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Event: Derby Days Esk8 Race Redmond (13 July 2019)

PNW esk8 will be hosting the 2nd annual esk8 Race at the 2019 Redmond Derby Days festival on Saturday, July 13th, 2019.

Known as one of the most competitive summer festivals in the state of Washington, the 79th annual Redmond Derby Days festival originated in 1940 as a means to raise funds for the local community. The two-day festival has since evolved into a Redmond tradition packed with parades, races, contests, game booths, carnival rides, arts, music, food and more.

Last year’s event.

The 2019 Redmond Derby Days esk8 Race is a full day of racing events open to electric skateboarders interested in experiencing a unique blend of adventure and competition with a chance to test their esk8 skills. There will be a race for 3-4 various classes of boards, including boosted boards, production boards, DIY boards, and pro street boards; all of which will take place on a street track totaling 4.8 miles. For additional information regarding the electric skateboard race classes, please visit the 2019 Redmond Derby Days esk8 Race registration webpage. The best time will be the winner of each event.

Helmets are required at all events.

To participate in any of the races, riders must be 18+ to race and are required to register for the July 13th event on the 2019 Redmond Derby Days esk8 Race registration webpage. Registration for the event is free. However, available spots are limited to 20 riders per event class.

On race day, esk8ers are required to check in at the race location one hour before the start of the first esk8 Race. Up to date information on times, site and racing details will be sent directly to those who have registered for the 2019 Redmond Derby Days esk8 Race event.

You can follow this event on Facebook here.

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PSA: 21st June is Go Skateboarding Day

In case you don’t know, 21st June is the annual Go Skateboarding Day – a holiday created in 2004 by the International Association of Skateboard Companies to promote skateboarding.

If you live at some place where skateboarding is popular, look for an event at a skate shop near you. There would probably be massive group rides, so be sure to be a part of it!

For those who had celebrate the day in the past, how was your experience? Do share!

Facebook event link.

“It’s National go skate day. Go out and skate!”

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Exway officially released X1 Pro Riot model and Riot Drive

Since the launch of X1 Pro on March 2019, Exway has been teasing about the belt-drive module that allows X1 Pro owner to convert their board from hub-drive to belt. Finally, on 15th June 2019, the model is officially available for pre-order in Exway store. Orders are set to be delivered on 26th June 2019.

It’s good to see Exway getting back on track after the infamous firmware issue that causes the board to lock-up when the battery hit near zero. Exway handled that snafu pretty well, showing their ability to do good customer service. But I digress, now, about the Riot module.

For those who are looking to buy the drive train module, it will set you back $399.
For those who haven’t own an X1 Pro, the Exway X1 Pro Riot model is now on sale at $1099. Alternatively, new buyers can get the Exway X1 Pro with both belt and hub drive train for $1399.

Below are the final specs of the Riot module:

Torque: 5.2 Nm*2; 
Max Power: 1500W*2
Reduction Gear Ratio: 2.57 
Belt: Continental Branded (Germany)
Motor: 5255-160kV but with 4235 stator that brings stronger torque;

Want to know how it performs? Sophia from our team reviewed the Pro X1 and Riot model back in March 2019. You can read it here. Basically, it has tremendous torque.

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Shredlights released SL200

Shredlights released a new, updated light – SL200.

After going through the advertising material, this is actually a pretty impressive update!

Things that gotten better:

  1. SL-200 is 250% Brighter
  2. 3x the battery size (But up to 150Hrs of battery life? I will believe it when I tested it.)
  3. IP65 Water Resistant (Even if your board likely wasn’t water resistant)
  4. Easier and more secure mount with S-lock
  5. New light settings
Significant improvement, it seems!
Most exciting feature! No more struggling to plug-in the rubber cover on the Micro-usb port!

And they manage to keep the same price?
Well I know it’s not cheap to begin with, but that’s still pretty cool.

Pre-order available now, there is a D1 pre-order sale.
Shipping in 4 weeks time.

Those who are interested, use our affiliated discount code “ESKATEHQ” during checkout to receive 10% off.

For more detail, visit Shredlights here.

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Celebrate the Eskate Day on 16th June

Eskateday in conjunction with MeepoBoard is trying to make 16th June a day of celebration for esk8r. What Eskateday hoping to achieve is to have eskate community come together, by giving you another reason to organize and join group rides.

If you are not looking to organize your own group,
you are most welcome to join the below groups:

California, USA
1) United states, California, Santa Monica, Santa Monica Pier Playground off of Ocean Front Walk​
2)Intersection of Beachcomber & Trinidad – Morro Bay, California

Ohio, USA
Washington Park, Cincinnati, OH 45202

Philadelphia, USA
Reading Terminal and Arch St. Straight down Arch, then JFK then to Schuylkill trail down to South St. Shoot down South St to the new Wawa.

Ontario, Canada
Canada, Ontario, Barrie, 55 Ross st

Moscow, Russia
Near Vorob’evi Gori Metro Station, intersection Kosigina street and 4th Vorob’evskiy proezd. 55.706216, 37.560292

Click here for the updated list

To reward the community’s effort in organizing the group rides, the organizers of the 3 biggest three group rides get a free Meepo Board each (Meepo V3, Classic, or Campus 2.)

I think more people should try to go for it, as the competition doesn’t look too hot right now.

Of course, for those of us who don’t want to trouble ourselves with registering and organizing rides, there will be a random prize given out.
All you need to do is to snap a photo of yourself in a group not less than 3, with your eskates and with a thumbs up sign. You just need to post that on social media with hashtag #Eskateday to enter.
There will be a number of prizes given away throughout the day.

Have fun!

For more information, check out https://www.eskateday.com/