The story of the first downhill scooter.

In 1994, with the frame of an urban Push scooter, from the brand Bike Board, I welded reinforcements, lengthened it to fit a larger wooden board, and installed downhill components. The first downhill scooter was born!

I had been involved in the design of the Push, which was the first sports scooter for adults with a small rear wheel to accommodate a larger board. When I tried it out, on the path near my house, it became clear to me: it descended much better than a bike and I really enjoyed the surfer feeling. I built the first one for myself and then made another so I'd have company.

A friend of a friend, a seven-time consecutive Spanish BorderCross champion (J. Font), tried the DH Scooter. At the top of the Bike Park, on a very straight, fast, dry terrain with many rocks, some bikes overtook Font as he reached the end of the track. He stopped, waited for me, and told me he didn't like the machine. I convinced him to do the second part of the route, a very steep, winding path with damp earth through the forest. I quickly lost sight of him, and when we reunited, his expression had changed. He told me he was going faster than anyone, felt very comfortable, it reminded him of Snowboarding, and that some modifications were needed. The first was to fix the broken frame, the second a larger wooden board, and the third, more board. We became friends, shared many descents, and he instilled in us the value of always demanding the utmost sportsmanship from our scooters.

I got to work, and after 40 scooters were broken by Mr. Cols (another crazy friend), we achieved an almost unbreakable chassis made from two skate-like wooden boards and CrMo steel tubes. With this, we ushered in the era of downhill scooters with the Gravity COLS model. Then, you already could ride down anywhere, make big jumps while enjoying a board, and it could be purchased online.

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