History Main / CoolBoard

[[caption-width-right:350:Rocketing to the top of every skater kid's Christmas wishlist.... and every health and safety code violation list.]]

[[caption-with-right:350:Rocketing to the top of every skater kid's Christmas wishlist.... and every health and safety code violation list.]]

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See also SkySurfing and [[ShieldSurf Sheild Surfing]].

See also SkySurfing and [[ShieldSurf Sheild surfing]].

Some cool boards are cool only because of the cool character who rides it, but others are magical, rocket-powered, or weaponized in some way. Cool boards are sometimes subject to RuleOfCool, [[ArtisticLicense-Physics because a rocket-powered skateboard wouldn't work that way,]] [[ImplausibleBoardingSkills the rider couldn't realistically skate that well,]] or some other reason.

Some cool boards are cool only because of the cool character who rides it, but others are magical, rocket-powered, or weaponized in some way. Cool boards are sometimes subject to RuleOfCool, because a rocket-powered skateboard wouldn't work that way, [[ImplausibleBoardingSkills the rider couldn't realistically skate that well,]] or some other reason.

Skateboards, surfboards, snowboards, {{Hover Board}}s, etc.

See also SkySurfing and ImplausibleBoardingSkills. ShieldSurf is a SubTrope.

* One of [[BigBad Natla's]] henchmen in ''VideoGame/TombRaider1'' is a teenager who attacks Lara with dual Uzis while riding a skateboard in an underground mine.

* ''ComicBook/{{Robin}} (2000)'': When Tim Drake was at BoardingSchool and lost access to the [[{{Thememobile}} Redbird]], he designed a high tech skateboard called the Redboard. He'd had a plain green skateboard since his earliest appearances but the Redboard was specifically built to be used in combat as Robin while still being able to be stored inconspicuously at school.
* ComicBook/SilverSurfer should be the TropeCodifier, [[http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/5266/silversurferorigin.jpg even if his origin looks like a cosmic god's joke]].
* Night Thrasher of ''ComicBook/NewWarriors'' was a FadSuper with a high-tech skateboard. The skateboard was gradually phased out and replaced with a CoolBike, leaving him with a name that made little sense.
* Rocket Racer, a ComicBook/SpiderMan villain turned hero, has a high-tech skateboard that allows him to ride on the side of buildings.

* The titular character of ''ComicStrip/DennisTheMenaceUS'' often rides a skateboard, and whenever he does, his dog, Ruff, usually follows him. Whenever Dennis leaves his skateboard in [[GrumpyOldMan Mr. Wilson's]] yard, Mr. Wilson has the misfortune of slipping on it.

* Marty [=McFly=]'s skateboard in ''Film/BackToTheFuture''. Instead of pulling off tricks with it, he actually uses it for transportation, grabbing the back of cars while riding it. He ends up with a HoverBoard in ''Film/BackToTheFuturePartII'' when he travels to 2015 - [[IWantMyJetpack and makes us viewers desperate for them to be real as this specific year comes ever closer.]] [[ForegoneConclusion It didn't.]]

* ''WesternAnimation/TreasurePlanet'' has Jim Hawkins's "solar surfer," which is used to great effect in his [[EstablishingCharacterMoment introduction as a teen]].

* ''[[Manga/CaseClosed Conan Edogawa]]'' has a skateboard. Motorized, solar-powered, fast enough to outrun many a motorbike.
* All [[AMechByAnyOtherName Kraft Light Fighters]] in ''Anime/EurekaSeven'' are equipped with ones, not only as flight equipments, but also as bladed weapons.

* When [[ComicBook/RobinSeries Robin]] was at BoardingSchool and lost access to the [[{{Thememobile}} Redbird]], he designed a high tech skateboard called the Redboard. He'd had a plain green skateboard since his earliest appearances but the Redboard was specifically built to be used in combat as Robin while still being able to be stored inconspicuously at school.

* In ''Film/ShredderOrpheus'', Orpheus and the rebels all ride skateboards, and a fair bit of the film's runtime is dedicated to shredding.

* Kit Cloudkicker from ''TaleSpin'' has a collapsible board that he rides when being towed by Baloo when piloting the Sea Duck.

* ''[[Manga/DetectiveConan Conan Edogawa]]'' has a skateboard. Motorized, solar-powered, fast enough to outrun many a motorbike.

* Beat from ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou''.