Tone Posted November 20, 2003 Report Posted November 20, 2003 well this is interesting!! http://www.kiteatb.co.uk/_news/driboardexperience.html its a board that has NO wheels....but can track on grass!!! no wheels means no speed wobble.... no wheels means less to break.. *wheels, trucks "my speciality".... etc.. it is the closest to snowboarding on grass you can get!! i sure as hell want to try one!! hmm will deffo have to try one of these asap!! Tony Quote
Mahawauki Posted November 20, 2003 Report Posted November 20, 2003 Looks interesting - I'm guessing you would need to be seriously powered up to get going..... and holding an edge - looks difficult..... Correct me if I'm wrong - just my initial thoughts! Quote
maxx Posted November 20, 2003 Report Posted November 20, 2003 I think this thing is the sh*t. I love it when peolple experiment with new stuff, even better when other people promote it (good one Tone!). This could be very well the become the nearest thing to dry kitesurfing you can get. Would love to give it a go, even though I'm still getting up to grips with my new tank . Should prove to be a good laugh, and maybe a limb breaker. What are the discs made of? Quote
Tone Posted November 20, 2003 Author Report Posted November 20, 2003 i think it is some sort of hard plastic.... there are plastics out there that are REALLY strong...and would work well for that!! time will tell!! i hope i can get my hands on one soon!! Tony Quote
rasga Posted November 20, 2003 Report Posted November 20, 2003 These discs are moulded in durable ABS material taken from the DriBoard Site look good especially the kite version, two discs at offset angle, lets see what happens! Quote
third Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 looks very interesting but grass only methinks. anyone seen this http://www.motorized-skateboard.com/index.html for those non windy days Quote
Vespa1599968601 Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 There were a couple of them at Wallop in August tanking up and down the road..... Quote
rasga Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 yeah and they are now promtly banned from returning.. . . .(motorised boards that is ) Quote
Lem Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 Had a go on a dri-board at the Hunstanton Windfest.. Didn't manage to get on a kite (or a slope for that matter), but a quick punt down the promenade found me moving faster and more smothly than I anticipated. It is very snowboard like, in so much that you drift sideways when you don't apply an edge.Not sure you could edge enough to hold a kite though.. however, the devlopment of a kite-specific model looks interesting! Quote
Adrena1in Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 I guess it also feels quite snowboard-like because you're feet are very close to the ground. I can't personally see how these will work well with a kite though. I imagine there'd be a huge strain on the ankles trying to keep the edge. P.S. These aren't that new. I posted a Driboard thread a few months ago. Quote
kite atb dude Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 tried 1 when in a shop a while bak blooming hard to stop once ur ave a bit of speed. and jumpings a bit of a pain very hard landings. not the easyest thing to go up wind on tho its not impssible Quote
rasga Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 ah but tim, there are pictures of the kite specific protype. .. which are new have to get kev to comment here.. . .think he liked it Quote
Birdman Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 This is what you want!! http://www.futurehorizons.net/marty.jpg Birdman >> Quote
The Flyin Scotsman Posted November 21, 2003 Report Posted November 21, 2003 Like I said in the article, the kite board only has 2 discs angled at the same angle in the same way, whereas the production model has 4 discs angled in alternating ways, this makes it slide loads and makes it virtually impossible to hold an edge, but the 2 disc version holds an edge surprisingly easily, having the 10degree angle on the discs made it edge slightly already and stopped it hurting my ankles. Like the others said the discs are durable ABS material and are designed to handle landings of 2G's plus, the 2 disc'd models currently have flat bits of plywood around / on them which help it hold an edge as the edge of the current discs have quite curved profiles, if the idea looks like it could be worthwhile then it could be worth creating a mould for the altered discs as moulds (I'm told) are quite expensive. After a few runs with the latest prototype I easily got the hang and was staying on a straight tack with a 1.7m Century in about 18 gusting to 24mph, so you dont need to be soooo powered up but it definatly helps. Good to have such a positive response, Kev Quote
Henry Primett Posted November 23, 2003 Report Posted November 23, 2003 looks cool but how much do they cost Quote
The Geoff Posted November 25, 2003 Report Posted November 25, 2003 A passing resemblance to the hoverboards in "Back To The Future 2" methinks! Are we being softened up for a revolutionary techie breakthrough? Still.... "Everyone knows hoverboards don't work on water McFly!" Quote
Plugus Maximus Posted July 8, 2004 Report Posted July 8, 2004 These boards look mad! So mad they might just work .... but I don't see how the boards can move unless you're on an edge. Do they slide and roll on the discs? Is the kite version in production yet? Does anyone own one? If it wasn't for kiteATB.co.uk I would know they exist! K Quote
Guest Nevermind Posted July 8, 2004 Report Posted July 8, 2004 Would love to have a go and see wht it is like Craig Quote
Woody1599968629 Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 May be if they had a couple of wheels in the middle so when you're just standing it's more inclined to head forwards or backwards and then when you get going you can use the larger disks to edge. Should I Patent that???? Quote
Adrena1in Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 The discs are all tilted slightly, aren't they? That way, when you're stood on the board with it flat, the outer edges of both discs are touching the floor, and you will roll downhill. Quote
QUOTH Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 why angle the disc's. it'll make it hard/impossible to ride the other way round.. which way are the discs tiltred??? Quote
Adrena1in Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 I understand there are four discs, mounted in a straight line along the deck. One at one end is tilted slightly to the right side, the next to the left side, the next to the right and the next to the left again. So two discs edge on the left, and two on the right. Innit? Quote
QUOTH Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 but what about the 2 wheeled version for kiting. if the hill is like this ./ / wwhich way do the wheels tilt? Quote
markarse Posted July 9, 2004 Report Posted July 9, 2004 Surely all this is acedemic as the site seems to have disappeared, I guess the company has too... FWIW the I guss that it depends whether the 2-disc version is directional as to whether the discs are set at an angle. Obv. if it's designed as a bi-directional board, they can't be tilted... Quote
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