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In the beginning there was Surfing, which gave birth to Skateboarding, which spawned Buttboarding,
which evolved into Steetluging. Now with any good thing you have a group of people who are never satisfied until they add
power. This is why the world of Powered Streetluge now exits.
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Streetluge is lying down on a long, specialized skateboard and riding down a paved road or path.
Darren Lott - Streetluge Survival Guide 1998
A Powered Streetluge is a hybrid Streetluge that has been modified by adding a power source
other than gravity be it gas, jet, rocket, electric, etc.
Roland Morrison 2005
The new Powered Streetluge T-Shirts are now on sale online
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Billy Copeland "The Rocket Man"
Billy lives in Tennessee and started out back in 1996 by mounting 4 D-rocket motors to the back of his Streetluge. His second attempt was with 2 G-rocket motors and finally ended up with 4 G-rocket motors.
Billy was the first to be listed in the Guinness Book of World Records for his 98.5mph run made by firing 15 of the 24 rocket motors attached to the back of his Streetluge.
You can read more about Billy in the following website www.fastlanerocketluge.com
Video Clip of Billy and his Rocket Streetluge
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Bob Swartz "Secret Squirrel"
Bob lives in Maryland and started out back in 2004 by purchasing his gas turbine Jet engine and proceeded to engineer a way of mounting it to the back of his Streetluge. After many hours of design and construction Bob's Jet Powered Streetluge emerged.
Bob performs at drag strips with the jet cars and trucks. He has clocked speeds over 80mph on the 1/4 mile drag strips and has a recorded a top speed of 119.2mph on his GPS.
You can read more about Bob in the following website www.jetluge.net
Video Clip of Bob's Jet Powered Streetluge
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Joel King
Joel lives in West Sussex UK and started working on a Jet Powered Streetluge back in 2005 with the goal of reaching 120mph. On August 27, 2007 with a motor supplied by Heward Microjets Joel nearly reached his goal with a top speed of 114.714mph and his two run average being 112.7mph. Limited by the course Joel feels he can press his record even further to possibly 130mph.
joeldking@hotmail.com
You can read more about Joel and his record attempt in the following website www.gravityking.co.uk
To view more pictures of Joel King and his Powered Streetluge click Here
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Dave Pullman
Dave begin Streetluging in 2002 after watching the movie Roller Ball with Chris Klien, it featured two Streetlugers racing down hill in San Francisco. After seeing the Harley-Davidson® Powered Streetluge in 2007 he was inspired to build a Power Streetluge of his own. After constructing his Powered Streetluge Dave took things to the next level by hand shaping and building front and rear fairings for his Powered Streetluge to greatly improve the aerodynamics. With testing still waiting to be done Dave is already envisioning his next Powered Streetluge and it includes a Hiyabusa motor.
Keep checking back to see how testing goes on Dave's Powered Streetluge, video is coming.
If you would like to contact Dave to get more information on his Powered Streetluge email dvd_pullman@comcast.net
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Jenna Morrison is sponsored by Bones Bearings®
Jenna Morrison
Jenna lives in Southern New Jersey and began Streetluging at the age of 14 then quickly moved on to racing at age 15. Competing in a sport dominated by the opposite sex did not matter to Jenna event thou her father did have concerns. The guys saw her as just another competitor. At her first Madison County Gravity Fest it was obvious to Jenna that speed was not an issue making runs at nearly 70mph. So when she climbed aboard the 100cc Powered Streetluge at the Texas Mile event in October 2007 she was more than ready for the challenge. Who knew that rather then walk in her father's footsteps she chose to ride right over them by recording a top speed of 102.002mph at her first event.
On September 19, 2008 While attending the World of Speed event held on the Bonneville Salt Flats Jenna pushed her top speed record to 113.398mph with her two run average being 113.247mph. During the same event Jenna made several runs above the 100mph mark with a few reaching the 100mph mark in the first 1/2 mile.
Happy with her first Bonneville Salt Flats event Jenna was disappointed she did not break the 120mph mark. Jenna's 2009 plans are to give the ¼ mile a try and return to the World of Speed event in 2009. She would really like to make the 130mph club and get her 130mph certificate.
Jenna@SpankedByAChick.com
Video Clip of Jenna's October 6th, 2007 102.002mph Run
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Come see the 1200cc Harley-Davidson® Powered Streetluge at the following events
May 30 2009 at the Thunder on the Avenue Motorcycle Ralley
Situated on Landes Avenue in Vineland NJ
Landis Avenue Vineland, NJ
www.thunderontheavenue.com
Google Maps® Link
June 6 & 7 2009 at the All Harley Drag Racing Association
Held on Summit Motorsports Park 1/4 drag strip
Norwalk, OH
www.ahdra.com/schedohio2009.html
Google Maps® Link
July 9 - 12 2009 at the Lightning in the Highlands Motorcycle Ralley and Music Fest
Situated on a large beautiful farm in the famous "Laurel Highlands" of Southwestern PA
100 Sager Lane Smithton, PA
www.lightninginthehighlands.com
Google Maps® Link
August 9 - 12 2009 at the Maryland Bike Fest held of Maryland International Raceway
Buds Creek, MD
www.mirdrag.com
Google Maps® Link
Roland Morrison is sponsored by Bones Bearings®
Roland Morrison
Roland lives in Southern New Jersey and started researching ways to mount a gas motor to the back of a Streetluge in July of 2004. His first proto type PS1 Powered Streetluge used a small chainsaw motor and ran just over 50mph. Proto type II PS2 used a KT-100 Yamaha motor and broke the 100mph mark he set for his first goal. He furthered his record by taking PS2 to the World of Speed 2006 event on the world famous Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah (USA) where he pushed his record to 105mph. Pursuing his never ending goal of Faster Roland in June of 2007 finished work on his new Powered Streetluge PS3 that is powerd by a 1200cc Harley-Davidson® Sportster® motor which he took to the Texas Mile event in October 2007. On his first test run he recorded a pass of 114.004mph. His second two runs met with technical difficulties and was no longer able to continue.
On March 1, 2008 Roland was invited down to
Maryland International Raceway to see what the 1200cc Harley-Davidson® Powered Streetluge would do in the 1/4 mile. On his first test run he recorded a 77mph pass, second was an 88mph pass, third was a 95mph pass and on his last pass he broke the 100mph mark with 100.23mph pass.
On June 22, 2008 Roland was invited down to
Maryland International Raceway to display and make exhibition runs for MIR's summer bike fest. On his first test run he recorded a 107mph pass, second was an 112mph pass, third was a 110mph pass and his last was a 115.13mph pass.
On September 17, 2008 While attending the World of Speed event held on the Bonneville Salt Flats Roland pushed his top speed record to 138.25mph on the short course and joined the 130mph club. On September 20, 2008 at the same event Roland pushed his top speed record even further on the long course by running 145.17mph for the last run of the event. During this run all 4 front wheels where shredded. His two run average for the event was 141.714mph.
His plans are to return to the Bonneville Salt Flats for the World of Speed event in 2009 in an attempt to join the 150mph Club.
Roland and the Harley-Davidson® Powered Streetluge are available for display and exhibition. You can contact his through email at Roland@PoweredStreetluge.com
Video Clip of Roland's March 26, 2006 103mph Run
Video Clip of Roland's October 6th, 2007 114mph Run
Video Clip of Roland's March 1st, 2008 100.23mph Run on MIR's 1/4 mile race track
Video Clip of Roland's June 22nd, 2008 115.13mph Run on MIR's 1/4 mile race track
Video Clip of Roland's September 17th, 2008 138.25mph Run at the World of Speed event held on the Bonneville Salt Flats
You can read a full cronical and follow Roland's work in the following website www.poweredstreetluge.com/roland
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