So the other day my friend came over for the usual skate. I had been thinking we would skate on my Evolve boards. Reason being, they have the bigger batteries. When you’re on a full electric skate, you’re only as good as the range of your smallest battery board. That would be the Boosted.
As we prepared to skate, I took my Bamboo Series Two, my new favorite board. My friend reached for the Boosted. Why the Boosted? We could go on a longer run if he took the Snubnose.
It came down to the balance of the board, he told me. He just didn’t like the way the Evolve board can get a bit wobbly when going down a hill.
That’s right. My friend, an orthodox longboarder, preferred to take the Boosted Board over the Evolve, on the basis that its balance allows better, safer, downhill rides.
When I go down a steep hill, I typically charge my board. That’s a euphemism for using the brakes.
There’s a stretch of road, over about half of my daily commute, which has just been repaved. That ride was the first ride we were able to skate over the new pavement. It was so sweet! I can’t wait to skate over that way, every day.
Now for the bad part. On the way home from the skate, a cop car, which had been creeping up on us the entire ride, passed us yet again. We tensed up, but it didn’t seem to mind us. Until it pulled ahead of us, and pulled over, the officer waiting for us to pass.
Unlike the last time I got stopped, this cop was totally cool. He gave us a quick rundown about how we aren’t allowed to ride our longboards in the bicycle lane. Then he asked us all about the boards. It was, perhaps, the greatest asking about my electric longboards, ever. Because we had the two best boards in the world for him to see. The Evolve Bamboo Series Two, and the Boosted Dual+!
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