Last year’s New York Toy Fair turned up this amusing iteration of the alternative skateboard, the Swerver Ultimate Carving Streetboard. I find this amusing if only for the fact that they adapted RipStick or Hurricane wackyboards to make them look more like a skateboard:
The advantages of longboarding and skateboarding combined into one.
Whether you want to go cruising down the street or tackle a new obstacle course, the Swerver is the only board you’ll need. The Swerver Ultimate Carving Streetboard combines the advantages of a longboard with those of a skateboard. The rider propels the Swerver Board forward using a twisting motion, eliminating the need to push off the ground every few feet.
Set up complicated courses, perform tricks off the half-pipe or just fly effortlessly to your next destination. With the Swerver Ultimate Carving Streetboard, the journey is the fun.
Somehow a whole year passed without the Swerver becoming a;ll the rage. I can’t even find an official web site for the product. See it in action after the jump. I can’t wait to perform some tricks “off the half-pipe.”
– Thanks to Concretins for the tip.
This image comes form the Core77 design magazine gallery.
11 comments
Goose
Seriously, WTF?
My old school trucks carve like a fucking bitch and my board doesn’t snap when I land my 225lbs.
Learn to fucking pump.
Skating is hard.
That’s part of what makes it art.
bob marley
Kids just need to get a fucking long board!!!!!!!!
jake
it looks terrible. the trucks look really cheap and if you want to carve and do shortboard stuff all at once, just go buy a kicktail longboard
sami
i agree with jake, it looks like it will snap wen u stand on it! just buy like a penny board!
DocMurdock
“The kinkpin looks like the button on my jeans.”-hilarious
VulgarDisplayCFH
Kids just need to learn to pump
bob marley
Agreed whore!!!!
Brandon Draga
Oh golly gee willikers! I’m so glad that I can use this to tackle the new obstacle course the mayor had put in the playground!
Tim Laidlaw
they should have used a broken board and called it the focus
curtis
I find that loose trucks help with turning. everytime someone shows up with a long board I try to ride it, cos I love to carve ya know?. but they always have tight trucks, and my board turns more. I don’t know what people are thinking
Prickly Pete
Funny how making a turn on a really flexible board requires little upper body movement and consequently almost no style out of the rider. Look at this stiff in the video! A less flexible, conventional (normal) board requires a little more coaxing, and therefore more style to turn. Nice trucks on those things by the way. The kinkpin looks like the button on my jeans.