Gliding along sidewalks, grinding along rails and… oh, walking down the stairs? There are some obstacles not even a skateboard can clear, which is why Royal College of Art graduate Po-Chih Lai has ...

Skateboards are definitely a part of the urban landscape, but you know what else is? Stairs. Generally, the two don’t go together – when skateboarders reach a set of stairs, they typically have to ...

[This project is an entrant in our Innovation By Design Awards. Stay tuned for the announcement of winners on October 10.] A year ago, we wrote about the Stair-Rover, a novel skateboard in the early ...

Last year around this time, London-based product designer PoChih Lai unveiled his 8-wheeled Stair-Rover skateboard. Using four independently-pivoting sets of two wheels, the prototype longboard was ...

Why do skateboarders grind on railings? Was it part of an evolution of the sport, from backyard pools to urban landscapes? Sure. Was it a ridiculous idea from a skateboarder who preferred to risk life ...

The Stair Rover is the innovative creation of designer Po-Chih Lai, who aimed to design a skateboard capable of navigating stairs. From the looks of the video, he has done an excellent job with his ...

This skateboard concept lets you travel down stairs almost as smoothly as gliding down a hill. This seems to be the eighth iteration in [PoChih Lai’s] attempts to add functionality to a board which ...