| There are many skateboarders who continue to have | | | | use in all types of weather conditions and surfaces. |
| a lot of fun pushing along a basic skateboard and | | | | These skateboards are more expensive but they can |
| competing with their friends in outrageous stunts to | | | | be easily carried by hand and because they are |
| impress. Indications are the skateboard as we know it | | | | propelled by a small engine it makes traveling uphill a |
| will always be popular with a segment of the | | | | breeze for skateboarders. |
| population who will always find them more exciting and | | | | These days, a skateboarder flying along on a dirt |
| trendy than a bicycle for example because they are | | | | surfer at speed with cap turned backwards is now |
| easy to carry, relatively cheap to buy and can be | | | | becoming more common as these new wave |
| conveniently stored away in a corner of a garage or | | | | motorized skateboard hits shop shelves and is made |
| under a bed. With rapid improvements in technology | | | | available for sale by online manufacturers. |
| and new materials coming on stream the common | | | | A skateboard rolling downhill can get up to a scary |
| skateboard has followed the path of other motorized | | | | speed and needs to be handled with a degree of |
| inventions over the years such as the motorized | | | | experience and care or they can be the cause of |
| scooter and bicycle. | | | | injury, sometimes serious, if a rider comes to grief at |
| To keep up with the times, some skateboard | | | | speed. Because of the break-neck speeds these |
| manufacturers are now meeting the demands of | | | | boards can get up to it is advisable to have some |
| extreme sportspeople and thrill seeking skateboarders | | | | basic experience on a skateboard before riding the |
| by producing a motorized skateboard for all-terrain | | | | motorized model. A crash helmet should always be |
| use. These skateboards often called all-terrain | | | | worn and children discouraged from riding them for |
| motorized skateboards or dirt surfers are modified for | | | | their own safety. |