Boosted Board V2 – The Best Camera Dolly!
One of our favourite filming tools is the Boosted Board V2. The Boosted board is an electric skateboard that is completely controlled through a blue tooth remote that fits in the palm of your hand. Not only does a fully electric dolly work great for filming, but it’s also crazy fun to use!
The Boosted Board definitely takes some skill to ride and you most likely need to have some kind of skateboard, snowboard, or surf background to be able to ride it. If you do have some basic board or balance skills then the learning curve is extremely fast.
BOOSTED BOARD FEATURES
Performance
The Boosted Board can reach a top speed of 22 MPH or 35 KPH. That’s fast for a skateboard! The Boosted comes with 4 riding modes which allows you to limit your top speed and how fast you accelerate and decelerate depending on your skill/ comfort level on the board. The bamboo deck offers great flexibility translating into a smooth ride with nice flowing carving ability.
Range
The Boosted Board V2 can go 6 miles or 10km on a single charge on the standard battery. Boosted Board has released extended batteries that you guy purchase that apparently double the range of your board. I purchased my extended battery on pre order back in May of 2017. They apparently started shipping extended batteries in early 2018 but I still have not received mine as of today (March 7th, 2018).
OVERVIEW
The Boosted Board V2 has some useful upgrades from the original Boosted Board including a battery indicator light on the board, upgraded components (motor, casings, wires, etc.), and a water resistant shell which allows you to ride through puddles or in the rain. I personally don’t ride my board in the rain because the splashing and mud that sprays up off the road is quite heavy. If they designed a wheel fender I’d be all over it!
As far as filming on the Boosted Board goes, you can get away with hand held cameras on smooth surfaces. I tend to use a gimbal (one hand needs to be on the remote like the Crane gimbal) for ultra smooth footage. It takes a bit of practice if you want to go full speed to watch what you’re filming and watch where you’re going at the same time.