all-terrain skateboard

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You Built What?!

A Motorized Skateboard for Speed-Happy Gearheads

Walking is overrated. Here’s how to build the ultimate lazy man’s all-terrain vehicle, and a video of the sweet ride in action
By Doug Cantor Posted 02.28.2008 at 4:21 pm 20 Comments

Citizens of Philadelphia, beware: You may see a grown man whizzing by you on a skateboard, doing 20 mph. That would be PopSci staff photographer John Carnett, and in case you dont get a good look, its a souped-up, motorized board he built from the ground up.

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