[jboles]

Sure it's easier to start off with one if you've never ridden a skateboard before but you will want to learn those things if you want to: (1) still be able to ride it when the battery is dead (2) not hurt yourself if the brakes fail (and Boosted specifically tells you not to rely on them)

[ngokevin]

I doubt people learn to do that. Even in college with everyone riding longboards, only a small number of people were proficient at pushing, and most did not know how to footbrake.

[jboles]

Those are what are known as 'kooks'