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Hoverboard craze of 2015

Product · 2015 · Notable

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Celebrity hoverboard posts preceded nearly 7,500 eBay sales on Cyber Monday.

Wiz Khalifa

@wizkhalifa · Aug 23, 2015

All because I didn't want to ditch the technogy everyone will be using in the next 6 months. Do what you want kids. http://t.co/7F0KIQgFrA

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Clip · AuthenTech - Ben Schmanke on YouTube
Clip · The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on YouTube
Clip · davidmooretv on YouTube
CPSC's official photograph of a recalled two-wheel hoverboard.
U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission
A self-balancing scooter photographed in May 2016; CC BY-SA 4.0.
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A rider in Vantaa, Finland, April 2016; CC BY-SA 4.0.
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Exploding hoverboards prompt Overstock.com to stop selling them
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Spread Score

How it works
Reach34Contagion35Breadth80Velocity17Longevity4743

Numbers

Milestone date
Nov 30 ’15
Aug 2014 to Nov 30 ’15
Platforms
8
Started on Retail
Origin
Mixed
Technology

Mechanics

  • Visible in use
  • Platform jump
  • Press loop
  • Dupe economyPrimary
  • Controversy

How it spread

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CHIC entered retail before trade-show distribution and gifted celebrity posts spread the category. eBay reported nearly 7,500 Cyber Monday sales, the milestone used here. Fire concerns brought retail withdrawals, airline bans and recalls.

Documented milestone; not a measured attention peak. Dates use the stated precision; chart positions are date anchors.

Wikipedia views · Google searchesJun ’14SepDecApr ’15JunSepNovJan ’16MayNovOct ’17Jul ’18MilestoneRetailPressInstagramTVYouTubeXFacebookOpen web
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Timeline (16)

  1. August 2014

    Suning seed · Aug 2014

    Suning recorded its first CHIC Smart S1 sale in August, before the board's Canton Fair appearance.[1][2]

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  2. October 2014

    CHIC Robotics commercial · Oct 2014

    CHIC showed its Smart S1 at the Canton Fair, where attendees rode it around the convention center.[2][3]

  3. January 2015

    TechCrunch press · Jan 8 ’15

    TechCrunch published a four-minute test ride of the IO HAWK.[4]

  1. platform jump · Apr 30 ’15

  2. platform jump · May 20 ’15

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Origin
Mixed
Sector
Technology
Region
CN
Reported figure
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Evidence
Grade A

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