Life Guard Speeds to Drowning Swimmer on Motorized Surfboard (Jul, 1932)
Life Guard Speeds to Drowning Swimmer on Motorized Surfboard
SURFBOARD riders won’t have to depend on outboard motors or speed boats to pull them over the water in the future. Below is shown a motorized surfboard scooter recently invented in Australia. The small motor in the rear furnishes the power and also sets the board at the proper angle in the water. A good machine for life guards.
With a battery and electric motor this would still be a good idea today.
Not exactly a jet-ski, but getting there.
Huh. I’ve never seen a cartoon-powered surfboard before.
@ Warren – That ain’t a cartoon, thats photoshop 30′s style!
Saw one of these in either PopMech or PopSci a few years ago:
http://www.wendmag.com/…
Or lifeguards could just go entirely Superman on them now:
http://www.youtube.com/…