Several top secret research facilities in this country are creating the realities of
tomorrow today. These agencies, with help from hefty special interests slush funds.)
combine top inds and space age technology to visualize, analyze and realize the future
in a laboratory setting. Such amassed brain and machine power usually generates death
tools and corporate defense systems, but occasional consumer byproducts energe-from kitchen
Only recently has science begun to realize the experimental benefits of the skateboard.
Its riders' abilities to defy Newton's traditional gravitational hypothesis supports
fundamental principles of relativity and quantum mechanics. There has never been
substantial example of the chaos theppy at work. An inside source, speaking on the con
dition of anonymity, said it was not until 1H88, when a skater with a genius streak joined
a covert research tean, that scientists toyed with the theoretical peculiarities of the
skateboard and attempted to improve its simple design. When Skater X (not his nane) was
caught borrowing a prototype deck for a private test drive, he was brusquely dismissed.
Soon thereafter he died in a mysterious Tishing accident. Before his untimely denise.
however, Thrasher was able to obtain exclusive, conclusive proof of what might become the
BOARDS FUTURE
Investigative Report by Kurt Carlson
BLADERUNNER
When researchers learned the first
skateboard was possibly invented
when grandpa nailed his sister's
rollerskates to a plank, the logical step
was to update this concept to current
standards. By applying pioneer
concepts to modern technology,
designers hoped to gain a more
profound understanding of the laws
governing inconguous momentum.
DREADNOUGHT
What began as an inter-office game
to see who could cram the most
gadgets on a skateboard developed
into a full-fledged, government-
sponsored program. The project was
cancelled after a six-billion-dollar
budget over-run. Only one model was
produced of this future skate (first
pictured in the January 1990 issue. It
includes a cellular phone, computerized
navigational console, quadrophonic
DAT deck, 60 caliber/500 round-per-
second automatic rifle, mini-Stinger
launcher and a super-charged, nitro-
burning 6-speed overhead cam V8.
the
OVING
FLYING SLASHER
In a breakthrough that would make
Buck Rogers proud, Bray Aerospace
Incorporated principles of super-
conductivity, electromagnetism, solid
rocket fuel, Teflon and duct tape last
year to create the first "Pushless
Carriage. This amazing unit will
jump to an altitute of 75 feet at
speeds up to 120 mph Other
innovative features include the
board's ability to circle a bailed rider,
check vital signs and dial 911, F
necessary. FAA restrictions have so
far kept this product off the market.
XM-1b MOBILE
LAUNCH VEHICLE (prototype)
This all-terrain crawler was
originally designed as a scaled-
down version of a mobile desert
aircraft strip and command/control
outpost. The full-sized vehicle is
based on the original "Banzal" deck,
an industructable, potentially
deadly slice of aluminum. It will
withstand direct overhead bombing
and can plow through most barriers
Skateboard-sized working models
have reportedly been ridden by
unspecified US Marines in undis-
closed desert locations.
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