Ukujonga i-Skateboard yombane? Sizamile u-Acton's Blink Series kwi-NYC

Kungabo 11:00 PM ebusuku. Ndidiniwe. Ndisele iziselo ezininzi. Ndiphume esitishini sikaloliwe esingumgama ohamba imizuzu eyi-15 ukusuka kwindlu yam. Ndibeka i-skateboard phantsi, ndiyivule kwaye ndiyivumele nje ukuba indibuyisele endaweni yam kumandla eemoto ezakhelwe emavilini ayo. Ngezibane ezikhanya macala onke ngaphantsi kwayo, kulula ukuba abafana abahamba bejikeleza iBed-Stuy babone ukuba andikhweli ibhodi yokutyibilika yomntakwenu omncinci.

Abanye abantu bayakhala, Hee, skateboard! Andimhoyi. Ndijolise angawi. Akuhambi ngokukhawuleza okukhulu, kodwa andikhange ndime kwizinto ezininzi zezi zinto. Kukho ikona endifuna ukuyijika kungekudala. Ndiqinisekile kuphela ukuba ndiyayazi indlela yokuyithatha.

Ithiyori ngasemva kwezikhuseli zebhodi yombane imalunga nokufika emsebenzini okanye ukudibana nabahlobo kwishedyuli yakho ngaphandle kokusebenza ukubila okukhulu kunokuba kungokuhambisa umbhali onxilileyo ekhaya, kodwa ayisiyondlela endikhethe ngayo ukuthatha uhambo lwam lokuqala ndedwa. Olu yayiluvavanyo lokwenyani lobomi, ukusuka kubomi bam bokwenyani. I-Acton's Blink S Skateboard isebenza.UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

Ukujikeleza izixeko kunokuba bummer. Yiyo loo nto kulungile ukuba neendlela ezininzi zokwenza oko. Olunye uhambo luthatha indlela engaphantsi. Abanye bathatha iskateboard sombane.

Ndiye previoulsy ndijongile Iibhodi zeBlink kunye neBhodi ekhuthazwayo, kodwa le ntatheli ayisiyena skateboarder onamava. Olo vavanyo olulinganiselweyo alundixelelanga kakhulu malunga namava okukhwela ujikeleze isiqwenga somthi kunye neenjini ezantsi.

UActon, abenzi bakaBlink, bacebise ukuba ndibolekise ngeebhodi zabo ezimbalwa ukuzama ixesha ebomini. Bathumele i IBlink S ($ 699) kunye Qhwanyaza S2 ($ 999). Ndichithe ixesha elininzi impelaveki enye nabo kwaye ke ndizamile nokuzisebenzisa ukuhamba kancinci.

Nantsi into yam. I-Acton's Blink S ibonisa ibhetri yayo, ihleli phezu kweBlink S2.UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

Ukujonga kwakhona: zisebenza njani iibhodi

Izikhuseli zebhodi zombane zilawulwa ngolawulo olukude umsebenzisi aphethe ngesandla. Zombini isilawuli kunye nebhodi ngokwayo kufuneka ivulwe kwaye icinywe ngaphambi kokuba bakhweliswe ngamandla.

I-Blinks zisebenzisa i-hub motors, oko kuthetha ukuba amandla avela ngaphakathi kwevili. Livili elinye kuphela elinamandla kwiBlink S kwaye amabini anayo kwi-S2.

Iihubhu nazo zineziqhoboshi ezihlaziya, ukuze abasebenzisi bayeke ngaphandle kokubeka iinyawo emhlabeni (kodwa xa ulinde kwisibane sokumisa uya kuthi usafuna). Ivili elikude liphethe injini ye-hub enye ye-Blink S. Kukhe kwenzeka nangodada.UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

Abanini banokutshintsha useto kunye namandla apheleleyo ebhodini yabo besebenzisa iapps yasimahla evela kuActon edibanisa ngeBluetooth.

Ukuzonwabisa

Ngexesha lokuqala ndikhwele enye yezi skateboard, bendineBlink S ebekwe kwimowudi yokuqala. Yindawo elungileyo ukuqala, kodwa iyacotha kakhulu akuba umntu ekhululeke kwaphela. Ndandihamba ngenyawo kancinci kancinci njengoko ndandiqala ukukhwela ndibuyele endlwini yam. Ngexesha elizayo xa ndikhwela kwenye, ndiyibeka njengesiqhelo. Ikwaqhubekile.

Uninzi lokukhwela endikwenzileyo kwezi bhodi zenzeke kwimpelaveki enye. Umhlobo wam u-Eric Blattberg, owaziyo ukutyibilika esixekweni, wabakhupha kunye nam. Ukuhamba ngenqwelomoya kancinci, ngokukhawuleza, ngaphandle kokutyhala waziva ungumlingo, wabhala kwi-imeyile. Ezi bhodi zenza ukuba uhlobo lokudweba okungapheliyo luhlala lugcinelwe i-snowboarding, okanye ngokungahambi ixesha elide ukwehla.

Eli yayilixesha lakhe lokuqala kwibhodi yokutyibilika yombane, kodwa watyibilika waya kweyona ndlela ikhawulezayo kwangoko. Sibakhwelisile ukuya epakini ekufutshane nendawo endikuyo empuma yeCrown Heights, eBrooklyn, indlela ebude be-Eastern Parkway, senze iluphu epheleleyo ngaphakathi eProspect Park saze safumana indawo ye-taco kwi-Flatbush. Waye kwiBlink S kwaye ibhetri yakhe ayizange inyuse induli kwicala elikude. Inoluhlu nje lweemayile ezisixhenxe. I-Acton Blink S kunye nomlawuli wayo.UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

U-Eric wakhwela endulini ende emva kokuba amandla eswelekile (bendicinga ukuba masivele sifike kuloliwe ongaphantsi, kodwa ebefuna ukuzama). Enye yeenzuzo zokuyilwa kweemoto zehabhu ngaphezulu kwebhanti yokuqhuba kukuba akukho kuchasana ukuba umntu kufuneke atshibilike ngenxa yebhetri efileyo. Oko kwathethi, ibhetri yongeza itoni yobunzima kuzo zombini iimodeli, nditsho nale incinci, ukuya kwindawo apho kungathandeki ukuyisebenzisa njengebhodi yesikeyiti eqhelekileyo, wabhala uBlattberg. Ikwangqongqo ngokupheleleyo. Amavili athambileyo athatha amaqhuma kunye neerubhi kwindlela yedolophu, kodwa ayinazo iindawo zokubonelela rhoqo entwasahlobo.

Ndihamba ngepaki kwi-S2 nangona kunjalo, enoluhlu lweemayile ezili-14. Ndiyikhwele inyuka inde kwicala elingasempuma leProspect Park. Apho ndandikho, ndikhwele ibhodi yokutyibilika, ndinyuka intaba ndingakhabe kwaphela. Bendidlula iimbaleki kunye nabahambi ngebhayisikile, ndoluka ngeenxa zonke nganye ngokuncika nje kancinci macala. Yayenye yezona zinto zimnandi endizenzileyo ngexeshana. Umbhaleli wakho wenza iBattery Park ibenomdla ngakumbi.UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

Elona candelo lindothusileyo lelokuba ndikhawuleze kangakanani ukukhululeka ngokuhamba ngokukhawuleza kwi-S2 (xa ndingakhwelanga kutrafikhi). Ixesha lam lokuqala kwi-S2, ndothuswa ngumahluko kumlawuli wayo. Bobabini abalawuli bajongeka ngokufanayo, kodwa ii-S2's ziya kutshixa isantya sayo ukuba uyityhalela phambili ngokwaneleyo. Oku kuthetha ukuba ekuhambeni kwexesha ungayibeka kumandla apheleleyo kwaye uyeke.

Kwimizamo yam yokuqala, ndakhawuleza ndalahleka ukuyilawula ndaza ndancamathela kwindawo yokuma. Ngethamsanqa, yayikhonjisiwe kwicala lodonga olukufuphi kwaye ayizange ifike kude kakhulu. Umfoti wethu, uKaitlyn, uzama ibhodi.UBrady Dale woBukele

Umbono wolawulo olunamathela kwisantya esiphezulu ubonakala ngathi uphambene, kodwa xa ndandibaleka ndijikeleza iProspect Park (eyindlela ende egudileyo engenazimoto nendawo enintsi yokuhambahamba ngeebhayisikile neembaleki), ndiyityhale yonke indlela kwaye ndiyishiye apho. Nokuba kwicala elisezantsi lokwehla, ndaziva ndilungile kwaye ndayiyeka nje. Ndiphule kancinci ndisiya ezantsi ukuzama nje, kodwa ndothuswa kukufumanisa ukuba kanye xa sele ndihambile, khange iphinde indoyikise ukuhamba ngokukhawuleza nangokukhawuleza.

Kubalulekile ukuba uqaphele ukuba ekwehleni ngendlela efanelekileyo, i-brake kwi-Blink S ayizukukwanela ukukuyeka. Abakhweli kufuneka bazi ukuba bazisebenzisa njani iinyawo zabo. Kwelinye icala, kwanele ukucotha ukwehla ukuze kungoyikisi kwi-n00b.

Omnye umhlobo wam ongumlingisi we-skater wazama kwaye wafumanisa ukuba ulawulo alunangxaki. Wayekhwele iBlink S, kwaye ndivuma kakhulu. Okumangalisayo kukuba, nangona inamandla ngakumbi, isilawuli seBlink S2 kubonakala ngathi sisebenza ngokutyibilikayo. Umlawuli we-Blink S naye wayenolibaziseko. Ngamanye amaxesha sasikhe siqhubele phambili kwaye kungabikho nto ibonakala ngathi yenzekile, ngoko ke ngethuku lemvelo sasiqhubela phambili. Ke xa imoto yayikhaba, yayiza kukhaba kakhulu. IBlink S kwiSithili seMali.UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

Ubomi bemihla ngemihla

Ukukhwela iiBlinks kwindlela egudileyo yepaki apho iimoto zivaliwe aziguqulelanga ngokulula ukuhamba eBrooklyn. Ngomso olandelayo, xa ndisebenzisa enye ukuya kwi-4 yeekhilomitha ukukhwela abantu ngeCawa, andizange ndizive ndikhululekile ngokupheleleyo. Kwakumnandi * ngaphezu kokuba kumnandi.

Ngenye imini, ndaye ndasebenza ebhodini, kwaye yacheba ixesha elifanelekileyo. Ndiyithathe ndaya nayo kwisikhululo sikaloliwe sesibini sikaloliwe ukusuka kwindawo yam, efumana uloliwe ocacileyo. Ke yajika uhambo lwam lwemizuzu eli-10 ukusuka estopini apho ndiphuma khona eManhattan ndikhwele imizuzu emihlanu. Kodwa igunya lokuhamba laseNew York linalo hoverboards ezingavumelekanga kwaye kwandenza ndanovalo lokuba elinye lamapolisa kwisikhululo esinezigaba kakhulu apho ndiphume ndiye kwiSithili seMali liyakusibona. Abahambi ngeenyawo endleleni.UBrady Dale woBukele

Nangona kunjalo, ndiyenzile kwakhona ukuzama ukuya kwesinye isitopu esikude kude nendlu yam, kumgca owahlukileyo endingazange ndizame ngaphambili. Uloliwe ungena ngokukhawuleza, kodwa inzuzo ilahleka ngohambo olude. I-skateboard yenza umahluko. Sekunjalo, kwandenza ndazibuza ukuba isithuthuthu se- $ 50 ngekhe ilunge kanye.

I-Blink S ayisihambi kude kangako ngaphandle kokufuna intlawulo, iyenza ingasebenzi, yithi, ukuhamba, uBlattberg wabhala. Ndiyavuma. Kwelinye icala, bahlawulisa ngokukhawuleza. Ukuba awukhathali ukuphatha itshaja ujikeleze nayo (inkulu, njengetshaja yeelaptop), inokusebenza ilungile. Okanye mhlawumbi uthenge itshaja yesibini ukushiya iofisi. Kwenzeka ntoni, iteksi?UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

I-non-skaters kufuneka ibukele ezinye iividiyo ze-YouTube kumatshini osisiseko webhodi, kuba kulula ukwenza uhlengahlengiso oluphambili olunceda ngokwenene. Ndiqinise iilori kwibhodi enye kwaye ziyenze ukuba iphathe ngcono kum (ndizenze zangqinelana neBlattberg).

Iibhodi ziza zixhotyiswe ngamatayara amakhulu, athambileyo, athabatha kakuhle iintanda kunye namaqhuma aseBrooklyn. Ukuqengqeleka epakini.UBrady Dale woBukele

Iingxaki

• Izibane. Zombini ezi bhodi zinezibane kuzo, kwaye izibane zihlala zikhanyisiwe ukuba ibhodi ivuliwe. Olu luphawu lokhuseleko, kodwa ndihlala ebumelwaneni apho kukho into emileyo, abadlulayo baya kuthetha nawe ngayo. Okuninzi. Igajethi itsala umdla ongafunekiyo ngokwaneleyo eyedwa, uBlattberg wabhala, kodwa kolunye uhambo lwaseBrooklyn, kwafuneka ndixolise malunga neshumi elinesibini labantwana, ekungafuneki ukuba ndinxibelelane nabo kwibhodi yam yesiqhelo.
• Umlawuli. Abalawuli ababonakali ngathi bathe tye ngokwaneleyo. Umlawuli we-Blink S wayebonakala ngathi ufuna ukwalathiswa ebhodini ukuze asebenze, kwaye kubonakala ngathi unolibaziseko. Zombini zinokusebenzisa ukucocwa ngakumbi xa kubanjwa iziqhoboshi kwaye zikhawulezisa. Kananjalo abalawuli banendlela yokubuyela umva, kodwa ukubuyela umva umsebenzisi usaqhubeka phambili emva kokutsiba iswitshi. Oku akuyenzi itoni yokuqonda ngokungathandabuzekiyo. Imisila yenkomo ifuna iiluphu ezinkulu. Isandla sam saphuka kwangoko.

  IBlink S2, endle.UKaitlyn Flannagan woMqwalaseli

• Ubunzima. Ukuthwala ezi bhodi kunzima ngenxa yobunzima, kwaye i-griptape yonakalisa ibhulukhwe. Ndizibonile iibhodi ezinezibambo ezakhelwe ngaphambili, kwaye oko kunokuba sengqiqweni kwezi. Nokuba yeyiphi na indlela, kuninzi ukujikeleza xa uhlala nabantu. Ndadibana nomhlobo wam omnye owayehamba ngeenyawo kwaye senza ukuhamba ngeProspect Heights kunye. Andikuthandi ukujongana nebhodi njengoko sihamba.
• Ixabiso. Ezi zinto ziyonwabisa kwaye ukuba bendinazo, ndiqinisekile ukuba ndingazisebenzisa. Ngaba oko kusebenzisa kuya kulifanele ixabiso leelaptop entsha enesidima nangona? Imayile yakho ingahluka.

Isiphelo

U-Acton uthi ezi bhodi zinokufundwa ngabantu abangatyibiliki, kwaye ndicinga ukuba kuyinyani. Ndivumela abantu abaninzi ukuba bazame xa ndibakhupha, kwaye ndabona abantu abangazange babe kwi-skateboard benza ngcono kunam, kwangoko.

Kukho indawo yokufunda, nangona kunjalo, ngakumbi ukuyisebenzisa esitratweni. I skaters ezintsha kufuneka zingene zilungele ukubonisa umonde. Kwelinye icala, aban skaters banamava badinwe kakhulu kukukhaba kwakhona banokuzithanda ngokwenene ezi motors.

Kwidolophu encinci okanye kwihlomela ledolophu, ezi bhodi zinokuba yindlela elungileyo yokuhamba, kodwa iNew York isenokungabi yindawo efanelekileyo. Kuya kuba kuhle ukucinga ukuba ezinye zehambo ezingenamsebenzi zomntu omnye emhlabeni zitshintshwe ngeebhodi zokutyibilika zombane. Kwikamva elizimeleyo lemoto, apho ukuqhuba ngoburharha kuye kwacwangciswa kude, ezi kunokuba yindlela eyonwabisayo yokuba abantu benze indlela yabo yokuya emsebenzini okanye yokuphuma edolophini.

Njengoko itekhnoloji isenza ngakumbi ukuphazamisa izitrato zedolophu, kuya kuba ngumdla ukubona ukuba olu hlobo lwemveliso luguquka njani. Isiphelo.UBrady Dale woBukele