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Product: Skateboard
Slitherboard   (+5)  [vote for, against]
(kinda surprised there's no product skateboard category) I had this idea before these, [link] came out and think it's different enough to post.

Take an ordinary skateboard and slice two inch wide gaps across its width at four even intervals.
Join the center of each segment back together again with either a thick spring or a fairly wide strip of high strength memory plastic and attach a set of trucks [link] and wheels to the underside center of each one.

I think that this would, not only allow the board to conform to varying surfaces but would also make for a skateboard that could be propelled, (once in motion) by the rider twisting their hips and then legs back and forth in an undulating scissor type motion, a slither if you will.
I think this may also let the outer rim of the board to be lit Piezo-electrically (not sure if that’s a word), for nighttime safety and of course coolness...wait scratch that, purple ground effects.


{Testimonial from my thirteen year old son}
"whauo that'd be totally sweet."
-- 2 fries shy of a happy meal, Oct 25 2004

Thar she blows https://imgur.com/gallery/vgOX5sC
[2 fries shy of a happy meal, Oct 25 2004, last modified Jul 14 2019]

good idea. i can see it would be the preferred mode of transport for all roving bands of accordian players.
-- benfrost, Oct 25 2004


Agree with [BrauBeaton]'s remarks on board rigidity but this might have other tricks out of reach on a conventional board. If you could make the connecting bits flexible enough, you could even have wheels on a couple of the top segments. With bindings, you could then flip part of the board and ride it twisted.[+] anyway.
-- DocBrown, Oct 25 2004



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