| Wacky Board Page 2 alternative rides, wind powered, scooter, bikes |
| Alternative Rides (These are designs that deviates from a regular skateboard) (grouped by design) Carvertrucks - swivel front truck, very maneuverable Landsurfboard - swivel front wheel (pic) New Board! - (pic) Cobraboard - swivel front wheel (pic) BMW Streetcarver - swing linkage trucks (pic1, pic2, pic3) BMW streetcarver proto (pic) Festo Aircruizer - (pic) <for more on the above three boards, see hughr's page> Flexboardz - (pic) Carveboard - sticky rubbers, loose spring trucks, for pavement use Landsurfer - adjustable resistence Outback - 3 wheeler, linkage steering X-board - linkage steering by Xcite Sports Mountainaire - suspension trucks Turfboard - suspension NPD landboard - suspension trucks (pic) MountainSkate - trucks on top (pic) Loko freeboard - football shaped wheels (pic) Driboard - disks <<see Off-Road Boarding Mag - links to ATB's>> Mort Heilig - inventor of earthsurfer, windcruiser, etc. (scan sport illustrated article) Thrasher - wackyboard article (scan article) Freebord - slide like a snowboard Flowlab - arc axle (pic1, pic2) Tierneyboard - 2 wheel, can bomb (pic) (tboardshop.com) RTRboard - 2 wheeler Bladeboard - 2 wheeler (pic1, pic2, pic3) Rollerboard - inline board Tri-board - castor front wheel (pic) Onshore Board - inline front, skate truck rear (pic) <pat 6,270,096 - steerable by frt foot inline board> Mad Marc - cable scooter and windsailer Inlineboard.de - center hub steering (pic) Dirtsurfer - 2 wheeler push mongo (pic1, pic2) Grassboard - 2 wheeler, rear foot behind the rear wheel (pic) Streetboard - 2 wheeler conversion kit X-board - clipped in 2 wheeler, off road <pat 6,338,494 - articulated 2 wheel board> 'Bike Surfing' - one foot on seat, one on handle bar or using a top tube mounted deck Wheelman - 2 wheel hubless motoboard (pic) Motoblade - 2 wheel motoboard Nitroboard - motorizedoff road skateboard (pic1) Randal's motoboard - engine in center (pic, link) older Motoboard (pic) Bajaboard - trike, front engine Land Speed board - pic Exkate powerboard - electric Electroboard - electric Segway - aka ginger, advance gyro, no balance required (pic) <also check Dean Kain's IBOT wheelchair> Powerboarding - excellent site dedicated to powerboards K2 Evolution Four - (pic, details) K2 Meta 4 (pic, trucks) K2 Trifecta RollerCoaster - like k2 with exkate-like bushings Ciro - linkage steering with a bar (pic) Banditboard - rotational trucks (pic) QuadCarver - steerable leaning 4 wheel scooter (pic) QuadCarver - downhill scooter (pic1, pic2, pic3, pic4) California Surfcycle - scooter front, skateboard truck rear (pic) Scaterscooter - inline/scooter front, skateboard truck rear (pic) California Chariot - trike scooter (pic) Snakeboard - stunts (frontalco.com) Snakeboard downhill - jochen-baumann.com (pic) Snakeboard robot - (pic) Dimension Streetboard - new snakeboard Powerboard - invented by Wade Spital, stairmaster-like propulsion (pic1, pic2) Tube Racer - titter totter powered (micro mobility) (pic) Trikke - scooter trike powered by skating motion (pic1, pic2, pic3) Kids-Car - sit and wiggle Skatebike - skateboard +bike (pic) Swingbike - swing it Snike - snakebike Bouncerbike - bouncing scooter Springwalker - spring legs Zorb - the downhill ball Hoverboard - back to the future Airboard - floating platform balance board - Indo, Vew-do, Pivit Coilboard - deck with a big coil on the bottom (pic) Ollie block - for learning ollies by Flowlab Softrucks - for learning ollies Stowboard - folding skateboard (pic) |
| Scooter Stuff Knowped.com - check article on different designs, excellent site Kickboardnew.de - german scooter site Kickbike.com - for long distance kicking Diggler- extreme off road scootering Scootboard.net - off road scooter Taichi scooter - stairmaster like propulsion (pic) , also coolsports.com/au Honda kick n go - trike with treadle lever (pic1, pic2) Xooter/Goped/Santa Cruz/Mervin |
| Bike Stuff IHPVA.org Grame Obree - mantis, superman positon Matt Weaver - hpv speed assualt (speed101.com) Varna, Gold Rush, Rotator, Cheetah Paul McCready's Human Powered Airplanes Mike Burrow - windcheetah trike, time trial bike, lowracer Folders - Brompton, Birdy, Bike Friday S&S coupling - break down your bike for traveling Leaning Vehicles - maxmatic.com - great site for info on leaners Leaning pedal trike - Tripendo.com Leaning pedal trike - Wayne SooHoo Leaning pedal trike - Varna Leaning powered trike - Honda Hermes (pic1, pic2, pic3) |
| Got something that you think should be on this list? Let me know. sk8sanjose@yahoo.com |
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| Wind Powered on Land streetsurfing.com - good info streetsailing.com - in sf kiteboarding terrasports.com rollsurfing.com doomwheels.com - oversized inline wheels skatewing.de sbbb.net - wind powered festival |
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| Retailers A2Xtreme.com - vast selection of unusual toys PalermoLongboards.com - Links Silverfish.cc - has one article on hybrid boards and one article on patents of strange boards Powerboarding.com - a guide to any board that is powered by a motor Redbull-photos.at - photos of redbull events |
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