In 2014, while in high school, I completed an independent design thinking project, to improve the safety and function of a long board. From research, to drawing, building, and testing, I created a slide presentation to demonstrate the process of developing my working model, that I still ride myself, 3 years later.

I decided to revisit this project in 2017, to resolve a few issues I realized upon many years of riding the board. I had two goals:

Improve the ability to escape the footholds in the event that the wheels lock, or the board suddenly stops for any reason with "forward-opening hooks"

Explore the possibilities of realizing the project in sheet metal to greatly increase the objects strength, and to better understand the limitations of CNC sheet metal manufacturing.