Electric skateboard

Electric skateboard

The Electric Skateboard is a large skateboard with a motor attached and a hand-held controller.It most commonly has a lead acid battery in it, though there are expensive models with more modern batteries, such as lithium-polymers and nickel-metal hydrides.

History

The electronic skateboard was invented by Louis Finkle in Long Beach, CA. Finkle perfected the electric skateboard over the course of five years, using his own money.
Finkle's design included a wireless hand remote that operated using the rider's own body as the antenna on a very low frequency. This design is supposed to reduce radio frequency interference. [ [http://www.exkate.com/history.htm Exkate History Support - Altered Wireless Electric Skateboards & Exkate Torsion Trucks ] ]

In Popular Culture

In the 1995 film Hackers, the character Eugene "The Plague" Belford uses an electric skateboard to arrive at the network operations center.

External links

* [http://www.e-glide.com/ E-Glide]
* [http://www.metro-board.com/ Metroboard NIMH Ultralight Electric Skateboards]
* [http://www.electricskateboards.com.au Electric Skateboards]
* [http://www.surfdome.com/clothing/electric_skateboards/355 SurfDome]
* [http://www.cruisecandy.com Cruise Candy]
* [http://www.exkate.com/ Exkate]
* [http://www.surfdome.com Surfdome]
* [http://www.rokitscience.co.uk/ Rokit Science]
* [http://www.eightballboards.com/ Eightballboards]

References

(1)http://www.exkate.com/history.htm

ee also

Skateboard

Mountain Board


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