John Gilmour Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 I was in Cerritos California yesterday looking at Aluminum extrusion machines and I met the owner of Razor scooters Carlton Calvin. He and I started talking about wheels and bearings..and before you knew it we were having lunch- which after 4 hours of conversation turned into dinner with his CFO. I had slalom gear in my car and set up a slalom course for him to see in the Razor parking lot. After they were stoked by my skating I took the newest prototype Razor scooter with a super cool looking spring steel type truck (looks like leaf suspension Springs..) that changes geometry with lean and downforce. After about 6 runs I was able to do 4 cones per second down the steep hill. At 7:30 Am today I met with their team coordinator and was signed to a $190,000 two year contract to ride their newest Razors exclusively and become part of their design team with a possible extension for another 3 years at a whooping 95K per year with profit sharing! I however as part of this contract as if today, I can no longer do any other action sports such as skateboarding, snowboarding, kiteboarding, etc.. while under contract. I hope to be able to advance these scooters to introduce people to a higher quality scooter that... in the best scenario, will lead to more people skateboarding and snowboarding. They even have a motorized division! Can we say....it's ON! Good bye stupid Segways! These will be faster- cheaper and have similar servos. Here is a prototype being tested on a skateboard. http://sites.google.com/site/onewheeledselfbalancing/Home/twin-wheel-self-balancing-skateboard-lightweight-version Sorry for those students I have taught over the years..I can still video coach you. The max contract is 5 years --so see everyone back on snow in 2016 at the latest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlueB Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Edit: Never mind... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emdee406 Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Happy April 1st... Good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nekdut Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 So I take it you no longer need those boots? ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 wow I was half way into that great story when the date dawned on me:lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Houghton Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 C'mon John, no way you'd quit boarding for such a pittance.....otherwise a good April Fool's joke. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjnakata Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 Rats! I was hoping for lessons from the master. I do have 2 nice condition Razor's in the garage that I'd be willing trade (straight up!) your now useless pair of 158's. LMK when you'll be by to pick them up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big D Posted April 1, 2011 Report Share Posted April 1, 2011 :lol::lol::lol: that was good...ha ha ha Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dano Posted April 2, 2011 Report Share Posted April 2, 2011 I was buying it...but then again I bought the rights to the carve loop video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Petrol Posted April 5, 2011 Report Share Posted April 5, 2011 I was buying it...but then again I bought the rights to the carve loop video. :lol: ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gcarve Posted April 8, 2011 Report Share Posted April 8, 2011 Ok, either this was a great April fools joke, or we have a real honest to god pro Razor rider in our midst. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted April 18, 2011 Report Share Posted April 18, 2011 Aw you cheeky bastard. I actually fell for it. Sheesh. :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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