If you live in a big city like Los Angeles, chances are you’ve seen someone riding a Boosted board, usually zipping through traffic and looking like a total stud while doing it. Launching one of the most successful kick starter campaigns to date, the founders of Boosted had the idea to put a motor on a skateboard and have that motor be controlled by a remote…eliminating the need to push like on a conventional skateboard. Founders John Ulmen, Sanjay Dastoor, and Matt Tran all met at Stanford University’s engineering programming, all with hopes to invent something that would change the world. Together they envisioned a future where people would opt for an alternative form of transportation that would actually add joy to people’s daily lives. John Ulmen loved cruising around campus on his long board skateboard, but he was tired of pushing around and being all sweaty by the time he got to class each day. On top of that, for Ulmen to get places in a timely manner, he would have to push constantly, even up hills, thus tiring him out even more. Being the creative engineer Ulmen was, he built a motor for his long board skateboard that was controlled by a handheld remote control used for RC cars. Now with a working prototype, Ulmen constantly got stopped on the side walk by people wondering what the heck he was riding. He would always tell them his problem, but after awhile, all the hype his prototype got in the streets gave him an idea. Noticing its success, Ulmen teamed up with the other founders to make this product a real thing. With an inspiring promotional video, they were able to launch an extremely successful kick starter campaign, and are now selling out of boosted boards left and right. With advances in their product’s design and performance, Boosted is slowly changing the way pedestrians travel.
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This idea was a great bridge idea between a regular skateboard and an electric scooter. Due to the fact the skateboard, when mobile, all one needs to do is stand and turn; while riding a scooter can be more of a pain due to the fact that you need to have both hands available to control direction. This idea really changed the way pedestrians can travel within the cities.
I like this idea, I’d love to ride a boosted board around it sounds like a lot of fun. I think this product could become the next transportation fascination, RIP heelys. Hopefully traffic regulations regarding these boards will not be extraordinarily strict.
This is a brilliant idea. I myself love to skate but hate how sweaty you get when you use it to go far distances. I personally would love to try this product and I think it is a highly innovative spin on a traditional idea.
I think this is a very good idea even though I have no been into skateboarding. Especially with the trend of scooters coming back and becoming more popular, atleast on Grove City Campus I think this really could go somewhere, especially with how it has a motor. I can see this being the hot item for teens to want this on Christmas.
This product makes skating less strenuous and it makes traveling faster than a normal skateboard. This is an awesome idea I’d love to try it.
I love the Boosted movement. As a college student it can be very hard to own a car, pay insurance, and gas, and take care of it. With the electric scooter and skateboard movement students no longer have to worry about those other costs. These innovative new modes of transport can still get up to 20mph or so and range from 10 to 20ish miles. Plenty of juice to get to the store and back in a reasonable amount of time. I love everything about these electric skateboards.
Honestly, these are so cool! I’ve seen people use these before around cities and even in the airport in France. It seems like an effective way to get around and also looks super cool.