Hi people
I thought I would post a blog about my new adrenaline hobby, Electric skateboarding, one of my friends on the internet, sent me a piece of information regarding Electric Skateboards, and how he had purchased one for himself in the U.S.A where he lives, he also told me that the fun element is fantastic and that since he has bought one of the machines, he has not been happier, so I began to find out some information regarding the electric skateboards, it is always a good thing to do before shelling out a lot of money that you may regret afterwards, so I decided to utilise the best search engine in the world GOOGLE, and I was inundated with the amount of results regarding electric skateboards, and how they have come on so well and in such big advancements in the technology side.
I decided on two main skateboard sites, and began to look at the types/brands of their electric skateboards, and then trawled their FAQs for a few days or more before deciding which actual model to purchase, the Electric Skateboard that I first wanted was an eightball big daddy Electric Skateboard, however this beast had an 800watt motor, ten inch knobbly tires, and a good range of specs, however the downside of this was the actual price of the board. £349.99 + £4.95 delivery charge to my home address.
Inrespect of the above price for the eightball big daddy board, Since revisiting the site, the same boards price had risen by £50.00 and now the price is £399.00 + 4.95 for delivery ??? no chance
Who gives these vbig companies the right to change their prices and raise them when they feel like it.
I went back to the other site, and they had some very good electric skateboards, and they also had reduced one or two of their electric skateboards, because the company were working on new models, and as I looked at their site for a few days or so more, I began to realise that if I am just going to start trying this extreme sport out, then the better approach would be to purchase a lower entry level Electric Skateboard, so I decided on the Elektro-Skate Hornet 250, which had been reduced from £169.99 to £129.99 and as I read the reviews and the FAQs I made my mind up and ordered the item, I recieved my board after a few days, and hurriedly unpacked it, like a child with a new toy, and soon had the box opened and emptied, my this electric skateboard is HEAVY, it did not take long for me to get it plugged into the mains and began the charging process, they state to charge the battery on this actual model for four hours, never no more than that, to get maximum power. I must say that after the charging time, I had a quick go on the board, and it was incredible, the board can go up to 14mph in only three seconds, that is quick, it is pretty tricky getting used to the turning of the board, but after five minutes, it became much easier as you become more and more confident with the board. I have tested it out quite a lot so far, and it has not let me down, and though it is really good, I want one of the faster boards, I love the adrenaline of this sport, it is simply awesome.
Of course as with all sports of this nature, Protection and safety is paramount, always wear a Helmet, and of course elbow pads, and knee pads, it is better to be safe than sorry.
Here are a couple of links to the boards???
http://www.elektroskate.co.uk/store/index.php
Mine is the Hornet on the web site, the lowest price of the electric skateboards!
http://www.skatehut.co.uk/acatalog/Eighball_Big_Foot___349.99.html
The bigfoot model on this site, was the one I originally wanted!
When I originally received this board it was very tricky indeed at first, but mastered it within around ten or so minutes, they are so easy to control and the fun and adrenaline is pure brilliant, however this board is not fast enough for me, as I like a little speed.
I thought that I would post a few of the little annoying problems that I have experienced using the Hornet 250 Electric Skateboard, Although the board itself is very good indeed, and people that see me passing by them on the street's always stare at me on the board, and they keep their eyes on me, until that is that I have vanished, and moved on, the problems that I have had are really silly, but they are enough to spoil the whole idea, and let you feel down with the product however the staff at electroskate are very very friendly indeed, and will do anything to try and help their customers, at the moment I am on the third drive belt (£7.00 per belt) for the board, and I am also on the second drive wheel (£16.90) it is really annoying I have been sent one free drive belt, and I did call them the other day, and enquire about a refund, this I was told was out of the question however, they stated that I could trade in my Hornet Board towards another board from their company, so I emailed them to ask about this, I did receive an email stating that they would offer me £100.00 for my Hornet 250 against another model, and promptly sent them another email stating that I would like to trade my Hornet 250 towards the bigger ES All TRACK board, but they replied to me stating that they currently have none of the ES 800 boards in at the moment, and that their best selling boards are the ES 600 model with Li Polymer Batteries are the lightest and fastest around, and they have sold lots of them, So I am thinking of going for one of these models, I am hoping to call them in the morning, and see exactly how it is going to work.
I shall come back and input information to this page for reference and also to help other's who are thinking of purchasing one of these boards.
