Some electric skateboards are nice sedate things, designed for leisurely commutes on city sidewalks. The Mach One isn't one those boards. It boasts a Formula 1 racecar-inspired design, a carbon deck, and a top speed of 45 mph (72 km/h).
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).
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).