How fast can you go on an electric “skateboard”? The new record is breathtaking

How fast can you go on an electric “skateboard”? The new record is breathtaking

Raine Kent is quite a respected figure in the Australian skateboarding community in particular. For more than a decade, he has been sharing some truly unforgettable footage of him riding his board with local fans.

The fastest electric skateboard

And just by pure coincidence, he is also a mechanical engineer by training and an avid fan of electric mobility. So it was only a matter of time before he came up with his own electric skateboard.

At this point, he has even designed a few of them and is even trying to fill an imaginary empty space in the Australian market with them, reports Electrek. And because he’s also a racer in body and soul, he’s constructed a special with which he’s attempting to break the world speed record.

He summed up the result as follows, “I love the feeling that skateboarding gives you. I started my career in downhill racing and climbing hills at speed or in a sharp glide and now I’ve moved on to e-skateboarding. The speed, the adrenaline, the rush – I love it. It was very scary but exciting at the same time and it was good to achieve something I’ve dreamed of for so long.”

World record moved up by a steamer

Just to add, until Australan’s successful attempt, the maximum speed reached was 95 km/h. Kent managed not only to beat it, but to push the new bar quite a bit further. The meter stopped at 132.37 km/h (82.25 mph). This record is also already in the Guinness Book of World Records.

In conclusion, we would just like to add that under the auspices of the Perth-based company Raith, the winning piece is available to the general public as part of the subsequent series production. If you’re interested, you can have it for around $3500.

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