Surf Anywhere, Inside a Giant Wheel

What the??

Will you be able to remove the board and actually surf with it?

Also, where's the cup holder?

I have always loved this inside a large wheel locomotion. This 2 wheel design has to be much more stable than the single wheel and eliminate balance problems at slow speeds.
This is a nice evolution from the 1 wheel design and looks like something that could sell.

this would be sick for long boarding.

It'a actually Loop-In, not In-Loop.

Bad concept. Just ride a bike.
Andy-Orlando

awnicol25: So you don't want one? THANK GOD, more for us!!! Can't wait for the day to place my order ;-)

This is a leisure device only, right? Cars require only a very small amount of skill, and the vast majority of people can't even handle that. Something like this, while very neat to look at, shouldn't be allowed on roads. My main reason for this is the effect on steering from simple things like a gust of wind, pushing the drivers intended balance off, and resulting in a change of path. Steering with the feet only has novelty value.

But that doesn't take away form the engineering involved, still very cool and fresh. I'd love to see a demonstration or possibly try one out. I'd just rather not get run off the road by one.

epic, i would get one.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEUWrj7SyPk

No way I can balance on that thing! And how do you do it -sideways or forward?
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? This should not be considered or even attempted to be compared to surfing or snowboarding. First problem-Like ecobase pointed out -" . . how do you do it sideways . . ." Great point. With out being able to maneuver this device sideways it inhibits the riders ability to carve and turn freely as one could with a surfboard or snowboard. . .which is the fundamental maneuver for both sports. Furthermore, from a diagnoses from the picture, it seems impossible to use the body with leans and such to change direction or gather speed. . .The thing is just a big Segway. And no, no one feels ripped off, part of the stoke of both sports is being in that environment.

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that is so narly i cant wiat to see when they come out with it i want one so bad could you imagine somebody driving around in one of those machines i wonder how fast they go go and if its street legal that would be so cool thats my college car

Conservation of Momentum says that when you try to stop this thing it'll continue to roll while you continue to flip around inside the hub as if the whole thing was a solid hoop.

Cars and motorcycles don't flip when you hit the brakes because the center of gravity is very close to the axis of rotation caused by the two axles. To imagine what will happen, you only have to watch what happens when someone stops a bike or motorcyle with only the front brakes. The axis of rotation is then where the front tire contacts the ground and you WILL flip end-over-end.