€179 ($258 as of publication) will buy you a 4size magnet skateboard setup with shoes, the French Equivalent of the ex-Magnatron. It’s a bit more sophisticated than the Magnet Skateboard, the magnets are designed to be removable in case you have to walk across a field of hard drives and floppy disks at work or don’t want to get your feet sheared off in an escalator. They’ve even designed a special box that is supposed to make sure you never touch two of the magnets together. Apparently they are strong enough to be a pinching hazard. Hey man, did you break your finger landing that ten set? Nah, I did it putting on my skate shoes.
4size Magnetic Skateboard Technology
4size seems to have done a more sophisticated job of integrating the magnet into the shoe, for what it’s worth. I guess you could carry the box-o-magnets in your backpack if you wanted to have them on hand for a session. It looks like the recess in the magnets might be able to be used to help pry them off of anything they might inadvertently become stuck to, like a manhole cover, electrical box, each other or your sister’s braces.
This illustration is confusing. The picture above clearly shows the magnets being placed inside the shoe, but the picture below makes it look like the magnet sticks out on the bottom. Proprietary shoes may be the most elegant implementation, but it’s also going to be the biggest factor against buying these, besides the whole “I have a magnet skateboard” aspect.
You can star in action photos like a pro, as this guy demonstrates by his superfluous grab, tuck knee nonetheless. Any style points for the tuck knee are negated by the magnets, so it evens out. Might as well “frontside indy.”
4size seems to be marketing this for use in tricks as well as making urban transportation more easily navigable. From a purely functional standpoint, it kind of makes sense if you are just a casual skater who wants to skate in the city for transportation and you aren’t good enough to control your ollies.
What’s next in product development, longboards and snow skates. All photos are from 4size Magnetic Skateboard Technology.
8 comments
ryan heckler
i like the hidden compartment aspect. we should all buy a pair just for those days spent traveling through our local friendly airport security system. people need to learn to fuckin skate on their own or go back to the mountain with the other rich kids.
madrats
some pict came from the french skatepark of Melun at 45 km from south of Paris.
check at the website for more infos.
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Conahan
You spelled it wrong, it
chompy
So the question is. Why do the decks even have a kicked up nose and tail? I just puked…
bailgun
the real question is: HOW MANY TIMES MUST THIS IDEA BE BROUGHT TO THE MARKETPLACE ONLY TO BE MERCILESSLY MOCKED INTO FAILURE AND EVENTUAL BANKRUPTCY?!?!?!?
sorry i yelled.
LinuxMaster9
“4size seems to be marketing this for use in tricks as well as making urban transportation more easily navigable. From a purely functional standpoint, it kind of makes sense if you are just a casual skater who wants to skate in the city for transportation and you aren
Attackisis3
1.Pros aren’t so in need of money that they take private tutoring offers
2.Skate camps don’t have pros there to teach you, they’re there to meet a role model and push yourself further into skating
3. Tutoring won’t make you better at skating. Its a sport of personal progression. Its not football there’s no special training or plays. They can show you how but how fast you land it is a matter of pushing yourself to do it
4.I bet there’s a lot of pros, flos, and AMs you don’t know shit about.
5. If you’re using a board for transportation you should get a long board they hold speed better
And finally 6. There’s no running out of a bail if your feet are stuck to your board
Its a gimmick. And a dumb one. Its like skater trainers. Try popping with no roll in your wheels, its a different process. This is a money making project preying on the posers who want to look cool and make people believe they’re good at something.
Paulo
ThanKs brothers !