Strullers and Magic Wheels.

Americans don’t have the market cornered on wacky skateboard inspired technology. From Germany comes the DIY Struller scooter and skateboard combo and from the UK we have the Magic Wheel, which is like a skateboard if it had one bicycle wheel replacing the front truck. Err.. and a shopping cart wheel on the back truck I guess. I’m reaching here. Will somebody please post some actual skateboarding on this web site?

[ Source: Magic Wheel – Gearfuse ]

Struller Productions

We have a small BMX audience here at SnA, I’m guessing because we have news about park openings and policy meetings. Apparently, we have another demographic base of readers as well, the very coveted guys-who-live-in-germany-and-ride-homemade-scooter-and-skateboard-hybrids. Amazingly enough, they relate to MC’s comics about being an alienated skateboarder:

Hey guys,
Recently, while randomly surfing on the web, my browser offered me to bookmark your site. Well, and so far I didn’t regret doing so, as I find the stuff you guys post there quite interesting, especially the comic section by Mr. Conahan… being only 23, this may sound strange but with being pretty much the only one riding the way I do and being annoyed by little kids all the time and riding alone all the time, this gave me some motivation, knowing I’m not the only one feeling this way… :-). Riding what? Hm… something you might know in similar form as one of the many trendy toys kids use in skateparks… a strange selfmade push scooter (some more of it here… www.struller-productions.de.vu ). You may find this total strange and be surprised what stupid ideas these kids come up with all the time, but guess what… I dont care! 😉

Thanks, keep up the good work

Greetings from germany
Tilman

Well, I couldn’t get that web address to work, so he sent me another one that has photos and videos and other stuff related to their scene. They actually ride these things pretty hard, as you can see in the video below, provided you can sit through the very long introduction that doesn’t show any action.

So these things have bike pegs and skateboard trucks. There are BMX tricks like (whatever they are called) and skateboard tricks like blunts, and grinding that combines the two. There you have it.

Magic Wheel

Another weird skateboard alternative that you push like a skateboard but ride in a ski stance. There is surprisingly very little documentation on the official Magic Wheel web site. (Update: Here’s another) For about $240, you too can bee the object of ridicule in your neighborhood and on this web site, although I secretly want to try one, when no one is looking, of course.

A couple of years ago a Euro designer was bored and was also sick and tired of everyone whizzing around on aluminum scooters. So he retired to the garden shed for a while and got to work! The end result is staggering, out came a sleek, sexy scooter that when mastered made travelling effortless and at the same time grabbed everyones atttention!