skateboards
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What if You Turned a Formula 1 Wheel Into a Onewheel Style Self-Balancing Skateboard?
The internet is full of talented engineers and designers building all kinds of weird and wonderful vehicles that, quite frankly, look absolutely terrifying to climb aboard. Like The Q’s self-balancing skateboard, reminiscent of the Onewheel, but built around a beefy Formula 1 wheel.
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A Four-Wheeled Version Of The Mandalorian, And More Of The Most Bizarre Doppelgänger Toys Of The Week
Welcome back to Toy Aisle, Gizmodo’s regular roundup of all the excellent new toys we can’t wait to squander our hard-earned paychecks on. This week we’ve got a new Hot Toys version of Rey with a bewildering head sculpt, new collectibles arriving just in time for the return of Rick and Morty and the arrival…
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This Electric Batmobile Skateboard Is An Incredibly Cool Way To Break Your Neck
How does Batman stay relatable to the teens in Gotham? He probably rides around on this impressive Batmobile Tumbler electric skateboard that hacker James Bruton built from scratch. It allows the rider to steer by simply leaning their body from side to side, while a handheld remote handles acceleration and braking.
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Making Things From Old Skateboard Decks Turns Recycling Into Art
Video: Jerry McNamara’s Day By Day is a short documentary that focuses its lens on artist George Rocha of Iris Skateboards in San Francisco. Rocha takes stacks of old, unrideable skateboard decks, glues them together, grinds ’em up and then transforms them into functional objects like furniture, tables, tap handles and, yes, even “new” skateboards.