11-06-2017 03:42 via vancouversun.com

Vancouver man's first ride on electric skateboard ends with $600 ticket

A Vancouver man is “flabbergasted” after his first ride on his new, motorized longboard ended with a $598 fine.
Daniel Dahlberg, 25, was on his way to work, riding a Boosted Board v2 that he’d purchased just two days earlier from West 4th Avenue’s Boarder Labs. After rolling down a hill and coming to a stop at 3rd Avenue and Maple in Kitsilano, a Vancouver police officer on a motorcycle pulled him over, then wrote him a ticket.
“My jaw dropped to the ground and
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