Sports Gadgets

Sports Gadgets (8)

• Sports Gadgets: Foil Brand
  Sports Gadgets: Foil Brand

  Video Clip (1:47)

  In this clip from Modern Marvels, we learn about the Foilboard, or the Airboard. Like a surfboard, the rider stands up while the board rises up to three feet in the air. The propeller underneath it pushes the board up when water goes over it.

  Video Clip (1:47)
• Sports Gadgets: Skateboard
  Sports Gadgets: Skateboard

  Video Clip (5:13)

  In this Modern Marvels video clip, watch the history of skateboarding. Early skateboards had metal and then clay wheels, which didn't get a lot of traction. In 1973 polyurethane wheels were used on skateboards, forever changing this extreme sport.

  Video Clip (5:13)
• Sports Gadgets: Sky Surfing
  Sports Gadgets: Sky Surfing

  Video Clip (4:09)

  Discover the world of Skysurfing including where and how Skysurfing has evolved over the years. You'll hear how new technologies has helped the sport and how the cameraman is a skysurfer's best friend.

  Video Clip (4:09)
• Sports Gadgets: Snowboard
  Sports Gadgets: Snowboard

  Video Clip (3:41)

  In this Modern Marvels video clip, learn about the history of snowboarding. Sherman Poppen designed the first snowboard and sold it as the Snurfer. Jake Burton saw the potential in the Snurfer and started to make design improvements.

  Video Clip (3:41)
• Sports Gadgets: Street Luge
  Sports Gadgets: Street Luge

  Video Clip (2:25)

  In this Modern Marvels video clip, listen to Street Luge pioneer Roger Hickey talk about the history of Street Luge and what was done to make the luge's as light as possible.

  Video Clip (2:25)
• Sports Gadgets: Surf Board
  Sports Gadgets: Surf Board

  Video Clip (4:25)

  In this Modern Marvels video clip, learn about the history of surfing, the first extreme sport that started in the Hawaiian Islands, known as he analu or wave sliding. Tom Blake was the first true surfboard designer and innovator.

  Video Clip (4:25)
• Sports Gadgets: Wakeboard
  Sports Gadgets: Wakeboard

  Video Clip (4:47)

  In this clip from Modern Marvels, we learn about the invention of wakeboards. Wakeboards were invented in the 1980's by combining a surfboard, and waterskiing together. The wakeboard would be shaped like a small surfboard pulled behind a boat.

  Video Clip (4:47)
• Sports Gadgets: Wing Suit
  Sports Gadgets: Wing Suit

  Video Clip (2:03)

  In this Modern Marvels video clip: Sports Gadgets - Wing Suits: Modern Marvels skydives in a wing suit.

  Video Clip (2:03)