Has there ever been a product as paradoxical as an electric skateboard? After all, the price and concept can intimidate any amateur, and yet it's this group that would get the biggest benefit out of ...

When it was announced, the ZBoard was claimed to be the first weight-sensing electric skateboard. Riders lean forward on it to accelerate and back to brake. Now, a new version of the board has been ...

The guys at ZBoard made quite the splash at SXSW Interactive earlier this week -- riding an electric skateboard around the streets and conference halls of Austin will get you all sorts of attention, ...

I’m something of an electric skateboard veteran. Last year at CES I rode the Board of Awesomeness, an electric skateboard that uses a Kinect and a Windows 8 tablet to function. This year at CES I had ...

Laying claim to being the "world's first weight-sensing electric skateboard," the ZBoard delivers up to 400 watts of motor power via a simple, lean-and-go interface. The result is that riders will get ...

Though compact and convenient, as far as human-powered transport goes, skateboards are gallingly susceptible to gravity. Steep inclines mean you’re either hoofing it uphill or carefully braking to ...

Ready to bring the second generation of ZBoards to the market, San Fransisco entrepreneurs Ben Forman and Geoff Larson have launched a crowdfunding campaign on Indiegogo for the ZBoard 2. Originally ...

There is nothing new about an electric skateboard (you can pick one up today at Sears or Toys ‘R’ Us), but the founders of ZBoard have come up with an innovative way to make electric mobility safe and ...

I spent the better part of my youth on a skateboard. For me, it was less a mode of transportation than a way to regularly introduce my body to the pavement. Now, as an adult, most of my traveling ...

Electric scooters and Segways are both legitimate forms of transportation, but they’re just so dorky looking. A new product called the ZBoard from Intuitive Motion might save the genre, with a ...

We have all seen electric-powered skateboards before, but none quite like the Zboard. This electric deck's trumpcard is its weight and size, making it the first properly practical and portable ...