- 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 reduceradio 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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