Intro

I "started" this project in the fall of 2016, after seeing a post about a DIY electric longboard on Hackaday. This post was slightly more practical than the average electric skateboard posts I see as led with the fact that this guy was trying to build on a budget, which really appealed to my college kid lifestyle. He even went so far as to include a BOM that really helped break down the costs of making a decent electric skateboard.

The problem is, I didn't really know how to skateboard. I used to own a RipStik (actually, the Wave), but I always thought regular skateboards were flaming planks of dangerous, only because they could go so much faster than RipStiks and there was an established skate community that thrived on aerial board acrobatics.

That being said, I was in college now and I needed something to occupy my time. So, I went and ordered 90% of the parts I needed to make the board, got them all, then proceeded to shelve the board until I got really busy for the rest of the next 2 semesters with school work. I didn't acually assemble the board until summer 2017.

But hey, if you're interested in the build, check out the logs.