In anticipation of the holidays, Razor rolled out its newest three-wheeler, the PowerWing, this week at Toy Wishes Preview 2008 in New York. While at first glance it looks as though someone slapped a hot-rod-style spoiler onto the back of the company's trademark scooter, that little extra in the PowerWing's rear end has some nifty functionality.
The PowerWing's 68mm rear inclined caster wheels keep your weight behind the handlebars (the front wheel is 125mm, or around double the size of a typical skateboard wheel), and to accelerate either down hills or on flat surfaces, you just move from side to side on the "wings" and let gravity do the hard work. Obviously, this makes things a little complicated when going uphill, but at that point you can just push the PowerWing like you would a regular scooter.
Tricks, on the other hand, become much easier with the PowerWing: You can lean to zip around tight corners, and shift your weight to pull off side drifts, wheelies, 360s and spinouts. There are around 8 million amateur videos of the thing in action on YouTube, but here's the PowerWing's trick potential captured in a little over three minutes:
There's a front-wheel hand brake, too, so you don't need to rely solely on foot power to slow down, and the PowerWing folds away for storage when you're done tearing it up. Best of all, though, those wings accommodate up to 220 pounds of grown-up, so you can pull out the PowerWing to play while the kids are at school.
$99.99 at Target.
