I used to skate an old Globe cruiser with the dogs towing me. It was loads of fun but the dogs never had the stamina to go very fast for long. I knew there had to be a better way.
Early 2017 i bought an evolve gtx… then a raptor 2… then a baja g4x… then it was time to build!
I gutted my gtx and repurposed it. Building out an evolve seems like such a typical way for peeps to start DIY 
The rest is history. I caught the bug bad and made esk8 my life for a long time! Now I couldn’t really care less for it. Lucky to ride once a week these days, and if i’m being perfectly honest, i’d pretty easily give it up.