Students Anya Hyra and Kyra Asher pose with their electric scooter that they ride together to class. The scooter is named Scotty. Joe Addison // AS Review
Photos and Story by Joe Addison
Students on Western’s Bellingham campus are well-accustomed to the thunderous sounds of skateboard wheels rolling over the bricks all over campus. Bicycles are a primary method of transportation for many students and staff.
Electric transportation of all kinds has become popular in the last few years, including electric skateboards, bicycles, scooters, self-balancing unicycles.
Some methods of getting around campus are even more unusual and unique.
What do all these methods of transport look like for students and staff?
Walt Ellis, a second-year Western student, poses with his unicycle in Red Square. This is just one of his 10 unicycles.
Conti rests his hands on the top of his longboard, showing the graphics on the bottom of the board.
First-year Western Student Will Henkel takes a break on his bicycle in Red Square and eats a banana. Henkel works as a bike messenger in Bellingham.
Shane Reynolds, first-year Western student, shows off his Heelys in Red Square. Adult sized Heelys are a thing.
First-year Western Student Kai Clarke poses with his skateboard near the Viking Union Building.
Western Graduate Student Chris Martin stands next to his bike and tandem trailer. Martin takes his two year-old son to preschool in the tandem trailer.
John Nathan, a third-year Western student, stands next to his bike near the Performing Arts Center.
Ashenafi Sibhatu, a first-year Western student, holds a Penny board, a sort of mini longboard. Sibhatu was riding with a group of skateboarders across campus.
Western Student Quentin Sermet stands with his Boosted Board Mini electric skateboard. Sermet holds his burrito in one hand and his electric skateboard in the other.