Electric skateboards are not new. And neither are ones that look like regular skateboards instead of something straight out of the future. However, one that does not need a remote control? Well, that’s something new, and remote-free control is exactly what the Liquid Skateboard offers.
The brainchild of a Copenhagen-based French engineer, the Liquid Skateboard looks and skates like a regular skateboard, except that after the necessary kicks, you can rest your leg and let it cruise along. So how do you control it? Well, as far as turns go, you just lean like you would with a regular skateboard, and getting it started is simply a matter of kicking, like a regular skateboard. You just need to keep kicking until you reach the desired speed. Once done, bring up the kicking foot and place it on the back of the board as you would with any skateboard.
A sensor under the deck at the back senses your foot and locks in the speed. Though you won’t be able to tell exactly how fast it’s going, that’s the same as with a traditional kick-powered skateboard. Removing your foot from the sensor area lets you naturally slow down, and you can brake by putting your foot on the ground, as with a non-powered skateboard. It’s that simple.
The Liquid Skateboard looks like a regular deck with the usual trucks and wheels, but upon closer inspection, you’ll find a low-profile power pack under the deck that juices the 350W hub motor at the rear. The motor is capable of powering up a 10% slope. The board features auto on/off, so there’s no worrying about switches, and it offers sensor-driven cruise control that can reach an impressive 22 km/h. It does, however, have a physical on/off/pause button on the power pack unit, along with the charging port and an LED battery indicator.
The removable battery is a 90 Wh lithium-ion unit with Samsung cells, providing around 12 km of range per 2-hour charge. The board features a 7-ply wood deck and rolls on 75 mm PU 78A SHR (Super High Rebound) wheels. It’s a regular-sized skateboard, measuring 753 mm (29.6 inches) long and 253 mm (9.9 inches) wide. Despite being powered with a battery, motor, and all, it’s just a couple of kilograms heavier than a regular skateboard, at 4 kg (8.8 lbs). It has a max payload of 90 kg (198 lbs) and, of course, it’s IP-rated (IP65).
The Liquid Skateboard LQS-1 concluded a successful Kickstarter campaign last month and is now available for pre-order for 2026 shipment on liquidskateboard.com, priced at €499 or US$591.
Images: Liquid Skateboard.
