Amazing 3D Print Skateboard!

A very creative UK artist, Sam Abbott realized a 3D Print Skateboard in 2013. Check this YouTube video that shows how he did it! (Looks like a Mac and Chesse skateboard to me 😉 !)

More YouTube links:

Link1  &  Link2

Also, you can find a full article at visualnews.com

 

 

Military exercise with a skateboard!

USMC_with_a_skateboard_en.wikipedia.org

 

Photo from: en.wikipedia.org

I found this 1999 photo while I was surfing on Internet and it looked odd so I clicked on the link to get more info;

“Photo of U.S. Marine, LCPL Chad Codwell, from Baltimore, Maryland, with Charlie Company 1st Battalion 5th Marines during military exercise “Urban Warrior ’99”, in March 1999. He carries an experimental urban combat skateboard which is being used for maneuvering inside buildings in order to detect tripwires and sniper fire.

This mission is in direct support of Urban Warrior ’99. Location: OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA (CA) UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (USA) Camera Operator: LCPL CHRISTOPHER L. VALLEE Date Shot: 16 Mar 1999

LCPL CHRISTOPHER L. VALLEEDefense Visual Information Center/US Department of Defense

JPG Image information as recorded by the Defense Visual Information Center: Released to Public ID: DMSD0002959 Service Depicted: Marines 990316M7910V007 Operation / Series: URBAN WARRIOR `99

License details

PD-LAYOUT; PD-USGOV.”