Today's skateboards are actually technical marvels, but they have become so refined that they are quite simple by today's high-tech standards. Maybe that’s why they work so well that they keep it simple; a basic principle of good solid technique. There is not much about a skateboard once you have the table, the trucks and the wheels, everything is pretty straightforward. The boards are made of plastic, material or composite materials. The trucks are made of a combination of alloys and the wheels are made of urethane.
Not only are there few parts, but the manufacturing allows for some stiff profits when branded marketing techniques are applied to the minds of teenage consumers. Everyone wants a "rad" skateboard, did not you when you were young? I know I did. Maybe why the skateboarding industry is approaching the billion dollar market under the top 10-year industrial sectors? Some say high fuel prices increase skateboarding costs as parents are less willing to drive their kids to various activities in the gas-rushing SUV or mini-van?
Hoverboards are quite a bit more complicated than actual skateboards. You see, hoverboards need to have their own propulsion system and a radically new design to be able to fly. A hoverboard in itself is pretty easy to make, but it is much more difficult to make one that supports a human.
For a very small board to lift a human using current technologies, it is not entirely impossible, but the board must also support its own weight, engine, fans, electronics and fuel before it is ready for the human rider. Even if the device is powered by a battery, the batteries still charge.
Making the hoverboard very light is a must, but there is only as far as you can go before hitting a hyperbolic curve with declining returns. It would be nice if the skateboarders did not weigh that much and if they would lose a little weight, but we can not trust that people see their diet judging by the current obesity in American society.
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