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...THIS SCOOTER'S NO POLLUTER...
...Cambridge took its recent turn for the worse, sunburst twenty-somethings wearing seashell necklaces and Cali caps were a regular sight gliding down the sidewalk on enormous, wooden longboards. The bulky, awkward looking mode of transportation seems to have experienced a renaissance this summer comparable to the 2001 scooter boom. “A lot of people between age 18 and their late twenties longboard,” says Jay Neuwinger, employee at Blades, an all-purpose skate shop on JFK Street. “It’s mostly people who did skateboarding when they were younger, who want...
...than the next big thing in our imagination; nothing is sadder than the next big thing become reality. Remember "Ginger"? The much buzzed-about transportation device was supposed to revolutionize society and change how cities were built. Was it a jet pack? A teleporter? No, it was the Segway scooter, a goofily innocuous machine that seems to have been designed solely so George W. Bush could tumble off one, as he did this summer in Maine. From dreams of rocket men flying across space-age cityscapes to visions of meter readers riding glorified hand trucks--this is what...
Obesity statistics be damned! Oh, sure, your children can huff and puff as they vigorously pedal a Razor USA three-wheeler or push along the popular scooter to school. Or they can cruise down the sidewalk in style, powered by an electric motor attached to this year's models. Targeted at youngsters ages 6 to 11 and capable of going as fast as 10 m.p.h., these revved-up rollers will leave foot-powered versions in the dust. There's even a new Electric Punk mini-bike, at right, in the family. Each model runs for approximately 30 min. between charges...
...second team included Welch, Bâby, Cornell forward Ryan Vesce, Colgate forward Scooter Smith, and Brown goaltender Yann Danis. Jessiman received All-ECAC honorable mention, along with his linemate, Lee Stempniak, and Cornell defenseman Mark McRae...