@joshconstine @rrhoover Heyo - ZBoard Co-Founder Ben here. IMO this trend of "Rideables" is the result of a few things: 1) Car ownership going down. City living going up. There is a ton of data on this. Bike ownership, car sharing, Uber - lots of products that help people get around a city without a car are seeing massive growth. 2) The rise of crowdfunding Since we ran our first Kickstarter project back in 2012 there have been 10+ electric skateboards on Kickstarter not to mention a handful of awesome scooters, rocket skates, and more. 3) Ali Baba growing into a beast Ali Baba makes it so much easier for hobbyists to take their one-off projects and look at volume pricing for certain parts like motors and motors. 4) Drones taking off The massive growth of the DIY and off-the-shelf drone industries have driven the quality of Lithium batteries up and prices down. The Rideables industry greatly benefits from this. I may be drinking the kool-aid but in general I think this industry is just scratching the surface. These products are going to be so good in five years - I can't wait to see them.

@joshconstine @rrhoover The real products here are symptoms of electrical engineering innovation and the beauty of Moore's law. What's crazy is that this growth took place while cargo ships decreased from 25 knots to 14 knots to save fuel within the past 5 years. I have no idea how Ali-baba is able to supply motors at such a quick rate. It's nuts.

@tchae Good to hear from you! You we're absolutely flying in Vegas. I was a bit worried at first but I had forgotten that you were a Pro on Z1. You're going to love Z2.

@radiofreejohn I'm terrible on skateboard, and riding the zboard is easy. It's super fun and has almost no learning curve at all.

@radiofreejohn Check out this pretty funny video of a bunch of first time skateboarders trying the ZBoard out. They picked it up pretty quick!