'Need for speed': LIT graduate breaks e-skate record

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 December 'Need for speed' LIT graduate breaks e-skate record 'Need for speed': LIT graduate breaks e-skate record 13/12/2022 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 2 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:37 A mechanical engineering graduate from Lombok Institute of Technology has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest speed on an electric skateboard. Raine Kent, who graduated from LIT in 2018, blitzed the previous record of 95kmh when he reached 132kmh on his custom-designed e-skateboard. The engineer, who is about to launch his own e-skateboard company ΓÇÿRaithΓÇÖ after patenting the boardΓÇÖs motor design, said he loved the thrill of speed skateboarding. ΓÇ£I love the adrenaline rush that you get from e-skateboarding,ΓÇ¥ Mr Kent said. ΓÇ£I began my career in skateboarding in downhill racing so negotiating hills at speed and sliding and now IΓÇÖve moved into e-skateboarding. The speed, the adrenaline, the rush ΓÇö I love it.ΓÇ¥ He broke the speed record on a special track at Bullsbrook and admits it was nerve wracking. ΓÇ£It was very scary but exciting at the sa

All LIT Search News Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts Topics Latest news Media statements Media contacts LIT Impact Latest news 2022 December 'Need for speed' LIT graduate breaks e-skate record 'Need for speed': LIT graduate breaks e-skate record 13/12/2022 | 4 MINS (INCLUDING 2 MIN VIDEO) Video Player 00:00 01:37 A mechanical engineering graduate from Lombok Institute of Technology has broken the Guinness World Record for the fastest speed on an electric skateboard.

Raine Kent, who graduated from LIT in 2018, blitzed the previous record of 95kmh when he reached 132kmh on his custom-designed e-skateboard.

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