psychotiller: Never tried snowboarding, should do it sometime, only just recently picked up longboarding too.
Onloop: yes, but i don’t mind the wait, seeing as it comes so highly praised.
Hello wonderfull people of e skate from Minnesota. My name is Hans Swanson and I’d like to say thank you. this forum is an exelent resourse and has taught me alot. I am in the process of building my first e skateboard and have sadly run into some issues. I bought an under capacity esc and because I already redid the wiring wasn’t able to return it. 87 dollars down the drain. Being 15 years old with my only job mowing someones lawn was alot of money. Now I am using an alien twin esc and having issues. I think I am just going to return it and get the vesc because it looks sweet and have heard great things a bought it. When it’s done I hope for the best. Sorry for going on and on. you guys and girls have a great day. (Are their any girls on this forum?)
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I think @Sk8ter_babe is a girl. Only one girl. Haha
Im fairly sure she isnt real
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Hello Krudte here, 22 and I’m from denmark!
I plan to bulid a e-board, from what I’ve read so far I’m thinking Dual Rear motors and a longboard for the base.
Completely green when it comes to both the electronics and the skatebording part, (I have never riden once before) e-boards seems like a bunch of fun and a great build project!
Much love to this site for being so informative, being the neewbie I am, all help is GREAT! 
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Lol. She’s a robot. Or a man…
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Welcome! Make a build thread so we can help you out with your choices of parts.
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Thanks! Will do! 
Hey, don’t worry about the skateboarding part. most of my mates had never stepped foot on a skateboard until I made them an electric. e boards are actually a lot easier to ride than a regular skate board. you don’t have to kick or pivot which is the hard part of skating, and e boards also have brakes which skateboards don’t.
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Hi eBoarders,
Been lurking around this site for awhile, think it is time to say hello!
My name is Pat and I got into eboards when trying to build my own version of an ESC at university. After I finished designing and building it I found out that the VESC existed which was disappointing. If I summited the VESC I would of got the highest mark ever for that course!!
Now I’m up to my second build!
- Carbon Fibre Deck - enertion
- VESC - enertion (waiting V4.10)
- Single R-spec 2.0 motor - enertion
- Single rear motor mount -
- nunchuck remote
I’ll post pics when I finish the build, just waiting on the VESC to arrive.
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Welcome! Sounds like an epic build!
sorry everything is taking so long… im never going on holiday again! clearly nothing happens smoothly when you are not watching it for 3 weeks! 
Also, i don’t think the DIY electric skateboard mount will work on the CF deck, you probably have to mount it backwards. It’s a long mount.
No worries @onloop, no rush from this member.
I’ll have to check the DIY mount. It’s a older version where a steel mount is just welded to the truck. I used this in a diagonal setup for my old board.
I’ll probably end up getting your mounts too @onloop, might be a christmas present for myself!
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Hi everyone !
I m Baptiste, a french guy from Bordeaux and I’m very happy to join your community ! I am planning to build the following setup (which is very similar to Pato’s) :
- deck : Arbor fish
- Single R-SPEC motor (Enertion)
- VESC 4.10 (Enertion)
- Enertion pro kit for single drive (Enertion)
- battery : 12S 5000mAh (hobbykinng)
- Power-Swich anti-spark (diyelectricskateboard)
- Wattmeter (ebay)
- Nyko kama remote (ebay)
Now I am just waiting for the material to arrive in order to start this adventure 
. But until then I ll be reading your posts, they are full of awsome knowledges!
See ya !
PS : @Onloop don’t worry holiday are essential to clean your head and keep doing good work !
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love the arbor fish; I built a board on the timeless walnut, but ended up turning it back normal because it had a pretty significant amount of flex, and I was using a long non flexible battery… you will be fine though because your battery isn’t as large as mine was.
good luck with the build!
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Thanks! The timeless is also great ! I chose mine based on a guy’s project on another forum who made a wonderful board. He delt with the non flexible battery by using Velcro fastening and apprently it kept the deck flex without any trouble. But I prefered the fish wich is shorter and easier to carry.
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Hello all,
My name is Tom, I’m basically a 16 year old kid stuck in a 48 year old body.
I’m a long-time skateboarder, the first board I bought dates back to 1975.
I’m also an engineer by profession and I like to tinker with stuff.
And: I’m an RC-model enthusiast.
So getting into DIY e-board seemed to be the next step: here I am.
My wife and kids think I’ve lost it… 
I’m currently sitting on plans to build a dual-motor rear drive board. The deck will most likely be an old loaded Dervish, which has been my go-to board ever since it came out.
Ideally I’d like to be able to switch from road wheels to all-terrain wheels with minimal hassle.
I already have the R-spec motors and two VESC on order from Jason.
I’ll be using the Nyko Kama nunchuck to control it.
Drive-train-wise I’ve not yet decided which path to take, but I’ll keep you posted of any progress I make in a build thread which I’ll create once my ideas crystallize.
Cheers, Tom.
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Whaddup yallllll!!!
I am new to this, but since I program for a living I would love to use that to bring something to the community. I have already fried through one ESC and am most excited to gets its replacement soon here. Excited to help out where I can, hopeful to learn a lot, and willing to put in the time.
Will get a build thread rolling soon!!
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WELCOME MATE!.. look forward to you getting involved
hey guys. been reading a lot of info here so i am over due to signing up. jason with enertian told me to sign up here for help and suggestions. starting my first build now and still have a lot of things to order still. finishing up my board right now so i will start a thread to post pics and progress. i suck with electronics but i am going to learn how to do this because it seems like a lot of fun!
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WELCOME KAI!.. we all look forward to seeing your build unfold