Sounds like it’s time for the development of a wheel material that can handle more than urethane can!
Metal 
Or maybe clay. Lol
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Maybe what is needed is some kind of reinforcement to the wheels. Sort of like steel belted radial tires. Clearly it’s time to re-engineer the skate wheel for ESK8 purposes. IMO
Are pneumatic tires allowed for setting this record?
Can u lay down. Can the board be as big as my front door.
I think just adding some fiberglass fabric in the wheel towards the inside would do a lot toward holding it.
Anyone who wants to try …(4) 200kv motors for 350$ Or use them on 6s, as apposed to 12s, and stay at 33mph
The record is 59 all those who don’t know. You can do that easily. I can’t but you can in your leather suit and full face helmet
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the pneumatic tires would hold up to the speed unlike the ones they used …prob could go faster and safer … I’ll be rooting you on if you do it …
Their wheel choice was horrible. There are many wheels in the downhill world that can handle those speeds. I guess they didn’t really have an option since they are using hub motors. The last I heard of those motors was when I was in the RC helicopter phase, basically they are used on huge helicopters to spin the rotors and have insane torque and speed.
Going fast in a straight line on perfect roads is not that hard and it does not make you a skilled skater. It’s being able to hold a line going downhill at speed that takes skills. I’d say anyone with basic long boarding experience can hit 40 mph in a straight line on perfect tarmac with protective gear. The board would have to be set up to avoid speed wobbles and the rider would need to have some balls.
I am not a pro rider by any means but I’d be stupid enough to try to break that speed in a straight line on perfect tarmac with my suit and full face helmet. The wheels would have to be bigger, board set up would have to be to my liking, and the tarmac would have to be perfect. The 2nd or 3rd time I got on a long board in my teenage years I went on a slight hill that got me up to 30 mph and this was without any gear, so that was way dumber than attempting to go fast in a straight line in a controlled environment with appropriate gear.
I wonder if anyone here can build a board that could go faster. I do think record will be broken, officially or unofficially.
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It is any easy record to break as you say. A nice round number of 60. I’m surprised it’s so low considering he’s done I think 80something as the regular downhill record.
With protective gear he even showed if you go down you can get right back up. Don’t try to roll but slide it out.
If I had the board set up and the gear and the space to do it I couldn’t help but try. Sounds fun.
I believe the the (4) 200kv motors I have could do it and am dying to get them in the hands of someone who really wants to try. Someone who simply has a good leather suit and full face helmet and the desire. 350$ for four motors if ur really thinking about it. Just need 4 vescs and not even a big battery. Probably the easiest cheapest way to get in the Guinness book without doing something gross or retarded
Sponsor me and ill do it.
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At 350 for four motors consider yourself sponsored.
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Complete Rigid: ~$120 4x VESC: ~$350 4x HummieHubs: $350 2x 12s 5Ah Batteries + Charger: ~$100-150 Wired Nunchuck (for Reliability): ~$5
So really, you need a lot more money to do this. Safety gear too. Plus renting out a tarmac.
If the community sets a bounty for setting a new record by 5-10mph, I’ll consider it if I would break even.
Where do you get those prices for VESC?
If you are willing o wait a few months, Enertion sells them with discounts (the more you buy). Pairs sell for $180, so two would be $350 more or less (shipping not included).
I wouldn’t build this till VESC 5.0 or if you feel capable of switching the current shunts with ones for 10-12s voltage at 30-60Amps. FOC doesn’t like going higher than 10s 20Amp with my current unsensored motor.
We need a drag slick for ESK8. 
I’d love to see some sick burn outs on a skateboard. RAD!!
Urethane is for pussies. JK 
The seizmic speedvents hit nearly 81mph in a downhill run which is the absolute fastest recorded speed on a longboard to date.
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I’m surprised he did that on quebec roads! They’re absolute shit!
Sooo sick!!! 
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And it’s the same guy that hold the electric skateboard record posted above!
What’s the theoretical max speed using 4 of your 200 kv motors, 4 vescs, on a 12s set up. I have pretty intense leathers.