreadsheet of all the types of electric skateboards available at the moment. I’ll post it in the near future.

This weekend, my mother bought her second electric board. Another Emad board. I have such mixed feelings about it. Because on the one hand, those boards are so heavy, with such a long charging time and short range that I hate to give them more money. But that heaviness does make them easy to ride. And she got the board for only $100 from the local scooter shop. In the end, I still have to hate on Emad, because of how blatently they lie on their packaging. Despite her buying their best model, the Sidewalk Surfer 600w, it still only barely goes farther than three miles. Not to mention how lead batteries really putter out and turn Puny McWeaksauce about halfway through their ride.

Yesterday, on my commute, I had a great moment. Going down a long stretch of road, a bus pulled even with me. This is on Campus, where the speed limit is 20 mph. Meaning if the road traffic doesn’t speed, and I go as fast as I can, I can keep pace with them. The bus actually opened its door, while moving, so that the driver could give me a high five. I’ve had plenty of people roll down their windows before, but yesterday was my first bus validation.

The other thing that happened came when I was skating into the building. You’ll know from my previous posts that I love to pull a George Jetson. I love to skate all the way up to the door, and pick up my board, wheels still spinning, as I walk into the building.

The entrance to where I work is at the bottom of a small hill. I typically skate down this small hill, and break to make the whole routine controlled. But yesterday, as I was approaching that small downhill, there was another longboarder doing the same. He had to stop at the top of the hill. Poor orthodox boarders -- they don’t have breaks. As he walked his board down to the entrance, I played the holier-than-thou-douchebag perfectly. Long live electrics.