In-line skateboard

A skateboard for traversing a riding surface and adapted to support both feet of a user comprising:

• a board having a front end, a rear end, a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side a front portion, a rear portion, and a median longitudinal axis running from the front end to the rear end dividing the left and right sides, the front and rear portions of the board being substantially planar members which are pivotal relative to each other about an intermediate transverse portion;
• a plurality of in-line wheels rotatably mounted on the bottom side of the board, along the front portion of the board, the in-line wheels being longitudinally disposed along the median longitudinal axis of the board;
• a pair of rear wheels rotatably mounted about an axis of rotation positioned below the bottom side of the rear portion of the board, behind the in-line wheels, the rear wheels being disposed below the left and right sides of the board, the rear wheels each having an inner end positioned closer to the median longitudinal axis of the board than an outer end of the wheel, the circumference of the inner and outer ends being different;
• a rear wheel assembly steerably mounting the pair of rear wheels to the rear portion of the board, the rear wheel assembly comprising a pivoting member swivelably coupled to the board behind the axis of rotation of the rear wheels and a supporting member pivotally coupled to the board in front of the axis of rotation of the rear wheels, the pivoting member and the supporting member cooperating operatively to pivot the axis of rotation of the rear wheels in the plane of the riding surface when the board is tilted, so that when the board is moving along the riding surface, tilting the left side of the board downwards causes the rear wheels to steer the board to turn to the left, and tilting the right side of the board downwards causes the rear wheels to steer the board to turn to the right.