OK, so I'm 39 and I was never much of a skateboarder...
So 3 years ago I bought a nice Sector 9 longboard...beautiful peice of equipment.
The only thing is that I'm not a crazy teen and so while I love carving, I'm just not up to dealing with the speed of a good hill
I see a quality electric board that has both brakes and power as a pretty cool way of commuting along a bike path to the downtown core or at least going for a spin knowing that I have can focus on the turning and stay with both feet on the board and with the knowledge that I have brakes
Seems like a good eco thing to do as well
All you experienced california skaters....start tearing away at me