When you roll through dog shit after trying yet another flip trick that you haven’t quite mastered, you would be forgiven for thinking the knitwear loving world of golf is a world away.

But you’d be wrong. A US company has combined skating and golf in this labour saving spin on a golf buggy.

The electric powered board lets white, middle class people who like to dress like pimps (or “golfers”, to give them their traditional name) pootle around the greens, pretending they’re at one with nature by virtue of involving a board.

Chances of taking off: 9/10

Yes, they look like an expensive way for people with more money than sense to pretend they’re a surer, but at the end of the day, the Golf Board allows people to minimise actual physical activity while exercising. In an increasing sedentary world, it’s a sure fire bet that these will sell like hot cakes. Hmmm, cakes…