Technabob » tony hawk http://technabob.com/blog Cool Gadgets, Gizmos, Games and Geek Stuff Sun, 27 May 2012 20:00:08 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Tony Hawk Tries to Ride Skateboard With 630hp V8 http://technabob.com/blog/2010/12/06/tony-hawk-v8-skateboard/ http://technabob.com/blog/2010/12/06/tony-hawk-v8-skateboard/#comments Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:13:52 +0000 Shane McGlaun http://technabob.com/blog/?p=44463 If you have never driven in a vehicle that had a lot of power under foot you might not know hard it is to keep a car in a straight line if you take off fast. I am not talking the 200hp V6 your mom’s car has. I am talking about cars with over 500hp. I can only imagine the level of dead I would be if I were to try to ride this crazy 630hp V8-powered skateboard.

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The board was designed for an appearance Tony Hawk did in Australia. Apparently, the builders speed limited the thing so Hawk would survive the day and not ruin their event by dying. That thing looks like a death trap on wheels. Here’s a video of the skateboard being built (without Tony on it):

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I can’t even ride a normal skateboard without cracking my ass half off. Put a seat and a steering wheel on this thing though and we could go carting. That would be cool.

[via Jalopnik]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2010/12/06/tony-hawk-v8-skateboard/feed/ 0 Tony Hawk $50 Helmet Cam http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/20/tony-hawk-50-helmet-cam/ http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/20/tony-hawk-50-helmet-cam/#comments Sat, 20 Jan 2007 14:21:53 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/20/tony-hawk-50-helmet-cam/ The Tony Hawk Helmet Cam is designed for skate punks who want to record their faceplants and other smooth moves for posterity.

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The little camera straps onto any helmet and can be aimed with a laser-targeting system. Press one button, and it’ll record your hijinx onto an SD memory card (the cam includes an anemic 32MB card, but memory cards are cheap these days). Resolution isn’t thrilling at a maximum 640×480, but what do you expect for 50 bucks? The camera also has a built in microphone to record sound and can transfer videos to your PC via the helmet cam’s USB port.

I can’t wait to get one of these and strap it to my cat.

[via Video Thing]

]]> http://technabob.com/blog/2007/01/20/tony-hawk-50-helmet-cam/feed/ 2 Video of New Tony Hawk Title for Wii (Unimpressed) http://technabob.com/blog/2006/08/05/video-of-new-tony-hawk-title-for-wii/ http://technabob.com/blog/2006/08/05/video-of-new-tony-hawk-title-for-wii/#comments Sat, 05 Aug 2006 23:38:09 +0000 Technabob http://technabob.com/blog/2006/08/05/video-of-new-tony-hawk-title-for-wii/ YouTube demoing Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam for the Nintendo Wii…. While the game doesn’t look terrible, I have to say it’s time to retire this whole franchise. There’s really nothing innovative here, and the whole thing kinda smells like a poor cousin of]]> There’s a video floating around on YouTube demoing Tony Hawk’s Downhill Jam for the Nintendo Wii. While the game doesn’t look terrible, I have to say it’s time to retire this whole franchise. There’s really nothing innovative here, and the whole thing kinda smells like a poor cousin of the SSX franchise. You be the judge…

P.S.: I’m hoping that’s a dev kit “wii-mote”, since it seems to have a cord attached, and also seems oddly small compared to earlier images of the device.

[via Joystiq]

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