Two PowerBooks spliced into one epic snowboard (video)

We don't know that this requires much more explanation than the title. A couple of rad dudes from the German-speaking parts of Europe have taken up tools against their old titanium PowerBooks G4s and produced the righteous bit of snow-surfing kit you see above. It was done for a competition asking for creative ways to re-utilize old gear, though judging by all the flopping and crashing that ensued in their tests, this isn't exactly useful. See it on video after the break, and if it really catches your fancy, the PowerBook snowboard can be found on eBay, though no one has been mad enough to bid for it yet.

[xfbtmofx Posted Feb 26th 2010 7:57AM]

Someone will buy it.

[coolpal Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:02AM]

@xfbtmofx yeah... a stupid person would.

[dave england Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:18AM]

Should stripped them down removed the screen casing and used it to extend the board, still would have been plenty strong. Also the screen would be more flexible and it looks like they have a sheet of metal underneath to provide the curve anyway.

They could have actually built something nice out of these instead of this mess!

[Sean Connery Posted Feb 26th 2010 9:44AM]

@xfbtmofx

Now that idea went nowhere.

[Poobla Posted Feb 26th 2010 1:43PM]

@xfbtmofx
So what i'm getting out of this is:
Get mac book.
Tape bottle rockets to it.
Call it a space shuttle
and then i can be featured on engadget.

[GenericMessage Posted Feb 26th 2010 7:58AM]

Now THIS is what your Mac was made for!

[Jacob Apple Geek Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:42AM]

@GenericMessage As a mac user and fan I found that partially funny.... but not really :)

[Cy Starkman Posted Feb 26th 2010 9:26AM]

@GenericMessage

Is that because they are built that tough ;)

[shadowj0 Posted Feb 26th 2010 11:19AM]

@GenericMessage

Better they are used in this fashion than computing.

[Bublik25 Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:00AM]

@xfbtmofx apple geeks will.

[Jacob Apple Geek Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:42AM]

@Bublik25 This one won't!

[manifest3r Posted Feb 26th 2010 9:27AM]

@Jacob Apple Geek Then you must not be hardcore :)

[makryger Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:09AM]

Wait until he finds out it doesn't have a right click...

[Jacob Apple Geek Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:44AM]

@(Unverified) ALL MACS HAVE RIGHT CLICK. When will people get that???? It's just on the old powerbooks that you have to press command then click. My MacBook is just two finger tap which is a lot easier and sleeker than two seperate buttons on your clunky PC!

[manifest3r Posted Feb 26th 2010 9:29AM]

oh so now you say it's command click, eh? ;)

[CrowTRobot Posted Feb 26th 2010 10:46AM]

@Jacob Apple Geek

Yeah, 2 buttons are really clunky!

(I own Macs and PCs, I am not trolling for a fight, but 2 buttons is hardly clunky)

[69camaroSS Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:14AM]

Yeah, I wouldn't want to board on that edge :o

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:19AM]

Reduce, REUSE, Recycle!

[dave england Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:24AM]

p.s. slow news day engadget?

[Delta Posted Feb 26th 2010 9:35AM]

@dave england

For the thousandth time, blog, not news site. Some people like funny, interesting stories.

[nickjd331 Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:24AM]

I love the description they gave it on ebay.

[Jacob Apple Geek Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:46AM]

Well Apple sure built it well!

[Okjeff171 Posted Feb 26th 2010 8:57AM]

Poor PowerBooks... Those things had style

[Bostonaholic Posted Feb 26th 2010 9:34AM]

PowerBook G4, now runs on SNOW... leopard.

[MoonWalkerCTE Posted Feb 26th 2010 9:57AM]

this actually looks like a viral plug for some Asus laptops), but those laptops actually hold up pretty darn well. In terms of structural integrity, it looks like you can actually snowboard with an old PowerBook. Even if this is just a viral, we'd like to see them try the same thing with the laptops they're hawking in five to ten years.

[DoctarPeppar Posted Feb 26th 2010 10:06AM]

Oh ja Mein Fuhrer!

[hxczuner Posted Feb 26th 2010 10:14AM]

@DoctarPeppar Except this is from Austria

[DoctarPeppar Posted Feb 26th 2010 10:46AM]

@hxczuner

I was joking.

[Raul7 Posted Feb 26th 2010 2:01PM]

@hxczuner
and where is the führer from? Austria.

[yaksplat Posted Feb 26th 2010 10:33AM]

Best use ever of a mac.

[DoctarPeppar Posted Feb 26th 2010 10:46AM]

@yaksplat
ROFL best comment ever.

[brian515 Posted Feb 26th 2010 10:40AM]

Stop complaining about the Mac tax. Look, Apple just saved you $500 on that new snowboard you wanted!

[TheCrusher Posted Feb 26th 2010 12:33PM]

Am I the only one thinking of 2x10 iPads for a surfboard?

[barry99705 Posted Feb 26th 2010 3:00PM]

@TheCrusher Yes.