Power Kite Forum

Wheel-less Board

Earlyturtle - 10-6-2004 at 03:21 PM

Me and a friend were messing about with an old blank skateboard deck and attached some foot straps to it, any chance that I could do something kite related with it? Quite smooth as we sanded it down, but not sure about grass boarding, he suggested I tried it in the early morning when the grass was wet.
Any ideas much appreciated!
Mike

doomwheels - 10-6-2004 at 11:21 PM

No doubt you could surf the wet grass... sounds like fun. But you would not be able to steer off at more than a 20 degree angle from the wind - meaning you would be walking back after each run.

I'd suggest putting some off-road trucks and wheels on your board so that you can traverse the entire field at will - upwind, downwind, crosswind - lastly returning to your start point.

Earlyturtle - 11-6-2004 at 12:07 AM

Cool, thanks, I'll try it on grass and then get the off roaders.
Mike

woodneers - 2-12-2006 at 09:54 PM

where can you find off road trucks?