Welcome to Evolve Skateboards!
Evolve electric skateboards were developed over 3 years from a passion for finding the link between surfing and snowboarding on concrete. We are stoked to finally bring to the market an electric skateboard built only from the highest quality materials.
Evolve is about 'quality, performance and the endless carve'.
Our aim is to make the highest performance electric longboards possible and to provide all the best skate accessories needed to maintain top shelf performance.
Australian designed and built locally in each country they’re sold by hand picked passionate dealers who share the same values that we do for providing an exceptional product and after sales service.
As we are a boutique business and not a mass producer quantities are currently limited but can be secured by purchasing via our dealers’ websites. We offer worldwide courier delivery so if your country is not listed above check out our Australian head office Shipping Page to see if it’s listed there or contact us at info@evolveskateboards.com.au for a quote.
For distribution enquiries please contact us: info@evolveskateboards.com.au
The benefits of a board designed with passion
Light weight - 8kgs/18lbs for the snubnose and 9kgs/20lbs for the pintail
Experience the fun of a board that rides like a longboard, snowboard or surfboard. Pick it up with one hand and take it anywhere. It can even be kick pushed without being turned on just like a regular longboard with little resistance.
- Steve, Australia via Facebook
Increased battery range/run time
Ride for up to 2+ hours in one session. Use the board for fun or as an alternative form of transport.- Peter, Australia via Facebook
A quiet but fast ride
No annoying electrical or high pitch sounds. Just a quiet hum when you take off then the sound of the wheels on the road when you’re up to speed. Just beware that you might startle a pedestrian or cyclist when you glide past them! The boards can do a top speed of around 36kph/22mph but are most fun and effecient cruising at around half speed.
"Board arrived yesterday and spent most of the afternoon/evening on it - first impressions:
1. Battery life is amazing! After fully charging it, was out and about on it for over 2 hours and by the time I got home the battery indicator still hadn't come on (mostly flat around me, was doing a fair bit of adjusting to the trucks as I went and was taking it fairly easy).
2. It's fast! Even on the slow setting - The strange looks from cyclists as I was overtaking them were priceless... I only tried the fast setting briefly (god damn terrifying!) - Limiting the top speed by default was a top idea.
3. Anyone who is considering getting one, do it! Stupid amount of fun, well worth the money and Jeff and Fleur have been great to deal with."
- Tom, Australia via Facebook
Customise your board to suit the way you ride
Customise your wheels with with top shelf brands such ABEC 11, Sector 9, Bustin Swift and Metro Express. Adjust our double truck system to best suit your preferences for carving and/or speed.
Our Story
Creator Jeff Anning first came across electric skateboards 5 years ago while checking the surf at his local break on the Gold Coast. That day he searched the internet and on a mission to buy the best motorized skateboard he could find. While he was stoked to have found a new way to carve that was similar to snowboarding or surfing, it didn’t really live up to his expectations as someone who had enjoyed skateboarding as a kid.
The deck, trucks and wheels on electric skateboards were heavy, oversized and low quality, ruining the quality of the ride. Worst still the led acid battery would run out after only 30 minutes. It was impossible to kick push while turned off and too heavy to carry. After more research he uncovered a big gap in the marketplace for one basic fundamental – an efficient motorized skateboard that was built using real skateboard parts.
Jeff started designing a mechanical set up that would attach to a quality longboard and spent the next few years honing every part of the setup until he felt he’d created the best electric carving machine possible.
While testing various electric motor skateboards he found that a high wattage motor was only necessary for boards that were using heavy lead acid batteries along with poor quality skate parts and drive belts. He also had quite a few electric skateboard motors tested whilst trying to determine the ideal wattage to use for his boards and found that quite a few of them rated quite a bit under what they were actually labeled (ie a leading brand's 500 watt motor only rated 220 watts).
It was obvious that with top shelf skate and mechanical components a quality 200 watt motor was able to reach a top speed of around 37kms/hr or 23mph which goes to show that you don't need excessive power in a motor when the rest of the electric skateboard is optimized to work perfectly in unison. You can also ride Evolve boards on public footpaths (electric skateboard Australia guidelines -check with your local authorities first) which could become an issue with 250-800 watt boards as electric skateboards become more popular.
In early July 2012 the first Evolve boards were sent to customers who had preordered in anticipation around the world. Only a few weeks later they had completely sold out. The focus now is to keep delivering the highest quality electric skateboards possible while “Evolve”-ing with advances in technology.
