| Genres: Television, Documentary Sub-Genres: Television, Documentary Studio: A&E Home Video Format: DVD - Color DVD Release Date: 03/28/2006 Release Year: 2006 Run Time: 0hr 50min Screens: Color Number of Discs: 1 SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 0 MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated) Languages: English |
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  | Modern Marvels - Extreme Gadgets History Channel Genres: Television, Documentary NR 2006 0hr 50min The basic BMX bike has stayed the same since the '70s; the essential form of the skateboard remains pretty static. Yet the versions of these familiar forms that viewers see on the X-Games and other high-profile contests ar... more » |
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Movie ReviewsMildly Interesting Loyd E. Eskildson | Phoenix, AZ. | 09/17/2008 (3 out of 5 stars) ""Extreme Gadgets" begins by following the evolution of surfboards, starting with the second century in Hawaii. Royalty had boards up to 26 feet long and 150 lbs. The 20th century saw a rapid pace of change - 1930s brought hollow boards, 1935 the addition of a stabilizer fin front and rear, in the 1950s came lighter polyurethane boards. Then came "air boards" that actually rose out of the water.
Most of the rest of the disc consists of showing how skateboads, snowboards, mountain-boards, wakeboards, and sky-surfing boards had evolved from the basic surfboard. Unfortunately, the story quickly became obvious and it was difficult to maintain interest. The one segment that did not derive from surfboards involved mountain bikes. However, this segment had little detail, and again was fairly obvious." |
