The aim of most long boards is to recreate the feeling of surfing, of calmly floating above the road on a little cloud while carving your way around town. Many succeed in this regard, and the Deska board appears to have every chance of pulling it off as well, and look great doing so. The wide deck has a dropped foot platform to lower your center of gravity, while the deck itself remains light thanks to a carbon fiber, Kevlar, wood, stainless steel, aluminum and fiberglass sandwich construction. There’s a foot retention strap running along the top, which helps you keep your feet on the board, but which can also be removed in an instant. And should you have some windsurfing ambitions, there’s a spot on which you can attach a sail. The three oversized, 200mm wheels should do an easy job of absorbing road imperfections, and a hand-held braking system is available for those of you who prefer slowing down that way.
Getting your own Deska board will require a $390 early-bird pledge on their IndieGogo campaign.
[ Product Page ] AND [ IndieGogo ] VIA [ Gizmag ]
