A motorized skateboard assembly for driving and steering using an input which is operated by a user's feet includes a platform with wheels attached via brackets. A drive system is operatively coupled to the wheels, and an input is electrically coupled to the drive system to operate the wheels. The input is mounted on a top side of the platform for operation by the user's feet. The input includes actuators for driving the platform forward, braking the wheels, and steering the platform while driving it forward.

A skateboard brake pedal adapter is provided for conversion of a string pull-type hand activation method to a pedal-type foot activation method for a skateboard with a pull-type brake. The pedal adapter comprises a lever pivotally connected to a fulcrum pedestal with a foot pedal at the lever front, a fulcrum interface at the lever center and a tether attachment point at the lever rear. The fulcrum interface connects the lever to the fulcrum pedestal by way of a spring-loaded resilient linkage that returns the lever to its deactivated at-rest position. The resilient linkage is also biased toward this at-rest position to dampen rattles from vibration. The fulcrum interface includes an alignment method to maintain the pedal's orientation. The fulcrum pedestal mounting holes match up with the skateboard deck hole pattern and shares common fastening hardware for convenient installation above the pull-type brake truck. In use, depressing the foot pedal results in rotation of the lever about a fulcrum axis which pulls the tether attachment point upward activating the skateboard brake.