"Every once in a while, somebody with an engineering degree tries to 'remake' skateboarding and we end up with another action sports novelty item."

-Lew

Mister Markman has proven himself chock full of gems relating to our childhood today, first with the heads-up regarding what's undoubtedly one of the most brilliant ad spots ever created, and now with a bit on the PUMGO, which eather sounds like a brand of knockoff soccer-clothing produced in Brazilian sweatshops or some sort of absurdist porn series. Maybe both. In actuality, it's a skateboard powered by the rider's back and forth motion. In an even more harsh actuality, even the Christian Science Monitor seems to think it's lame. Somewhere, a geek weeps.

Skateboarding gets a makeover [The Christian Science Monitor]

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