The gift of gab
December 24th, 2007 by Kilwag
Still need a last minute X-mas gift for the guy that runs your favorite skateboarding web site? How about this amazing Street Smartz Interactive (talking) Skateboard skateboard?
This skateboard talks, teaches, and offers feedback! There’s nothing like it! Our amazing, interactive skateboard will have your child shredding in no time. Its unique technology actually measures foot pressure, turns, speed, and more–then offers personalized tips for improving technique. A separate coaching mode teaches popular stunts step by step, while the free-styling mode features exciting sound effects. Later, turn off the power, and your “shred head” has a cool, cutting-edge 28″ board! For kids 41-160 lbs. Requires 6 “AA” batteries (sold separately). For ages 6 and up.
Forget about hoverboards. This, is the board of the future.
Talking skateboard
Alas, this skateboard is not actually available for sale anymore, as it’s been discontinued. Imagine that! Now that I can’t have this, I’m dying to have one.
Here’s some more product description from a now defunct product listing:
How do you learn to shred? You can spend hours at a skate park watching other people, or you can use Street Smart, the first interactive skateboard that can sense how you are riding, and give you feedback based on your shreddin’ style.
Features:
A cool taling skateboard personality that can respond to your skateboarding’ style!
5 Minutes of speech, with a 30 second Try-Me.
3 Interactive modes to choose from:
Free Stylin’, Performance and Coachin’ each with a different auditory pay-off and play pattern.
Proprietary Technology developed with iRobot can measure foot pressure, turns, speed, jumps, wipe-outs, and much more.
28″Cutting-Edge Deck Design.
Features shelvable window box with fold-over 5th panel
Requires 6 AA batteries (3included)
Nice carving bro? What it should say is “Nice bicycle helmet, bro!”
December 24th, 2007 at 11:32 am
“nice posing bro!!”
December 24th, 2007 at 11:35 am
“After this sess you want to get some hookers?”
“Do you have an extra syringe, bro?”
“Stop whining you pussy…bro”
December 24th, 2007 at 12:17 pm
“You call that a kickflip? You suck, bro.”
December 24th, 2007 at 12:32 pm
“awesome bail!” “20 minutes into the session and your already tired? you suck bro.” “hey barney, you mind dropping some pounds bro?”
December 24th, 2007 at 1:24 pm
I’m sorry bro, I’m afraid I can’t do that. This mission is too important for me to allow you to jeopardize it.
I know you and Frank were planning to disconnect me, and I’m afraid that’s something I cannot allow to happen, bro.
December 24th, 2007 at 3:02 pm
“You hear that clickety clack bro? That’s a flat spot. Pull your head out of your ass…brohime.”
December 24th, 2007 at 8:50 pm
“first push really hard on the tail, then jump up and land…you just learned how to ollie bro…”
December 25th, 2007 at 2:23 pm
this deck is 28″ of cutting edge shape….bro. in 1986, bro.
December 25th, 2007 at 2:48 pm
1986? No way, that thing looks more like a pregnant popsicle stick!
December 25th, 2007 at 3:19 pm
does it come with a heckle feature? “wrong push foot, kook!” or “if the front wheels don’t touch the deck, your rock and roll does NOT count.” or perhaps “no matter how many flyouts you do, they will never be cool.”
December 25th, 2007 at 5:42 pm
somebody should really consider loosening that poor kid’s trucks, all that lean and the poor kid still cant get a carve.
December 26th, 2007 at 4:18 pm
I wish my board had a “shelvable window box with fold-over 5th panel”
December 26th, 2007 at 4:36 pm
are those built in rails or are they molded hand grips?
December 27th, 2007 at 12:13 am
It would be great to hack a bunch of those things at Toys R Us. Some suggestions:
“Your mom must hate you.” “You’re wearing pull-ups aren’t you?” “Where did your mom go with that tattooed guy?” “Jimmy, they’re all out to get you. Kill them.”