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Orbitwheels, One Wheel For Each Foot

By Action Isle • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Featured

Who knew something so simple could be so much fun. With one foot inside of each wheel, the wheels of the Orbitwheel will spin around your feet. To move on the Orbitwheel, just move your legs back and forth. You can get creative with your own tricks and maneuvers, as they are all possible on [...]



Three Wheeled Electric Skateboard

By Action Isle • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Boards, Motorized

It’s called the Electric Scorpion and it is a three wheeled electric skateboard. Why three wheels? This electric skateboard has the one wheel in the front powered by the motor, making it more efficient than 4 wheeled electric skateboards that only have one wheel on one side powered by the motor. The [...]



Monowheel Cycle

By Action Isle • May 6th, 2008 • Category: Cycles

Monowheel cycles are something different.  With your basic bicycle, riders get “on” and ride, but with a monowheel, the rider gets “in,”  and sits inside of one giant wheel.
While monowheel cycles are definitely something to look at, their is much to be improved in the monowheel world. In the cycle contest, the bicycle still wins over the [...]



Mountainboard - A Large Wheeled Off Road Skateboard

By Action Isle • May 2nd, 2008 • Category: Boards

With skateboarding you are confined to hard surfaces. Sticks, rocks, cracks, and even small holes are mortal enemies to the skateboard. The wheels of a skateboard just can’t handle them.

If you want to experience off road skateboarding at it’s finest, check out a mountainboard. Also sometimes referred to as an all-terrain board, [...]