When Boosted went down,I’m very worried. My worry is not that we have lost the choice of skateboarding, but that the electric skateboard has lost its biggest supporter.
If there is no boosted to continue to promote electric skateboarding, the number of people in this sport may be less and less, at least I am very worried.
However, time has proved that this fear is unnecessary.
Boosted closed down in March 2020, and then the pandemic struck. These should be two major blows to the niche market, but what we see is that people are still interested in electric skateboards.
Take a look at the Google Trend:
The interest in Electric Skateboarding (blue), based on the number of google searches on the term “Electric skateboard”, stayed the same as before the pandemic hits.
Since 2020 and into 2021, we see existing brands continue to expand and release new products, and from where we (ElectricSkateboardHQ) sits, we received even more request for reviews from both existing and new brands that we could barely keep up.
If new boards and new brands are not a good indicator of sales, sales of electric skateboards on Amazon definitely should be. Not sure if anyone noticed, but electric skateboards are selling quite well on Amazon to the point that Meepo V3 once sat on the bestseller list under the board category “Longboards”. Everyone who was looking for a standard longboard on Amazon will be greeted by this thing call electric skateboards.
I guess I’m just happy that the sport is growing. Hopefully, with more people into the niche, electric skateboarding can be as mainstream as cycling both as a form of commute and as a hobby. Maybe then, legislators will stop asking us to install handlebars on eskate!
Latest news of electric skateboard
Thirteen of over 100 group members have braved a hot day to ride the River Trail together.
Ritchie is one of 5,000 people (according to a national Facebook group) who have taken up the “boardsport” in their mid-40s.
The group for this Facebook-organized meetup is called “OneWheel Lansing,” in reference to the OneWheel brand electric skateboards that most in the group are riding. All personal electric vehicles are welcome here, but they each have their nuances. A OneWheel is not an electric unicycle. On a unicycle, the rider faces in the direction they are moving. A OneWheel is not exactly an electric skateboard, which has four wheels and is often powered by a handheld remote. A OneWheel is a hybrid. To ride, you face to the side, like a skateboard, and one single large wheel in the middle spins to power you forward. The board responds to your weight shifting between your left and right foot.
Ritchie invited me to give it a try on her OneWheel.
I’ve ridden a skateboard before, so I hopped onto the 30lb deck with her help. OneWheels run on rechargeable batteries. They have a range of up to 20 miles and reach a top speed of 25 mph. Ritchie told me to lean forward, onto my right foot, and I was delighted when the board started moving. It’s surprisingly smooth.
According to Shawn Dyer, an IT professional and father of one, the best thing about OneWheels is the diversity of people who ride them. Dyer, who grew up skateboarding, said this community is different. “You don’t need to be a professional athlete, or in peak physical condition. I’m in my mid-to-late 40s now, and it’s great to see all ages and levels of fitness coming out and having fun. That’s what it’s all about.”
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