{"id":141349,"date":"2016-10-26T12:00:08","date_gmt":"2016-10-26T10:00:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=141349"},"modified":"2016-10-26T12:02:52","modified_gmt":"2016-10-26T10:02:52","slug":"walk-your-dog-or-beat-traffic-on-this-r14000-electric-skateboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/141349\/walk-your-dog-or-beat-traffic-on-this-r14000-electric-skateboard\/","title":{"rendered":"Walk your dog or beat traffic on this R14,000 electric skateboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Design retailer Houdt has launched an electric powered longboard capable of reaching speeds of up to 30km\/h into the South African market.<\/p>\n<p>The Houdt Freeboard comes in two forms, the Rider and the Cruiser. Both boards have handheld remotes that controls the direction of the board while you ride.<\/p>\n<p>The remote enables adjustable\u00a0speed, and high-<wbr \/>performance braking, which is regenerative meaning that if you\u2019re travelling downhill and brake a lot, you charge the board and restore some power.<\/p>\n<p>The board weighs approximately 7kgs, and is capable of riding 30 kilometres on a single 4-hour charge.<\/p>\n<p><a  data-lightbox=\"post-image\" href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/skateboard.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-141351\" src=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/skateboard.png\" alt=\"skateboard\" width=\"400\" height=\"550\" srcset=\"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/skateboard.png 400w, https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/10\/skateboard-218x300.png 218w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The boards are available for pre-order at R1 999, with the balance of R12 000 to be paid on delivery <a href=\"http:\/\/www.Houdt.co.za\" target=\"_blank\">online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lKLPEjMKcgw\" width=\"640\" height=\"388\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on skateboarding<\/h3>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/137875\/watch-epic-skateboarder-smashes-downhill-speed-record\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Watch: Epic skateboarder smashes downhill speed record<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/100452\/watch-epic-skateboarder-flies-down-cape-town-streets\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Watch: Epic skateboarder flies down Cape Town streets<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Design retailer Houdt has launched an electric powered longboard capable of reaching speeds of up to 30km\/h into the South African market.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":137879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9876],"tags":[25],"class_list":["post-141349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle","tag-active"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141349","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=141349"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141349\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":141363,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141349\/revisions\/141363"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/137879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141349"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141349"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141349"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}