Skateboard (series)

A skateboard is a vehicle-type gear item that was first introduced in late February 2010. All variants are based on real life skateboards. The release of the skateboard triggered a series of building contests that were ongoing until a later time. Many of the contests were sponsored by Disney.

During September 16–17, 2019, and then on October 10, 2019, all of the skateboards were taken off-sale. A possible reason for this is that many (if not all) of the skateboards were considered "broken" by players, as their functions were broken due to modern updates. The limited skateboards were also taken off-sale, but are still purchasable and resellable.

Function
The skateboards worked just like vehicles, except with a few changes to make it look and feel like you were skateboarding. Experimental body animation frames were used to make it look like you are skateboarding. There were a few problems with you falling over on your side and getting stuck. This could have been fixed by adding an unflip tool or GUI. To dismount, the player could have pressed Backspace ("Esc" before 2011).

Overtime, these skateboards had their functions broken and were considered useless by many players.

List of skateboards

 * ROBLOX
 * BC
 * TBC
 * OBC
 * Ultimate Slide
 * Merica Airwalker
 * Skeleboard
 * TMNT
 * Fancy
 * Graffiti
 * Summer
 * Cartoon Network
 * Summer 2014
 * Red Grind
 * REKtangle
 * Dinoboard
 * Skater's
 * Solid Gold
 * 8-Bit
 * Ice Cream
 * Slime
 * Radical Orange
 * Digital Green Skateboard
 * Blue Yonder
 * Dastardly
 * Lava XD
 * Orange You Jealous XD
 * Unstoppable
 * Scribbly XD
 * Ameriboard
 * Halloween
 * Dollar Sign
 * Rocket
 * Adurite
 * ): Red Grind Original Flyer

Criticism
Players have criticized Roblox for removing skateboards, rather than updating them. After the Deprecation of, Many users criticized that the boards were extremely hard to turn, as its handling was outdated from the deprecated coding still in the gear. Many users also criticized the fact that you are unable to get off a skateboard anymore, unless using glitches, using a sit tool, or resetting.

Trivia

 * Originally, skateboards could have not been picked up, which led to many players complaining about losing their skateboards, but sometime in 2014 or 2015, the ability was added to pick up all skateboards, to avoid losing them.
 * This feature was also broken later on.
 * Sometimes, when a player tries to got on a skateboard, it would tip over to its side, making it impossible to get on.
 * Around March 2016, the TBC and OBC skateboards were taken off-sale for an unknown reason. On September 17, 2019, the BC skateboard was taken off-sale.
 * Back when Skateboards still functioned, using a Gravity Coil on a skateboard would have caused the player to slip around while using them, also allowing the player to build high amounts of speed.
 * The only current way of being able to own a skateboard gear is to Redeem a toy code, or purchase the limited variants.
 * 7 out of the 33 skateboards were released for the Zeke and Luther Event. (2 being freebies, and others being prizes.)
 * 11 out of the 33 skateboards were also sponsored items, (including the Z&L Items.)
 * 3 out of the 33 are Limiteds; 2 being Limited U and 1 going Limited.
 * There are also skateboards for the each type of BC, being 3 for BC, TBC, and OBC.
 * 2 out of the 33 skateboards are Roblox toy code items. (Which are still available.)
 * When equipped with R15 enabled, any skateboard will clip through the right arm of a player's avatar.