I saw no skateboards, and I watched this 10 times.

Whatever @ eric3579>> ^siftbot:

Video cannot be declared a dupe of the specified video - ignoring dupeof request by Norsuelefantti.

Also, if your sift url ends with -1 it's propably a dupe...

so *dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Girls-and-Skateboards

Now check this: http://videosift.com/video/Pass-that-magic-skateboard

Ya know there are tons of good female boarders rather than just models that are good at watching boys skateboard. How is this any different than a Beer ad that says if you drink our beer girls will like you?

I think this product will be for some, but not all. Oh look, I won your little debate.

>> ^FlowersInHisHair:

>> ^spoco2:
>> ^brycewi19:
>> ^spoco2:
'How to get that last mile to your destination?' Um... how about walking?
I mean, this thing is pretty damn cool, but come on people, walking a mile is actually a GOOD thing, not something to be avoided.
All the houses we've bought as a family I've mandated it had to be a 'good walk' away from the nearest train station so I can get me some daily exercise. A couple of kms each way each day does you a world of good. A lot moreso than standing on a powered board would.
Still, if it gets people out of cars, it's a net win.

I would maintain that there a lot of people who are going to work, just getting off the train or bus and still have a mile or two to go who don't necessarily want to be sweating in their work clothes before they get to their job.
My guess is that there are enough people who already showered, did their make-up or whatever, and still want to look good without looking like they just had their second morning workout.

If someone gets sweaty and dishevelled from just walking a mile, then I think they need that walking more than they realise

Or they live in a hot place? Ever walked a mile in NYC in August?

>> ^spoco2:

>> ^brycewi19:
>> ^spoco2:
'How to get that last mile to your destination?' Um... how about walking?
I mean, this thing is pretty damn cool, but come on people, walking a mile is actually a GOOD thing, not something to be avoided.
All the houses we've bought as a family I've mandated it had to be a 'good walk' away from the nearest train station so I can get me some daily exercise. A couple of kms each way each day does you a world of good. A lot moreso than standing on a powered board would.
Still, if it gets people out of cars, it's a net win.

I would maintain that there a lot of people who are going to work, just getting off the train or bus and still have a mile or two to go who don't necessarily want to be sweating in their work clothes before they get to their job.
My guess is that there are enough people who already showered, did their make-up or whatever, and still want to look good without looking like they just had their second morning workout.

If someone gets sweaty and dishevelled from just walking a mile, then I think they need that walking more than they realise

Or they live in a hot place? Ever walked a mile in NYC in August?

>> ^brycewi19:

>> ^spoco2:
'How to get that last mile to your destination?' Um... how about walking?
I mean, this thing is pretty damn cool, but come on people, walking a mile is actually a GOOD thing, not something to be avoided.
All the houses we've bought as a family I've mandated it had to be a 'good walk' away from the nearest train station so I can get me some daily exercise. A couple of kms each way each day does you a world of good. A lot moreso than standing on a powered board would.
Still, if it gets people out of cars, it's a net win.

I would maintain that there a lot of people who are going to work, just getting off the train or bus and still have a mile or two to go who don't necessarily want to be sweating in their work clothes before they get to their job.
My guess is that there are enough people who already showered, did their make-up or whatever, and still want to look good without looking like they just had their second morning workout.


If someone gets sweaty and dishevelled from just walking a mile, then I think they need that walking more than they realise

>> ^spoco2:

'How to get that last mile to your destination?' Um... how about walking?
I mean, this thing is pretty damn cool, but come on people, walking a mile is actually a GOOD thing, not something to be avoided.
All the houses we've bought as a family I've mandated it had to be a 'good walk' away from the nearest train station so I can get me some daily exercise. A couple of kms each way each day does you a world of good. A lot moreso than standing on a powered board would.
Still, if it gets people out of cars, it's a net win.


I would maintain that there a lot of people who are going to work, just getting off the train or bus and still have a mile or two to go who don't necessarily want to be sweating in their work clothes before they get to their job.
My guess is that there are enough people who already showered, did their make-up or whatever, and still want to look good without looking like they just had their second morning workout.

...or dont be a pussy, buy a conventional longboard and just push it with those leg things attached to your waist. or just walk like spoco suggests. 1 mile is like a 20 min brisk walk and its good cardio. It looks like a cool toy, but I'm not buying this "future of personal transportation" bs, especially since their market basically seems to be people who will already have a longboard/skateboard and might just prefer the exercise.

*dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Wakeboarding-Skateboarding-Wakeskating

This video has been declared a duplicate by the original submitter; transferring votes to the original video and killing this dupe - dupeof declared by mintbbb.

http://videosift.com/video/Wakeboarding-Skateboarding-Wakeskating

Wakeboarding + Skateboarding = self-circumcision.

Ah, very nice. Thanks for the insight!
In reply to this comment by lucky760:
That's because the search engine recognizes that each is a different tense of the same verb. You can also search "skater saving" and it will match.

Skater is semantically related to, but a wholly different noun than skate.


In reply to this comment by luxury_pie:
But why does "saves" work? The title only contains "saved"
In reply to this comment by lucky760:
>> ^luxury_pie:

dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Skater-Saved-By-Backpack
Very weird: "backpack skate" reveals nothing "backpack saves" reveals the original. @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://lucky760.videosift.com" title="member since May 2nd, 2006" class="profilelink"><strong style="color:#0044ff">lucky760 what's up?


To our search engine, "skate" does not match "skater" and "skate" by itself is not used in the post. If you search "backpack skater" it comes up.

That's because the search engine recognizes that each is a different tense of the same verb. You can also search "skater saving" and it will match.

Skater is semantically related to, but a wholly different noun than skate.


In reply to this comment by luxury_pie:
But why does "saves" work? The title only contains "saved"
In reply to this comment by lucky760:
>> ^luxury_pie:

dupeof=http://videosift.com/video/Skater-Saved-By-Backpack
Very weird: "backpack skate" reveals nothing "backpack saves" reveals the original. @<a rel="nofollow" href="http://lucky760.videosift.com" title="member since May 2nd, 2006" class="profilelink"><strong style="color:#0044ff">lucky760 what's up?


To our search engine, "skate" does not match "skater" and "skate" by itself is not used in the post. If you search "backpack skater" it comes up.