Patent ID: 8414000

Claim:
A skateboard, comprising: a one piece flexible skateboard platform having first and second foot support areas aligned along a longitudinal axis; a pair of wheel assemblies, each including a bearing having inner and outer bearing races, a wheel housing supporting at least one wheel for rotation about a rotational axis, the wheel housing secured to the outer bearing race for steering rotation therewith respect to the inner bearing race about a pivot axis at the acute angle; a pair of fixed stops securing the inner race of said at least one of the wheel housing to the platform at an acute angle, and at least one limit stop mounted for rotation with said at least one of the wheel housings for preventing steering rotation of that wheel housing beyond a present limit by interaction with one of the pair fixed stops; wherein at least one of the pair of wheel assemblies include a pair of fixed stops securing the inner race of the bearing in that wheel assembly to the platform at an acute angle, wherein the central area further comprises: a plurality of longitudinal elements generally aligned with the longitudinal axis mounted to both the first and second foot support areas so that the skateboard flexes as a single unit, wherein the central area flexes more than the first and second foot support areas when a user twists the foot support areas in opposition directions about the longitudinal axis, wherein the central area includes vertical support to resist bowing from supporting a rider, wherein twisting of the foot support areas in opposite directions by a user causes rotation of the wheels in the same direction to move the skateboard in that direction.