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  • ‘Surf The Turf?’: The Next Golf Cart May Be A Snowboard

    09/07/2013 10:49:50 AM PDT · by RoosterRedux · 12 replies
    The Blaze ^ | 9/7/2013 | Mike Opelka
    If surfing legend and innovator Laird Hamilton is right, those old-fashioned, boxy golf carts driving around courses could soon be history. What would replace the Flintstones-like mode of transportation for golfers? It might be this high-tech device. The “GolfBoard” seen above is the dream of a group of seven scientists, engineers, inventors and forward thinkers. They are hoping to generate enough financial support via the crowd-funding site Kickstarter, to get the seed money needed to move the GolfBoard from the drawing board to fairways everywhere. The design is a simple one. It is basically a snowboard with a drivetrain attached...