That looks like a great company with a great product but it's only capital intensive relative to web software.
They're for sale now, whereas boosted is still a month away from the 2nd batch preorder that I made.
On the weight-range-performance triangle, boosted picked weight and performance, where as this company picked weight and range. This board seems like a better setup for commuting, whereas boosted might be better for the "sport" of longboarding with its 2kw dual-motors.
All of the alternatives I have seen either are too heavy, too expensive, insufficient range or power, or simply created without an understanding of how a skateboard functions.
From Sam's article:
> We think the YC model works well for these companies. We invest with infinite time horizon and are not afraid of risky-looking companies. ... And our model helps companies figure out a right-sized initial project achievable with a small amount of time and money—great companies get built with a series of small wins that compound over time, and early momentum is critical. A common failure mode of many ambitious companies is to bite off an initial project that is far too big and expensive.
Boosted Boards is exactly such a company.