Tuesday 19 May 2009

The motorised surfboard...

Motorized Surfboard, 1948 - image courtesy of Getty Images

Hollywood inventor Joe Gilpin riding his motorized surfboard.

http://www.life.com/image/50451002/in-gallery/25371/30-dumb-inventions

Imagine gliding along on that to work, reading the paper and slurping on a nice cup of tea, chatting to passers by.

Life was so sedate back then.




And now for the modern take on it... 'sans bowler hat'

1 comment:

  1. If you ask me - Mr Gilpin's invention is pretty nice and useful!

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