Last weekend I ventured away from my usual pavement/sidewalk/street riding — aka everywhere that would be safe to ride with my previous (traditional) e-skateboard — and took my Onewheel out to a dirt trail.
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Unlike some electric skateboards, the Onewheel is perfectly fine with riding in either direction. The end with the split footpad sensor is traditionally considered the front, and the end which naturally rests on the ground the rear, but the Onewheel doesn’t have to be ridden this way.
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One of the features of the Onewheel is that it has several different riding (or “shaping”) modes. These modes control some aspects of how the board handles, as well as the board’s top speed. Some modes seem definitely more targeted at beginners, whereas other modes seem more like different tradeoffs that might be a matter of personal preference even for experienced riders.
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After my first few rides, one of the things that I felt I immediately needed to improve at was simply getting on and off my Onewheel — that is, mounting and dismounting. I know that this is something other beginners sometimes have a hard time with as well, so in addition to describing my own experience learning, I’ll also try to provide any wisdom I can (with the caveat that I’m still very much a beginner myself).
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Hi everyone! My name is Craig, and a couple days ago I started riding a Onewheel (Plus). For those unfamiliar, it’s kind of a cross between an electric skateboard and a self-balancing unicycle — in reality it is totally as fun, but not at all as difficult, as that sounds.
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