Not to be confused with roller-skating, Rollerblading requires skates that are narrower and speedier and that have multiple wheels in a straight line, rather than a square formation. There are ...
They suspected that a larger wheel was the key to working better on rough ground and dry sand and tested this idea by creating a skateboard with a single wheel. A very big, very wide wheel ...
We’ll admit that most of the Hackaday staff wouldn’t get too far on a skateboard, but that doesn’t mean we can’t appreciate the impressive DIY wheels that [Chris McCann] has managed to ...
From its origins—roller-skate wheels attached to a wooden board—the skateboard has given rise to a vibrant culture of art, music, and sport. Used by surfers when there were no waves to ride, the ...
But oh, apparently fanny packs are hot again, so why not inline skates? That’s why, for this month’s Lifehacker Fitness Challenge, I’m strapping on the wheels and exercising like it’s 1991.
The London-based Wheels and Wheelchairs group members will ... the group changed their starting point as it would have been "too dangerous to skate in the rain". And after encountering "unforeseen ...
Today, a “regular” skateboard typically has two raised ends and (comparatively) tiny wheels to facilitate the many physics-challenging stunts and tricks skaters do that were not yet invented ...