Formula-1-inspired carbon electric skateboard shoots riders up to 45 mph

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And the only thing keeping the person on the board is their balance and the grip between their footwear and the board.
It seems physically impossible for there to be a safe way of breaking from ~65km/h just by leaning and having a decent grip on your shoes.
Even with a scoot model with wide tires, you needed to basically endo to brake properly and fast.
I had a scoot which did 65km/h several years ago. And crashed it once as well, when a car suddenly turned in front of me (and it was his fault I got a bit of compensation even).
I love micromobility but I've also outgrown my most terrible recklessness. And people will hurt themselves with this, I'm pretty sure.
- Yeah it does seem kinda terrifying.
  People "hurt themselves" with regular skateboards, but this is another level - easily able to produce permanent injury and disfigurement.
  There's some element of "use responsibly" of course - appropriate safety gear, environment, and skills - but the consequences of a mistake in this case seem higher than most other sports.
  
  You can most certainly get an unpowered board going that fast, but usually they're downhill skaters that took a good amount of time to learn to deal with those speeds and they scout the route ahead before they go.
  I don't think I've ever gone faster than 30mph on a board but even that speed was absolutely terrifying and it's a miracle young me didn't end up in the hospital: One pebble could've killed me and I wasn't even riding a downhill board (just a street board I cranked the trucks down on, super stupid).
- I think it's safe to say this board isn't intended for the average user and i don't think that's a problem.
  I would say that things like this arent really micro-mobility because of that. They're high-performance, enthusiast-grade products whereas, IMO, micro-mobility is more about mass-adoption.
  
  What I could see this being used for is some sort of closest to actual quidditch we could get, some really complex skate-park but which is sort of like a track, at least symmetrical like a playing field.
  Like rollerderby-skateboard-lacrosse-rollercoaster-quidditch
  Although I think if emulating quidditch, just powerful e-scooters with saddles, lol.
  I've had the idea for years but I'm not youtube millionaire who could tell people to give me money for such a thing and actually expect to get it
  
  I feel like I've heard of people doing that on OneWheels. I'm not sure.
  Sounds fun though!
  
  Pets get drunk and discord brainstorm.
  I'm only half joking but I'm prolly gonna start getting drunk like 12 hours from now.
  
  Bougie micromobility is still micromobility. I would totally ride one of these (at 10-15 mph lol)
  
  You're right, i just distinguish between bougie and high-performance. They're very different goals.
  
  It's a Venn diagram situation IMO

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