Gothamist: If You Can Use It, You Can Abuse It

Coolfer

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 19:03:08 -0500

And I thought street luge was the dumbist thing I had ever seen. We have a new champion...even if it is fake.

jen h.

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:41:44 -0500

Satire, people, it's called satire!

Jen

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 16:08:36 -0500

Ooh, maybe they'll be using the walker soon.

jkottke

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:55:27 -0500

Oh, and tricking out on the Segway isn't even the freshest thing anymore. The kids at the Hudson River Park skatepark were mad for them a few weeks ago, but now they're all about the Lark scooter. A few months ago, it was wheelbarrows and they'll be on to something else soon.

Matt

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 15:14:51 -0500

Of course the pictures are fake, newsflash to the above commenters

Jake of 8bitjoystick.com

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:50:22 -0500

I think that site and it's pictures are photoshopped bullshit. They are low res and the lighing do not fully match. They took some motocross pictures and photoshopped Segways into them.

jake

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:44:09 -0500

oh it's real- i was grinding on a segway at the skate park under the brooklyn bridge last week.

jkottke

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:33:48 -0500

Photoshopped? No way. Thrashin' on a Segway may only be for the rich kids, but it's real. Tony Hawk's been talking to Dean Kamen about co-developing a "Pro Segwayer" game for Xbox.

Doctor Memory

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:04:28 -0500

Er, yeah, what Ash said. Cute photoshop job though.

Ash

Wed, 14 Jan 2004 14:03:34 -0500

Sorry to say, the pix are definitely faked. You can see the lines where the Segways were superimposed, most likely over BMX pix. Somebody clearly put their fake celebrity porn skills to use. Would've been cool tho.