Update to Skateboard Lights: I got a short video clip riding with the lights on at night. There is one point-light slightly behind each front wheel, which casts an interesting shadow. Not quite the nice even glow as in Firefly. They have a "making of" video here, where you can see the LED strip lighting they used.

Here's a still shot that looks to me like I'm floating.

Skateboard Lights

Here it is with the lights on.

A friend of mine sent me a link to this YouTube video, so I thought I would try some lighting on my skateboard. Here is the first version. All of the parts are from HuaQiangBei in ShenZhen, China. The lights are green 1W star LEDs. The batteries are 1200mAh Li-Po cells with under/over voltage protection built in. Each LED has it's own battery, switch and driver. The driver is a 1W, 1-3V boost circuit with 300mA constant output.

The components are tucked under the truck for protection.