What budget board would you bye?

Indeed....and now I play the waiting game

Kickstarter is over, but you can still buy them through their online store.

BLINK

Earliest shipping is the end of Jan for the cheapest version of their new range.

They're flogging their old Blink Lite for only $250 at the moment though.

Blink Lite

Not sure if it's any good, there seemed to be a few okay reviews when it came out last summer at about $500 retail originally. You can find some if you google.

It's worth noting that these aren't really longboards though, more electric skateboards. Much shorter wheelbase than the Evolve boards.

 

Got a link?

 

Holy boosted board clone! Funny little easter egg too about the speed.

Looks pretty darn good for the price



I'd not heard of them before, they been around long?

 

Okay, I've just been checking out the Yuneec electric skateboard.

So just to clarify, the Yuneec skateboard seems to be sold by a company called e-go, who is completely unaffiliated with the MASSIVE Yuneec Drone and aerospace company who got £60M worth of investment from Intel last year?

That sounds a bit suspect, riding on the coattails of giants for brand recognition perhaps? Surprised they've not been done for trademark infringement...although if they are both Chinese companies, they probably don't give a ****.

EDIT: Oh wait, so it is Yuneec, the massive drone company!

Sorry, got that completely wrong, their skateboard brand is e-go. I got confused because they don't list the E-Go brand or any kind of skateboard on their product list on the main Yeneec home page. Can't seem to find any other links to it from the main home page either, which is a bit odd.

However on the e-go site

 

Interesting, must be a new market for them if they haven't even updated their main website and their wikipedia page only lists their aircraft as products.

Yuneec International - Wikipedia

What's your blog?

 

Nice blog post mate, seems like you've managed to highlight a few lesser well known boards there that still deserve a shot for the price. Sounds like you've been a long boarder for quite a while, so some good riding experience behind you to lend credibility to the reviews, nice one

 

hmmm interesting at the gadget show last year the Yuneec drone stand also had what they said was their electric e-go skateboard. So they must be linked in some way. Another side note the owner of the stand brought an Evolve!!

 

Hahaha! No way! I remember browsing all the stands at the gadget show really intently and I'd never even heard of Yuneec.

I was all about the DJI, then I found out on the day (and even more so later on) that apparently Yuneec are massive in the professional drone market. I didn't see their skateboard though. Spoke to the rep for ages about their drone, until my professional photographer friend convinced me not to buy any drone whatsover because the the loops you need to jump through over here to use them legally in the UK.

I think it must be you mate, everyone who encounters you just gets converted to Evolve, definitely a perfect combo of you and the product.

I was all about Boosted, then I met you and I was like, "I'll take one Evolve please, good sir!"

Then you talked the Yuneec rep and he takes one off you, then you talk to the Inboard rep and convince them too

Absolutely crazy

 

I agree, definitely a crossover category.

All the R&D on electric motors and wireless communication tech lends itself incredibly well towards electric skateboards...

GoPro could even get in on the action, although their drone was a flop, so I'd be more interested to check out a DJI skateboard.