My grandfather once made me a pretend switchblade out of a clothespin, rubber band and a popsicle stick. He also made me some stilts and one of those metal rings you push down the street with a stick. $100 will get you this historical inaccuracy, curiosity, and conversation starter. It’s a replica of the precursor to the skateboard, an orange crate scooter. The irony is that instead of roller skate trucks, it has actual skateboard trucks. It’s kind of like watching a period movie about a civil war vet where the female love interest is a white chick raised by native americans but still has a feathered 80’s hairdo. Or a WWII movie about Hitler where all the Nazis have British accents. Mountain Boy Sledworks makes these things by hand.
7 comments
Bill Helene
Those guys make some good snow sleds. Saw them first hand at Cabelas and almost pulled the plug on one.
nweyesk8
only if you don’t have a mountian, plus you can shovel snow out of a bowl easier than rain.
houseofneil
it is? Hmm. We’ve had snow in the bowls of the skateparks in Chicago since early December. Wait, I tell a lie, it cleared out for 2 days, but then it snowed 4″ last saturday, so forget that. Snow sucks.
nweyesk8
snow is way more ridable than rain
curtis
rain or snow pick your curse in the NW
Kilwag
I’d avoid living in a wintery area!
curtis
I have a “kick sled” (like they offer in there catalog) but made by a different company (Eco-Surf). it’s fully fun, and it takes advantage of our pushing skills. a very cool tool if you live in a wintery area. I’d avoid buying one off any company that made this goofy scooter though.