How To Ride Your Electric Skateboard LONG Distances! | Foot Pain Management While eSkate Backpacking

With the motors doing all the work, you'd think that you have it easy while eskate backpacking, right? Wrong! In this video, I go over some helpful tips on how to ride your electric skateboard long distances.
Here's the short list:
- Smooth terrain (freshly paved roads over old gnarly ashphault)
- Padded insoles, like gel inserts
- Flexible deck. The flexier, the more shock absorption
- Pneumatic tires (all-terrain/AT wheels)
- Practice & training. You use weird muscles while riding you don't normally use!
- Take breaks and stretch! Especially your foot and ankle.
- Larger (longer) deck. Helps you shift position to adjust the load on your body
- Keep your pack light with ultralight backpacking princicples

Chapters:
00:00 - Intro
00:38 - 1. Smooth Terrain
01:37 - 2. Padded Insoles
02:04 - 3. Flexible Deck
02:52 - 4. Pneumatic Tires
03:28 - 5. Practice
04:18 - 6. Take Breaks & Stretch
04:57 - 7. Larger Deck
05:39 - 8. Keep Your Pack Light

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Recommendations for beginner rideables:

Electric Skateboard - Anything by Ownboard (my DIY board shown in the video uses their W2 kit)
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Electric Scooter - Ninebot Max G30LP
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Osprey Atmos AG 65, my backpacking ruck
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Leatherman Sidekick, my multitool and the only cutting utensil I bring for skatepacking:
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Anker PowerCore 26,800 mah battery bank
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Therm-a-Rest Z Lite SOL foam Sleeping Pad:
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AquaQuest Safari Tarp (10x10)
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Stanley Stainless Steel Cookset:
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Steel GSI cup that it nests in:
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Katadyn BeFree Water Filter
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Salomon X Ultra, my trail runners:
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Microsoft Surface Go tablet:
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GoPro Hero 8 Black (SERIOUSLY impressed with this thing)
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