Early 2001 BMW Street Carver Skateboard - Overview from my Manhattan Treehouse

I had a meeting at BMW Design in Southern California and as soon I caught sight of their designed skate board, I had to pick one up! It's way more wild to ride than my Boosted board, but the use of a BMW 5-series E39 rear anti-roll-bar components made me bit the bullet to purchase it.

Manufactured in Germany and debuting in 2001, the Streetcarver stopped production in 2005 and had a BMWesque price of $500. It was heavy too at 11 pounds, most of it was cast aluminum for the suspension.

It gave more of a feeling of snowboarding on the street, and to stop you either ran off the deck, hopefully with the board not crashing on a curb, drug a foot on the ground or applied a shoe gently on the rear wheel.

Some interesting facts about the board are that the truck assemblies were cast aluminum, the wheels are two-piece five spoke alloys inspired by the X5, and the tires are a compound of rubber-polymer. The Razor Go-cart later used this wheel design as well, alas it was made in China, so probably a stolen deisgn!