Dude, Check Out My Curve Extreme Skateboard! That's a Sick K-Grind!

Dude, check out my skateboard! The Curve Extreme Sport concept looks like taken from the MotoGP environment, or Formula 1 track, thanks to a pair of professional-like tires that actually taper on both their ends.
Someone used to say that a skateboard stands not only for lifestyle, a popular sport, but is also an art.

There is no definitive origin or inventor of the skateboard. One hypothesis is that skateboards showed up in the 1940s and 1950s, when children used to participate in soapbox car races, using soap-boxes attached to wooden planks on roller skate wheels. When the soap-box detached from the plank, children would ride these primitive "skateboards". Creepy, huh?

As any other sports device, the skateboard has evolved since the first mass-produced models in the 1960s. If in the past the boards often used to take the shape of a surfboard, with no concavity and were constructed of solid wood or plastic at all, after that the wheels were usually made of a clay composite, or steel and the trucks (axles) were less sturdy and initially of a 'single-action' design compared to today's 'double-action'.

But the Curve extreme Sports is a concept that hopes to create a new sport. The design features a pair of Motor GP-inspired tires that taper on both ends to allow its rider to make cool sharp turns during hi-speed Wilsons, or down-hill race. And since the angles of the tires are drafted ones, the contact point is said to be a minimal one, so the rider can skateboard with a minimal friction, meaning the speed, as well as greater agility.

The contact point with the ground is said to be minimal, therefore, it reduces the friction and increases the agility for riders to make sharp and crisp turns. To make a simple turn, the user simply has to lean toward either side.

Compared to the traditional skateboards that have four wheels, this one has only two, so it was designed to move in a line. The designer, Gary Chang is known for creating the tile-modular lighting system. There is no word about the Curve Extreme Sports availability and pricing details for the time being.

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