BMW started manufacturing StreetCarvers in 2001, and discontinued manufacting them in 2005.
The streetcarvers were designed at BMW's Southern California design center by Stephen Augustin, and were manufactured in Germany. The skateboard is extremely agile, and replicated snowboarding and surfing on pavement.
Before the StreetCarver was released in the fall of 2000, it went through several design changes from the Irvine design studio.
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Construction
The deck itself is constructed by an outside vendor for BMW, consisting of Bavarian Pine and fiberglass. The truck assemblies are cast aluminum, the wheels are two-piece five spoke alloys patterned after the X5, and the tires are a rubber-polymer compound. The StreetCarver has eight 6000z bearings, which Kelly replaced with 6000rs types when he peformed the last major overhaul. The RS bearings have a rubber insert, which can make repacking the bearings a lot easier.
There are advantages and disadvantages to this board. The advantages are the increased agility and the outright cool factor only afforded by an eighties Lambo Countach.
The StreetCarver also won several design awards, including Red dot 2000, I.D. Magazine Award iF Award 2001, Good Design Award, 2000 Design Award and the Baden-Württemberg 2001.
Taken from: http://www.kellyscars.net/streetcarver.html
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