Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
Instructables user wolfsshade used hardware store parts to make this homemade ripstik (a center-swiveling skateboard). Looks nice, like more of a skateboard than futuristic hovercraft.
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The Ripstik Caster Board continues to dominate the urban landscape as THE Skateboard alternative… or is it Snowboarding on cement? The inclined caster trucks and pivoting deck provide a magic carpet like glide over concrete without pushing!
Choose among unique deck colors: Blue, Silver, Green, Red and Pink.
No Wonder the RipStik® Caster Board was awarded Outdoor Toy of the Year.
Becky Stern is a Content Creator at Autodesk/Instructables, and part time faculty at New York’s School of Visual Arts Products of Design grad program. Making and sharing are her two biggest passions, and she's created hundreds of free online DIY tutorials and videos, mostly about technology and its intersection with crafts. Find her @bekathwia on YouTube/Twitter/Instagram.
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The Ripstik Caster Board continues to dominate the urban landscape as THE Skateboard alternative… or is it Snowboarding on cement? The inclined caster trucks and pivoting deck provide a magic carpet like glide over concrete without pushing!
Choose among unique deck colors: Blue, Silver, Green, Red and Pink.
No Wonder the RipStik® Caster Board was awarded Outdoor Toy of the Year.